Typically I am skeptical of the “customer messages” I receive from my website. It’s almost shameful how many times a day I get notified of a message just for it to end up being a scammer. It’s almost disappointing when I think I’m answering questions for what I think is a potential customer. I’m sure we can all relate to the obnoxious amount of spam these days. But I digress.
What I expected was nothing, turned out to be everything to me. It was a writer for Farm World- a news outlet covering all things agriculture related- and he stated “I love sharing the stories that make our region’s farming legacy so special”. I’ll be honest, the imposter syndrome immediately set in and I went right to Google to make sure this Mike Tanchevski was actually a writer for Farm World. All the doubting flooded my mind. Because why would someone want to write a story about me? My business isn’t even that big compared to others I know. I’m just some woman in the early years of navigating a business that most days I feel like I’m no good at. But everything checked out and looked legitimate, so I emailed him back and we set up a time for a call. I was pretty nervous about a phone interview, however in my mind that was better for me than an in-person interview. If you know me, you know when I get nervous I tend to overshare… sorry friends. I got through the call without incident and then the waiting began.
Harvest took off and has been nothing short of a whirlwind. It tends to be all consuming and I actually forgot about the article, especially since I hadn’t heard anything else from the writer. It wasn’t until this week that my father in law came over and said that a customer of his mentioned seeing an article about his farm in Farm World. Anxiety flooded in as I didn’t know what to expect. There’s no way the writer could have made anything worth reading about my little old business, right? Wrong. Very wrong. I pulled it up later that evening as I settled in on the couch and tears filled my eyes as I read it. Every doubt and negative thing I’ve said (even so far in this blog) was shattered. The article just put things into a completely different perspective to me. He didn’t embellish or twist my words, he just laid it out as it was and made it beautiful. Far more beautiful than I’ve wanted to see it for myself. It made me realize that even though I’m small scale and still afraid of what this business could be, I’m doing it. Something I never thought I’d have the guts or opportunity to do. And regardless of my progress or scale or direction, I’m proud of myself. It’s all uphill from here. Well, I hope haha.
God has blessed me beyond my wildest dreams and I can’t stop now.
Thank you all for joining me on this journey so far and I look forward to working with you all for years to come!
Of course here is the reason I’m even writing this blog. Enjoy!
https://www.farmworldonline.com/News/NewsArticle.asp?newsid=36413