THE FIRST TIME ALWAYS SUCKS. (but your website doesn't have to)

Kellie Taylor
Oct 13
3 min read

So, I just did a thing that initially made me cringe.

Then it made me blush.

Then it made me want to cry.

And then…

It made me so forking proud!

Today, for the first time, I listened to my very first podcast episode.

And it was AWFUL!

Like, it really SUCKED!

I'm talking - HORRIBLE!

Seriously - WHAT HAVE I DONE bad!

For those of you who don't know, I started a podcast right after my divorce 4 years ago and it is a combination of a bucket-list item mixed with therapy. Truly a dream come true.

Except that first episode. YIKES!

Apparently I have never, in 4 years, listened to that first episode. And I'm glad I didn't, because I may not have continued with it.

But here's the thing…

Once I got past the poor sound quality and the million “um's” and the heartbreaking sadness in my voice (which to be fair was justified because it was DAY ONE of my new single life) – I started to really listen to what I was saying.

And you guys, I am so ridiculously proud of that girl from four years ago. On the first day of her newly single life (after never living on her own, ever), she bravely removed a cockroach from her room all by herself. And managed to allow Craig (said cockroach) to remain alive, but relocated to the outside where he belonged.

Now that isn't really a fascinating story in and of itself, but for me, it was a pivotal moment that helped me realize I was going to be okay. I didn't know how or when or what path it would take to get me there, but in that moment I just knew.

I knew for certain that I was going to be okay.

And four years later, I can attest to the fact that I am not only simply okay, I am THRIVING!

Just like that first podcast episode, I sucked at the single adulting life for a bit. But I kept going. I got up every day and told myself that if I can remove a 15 foot cockroach from my bedroom on Day One, I can do anything.

I was talking with a friend the other day about making hard choices and they asked me if it would be easier to just stay where I was. I thought about that for a minute and realized that while, yes, it would be easier, it wouldn't be better.

I told them that great usually shows up on the other side of hard.

I could have moved out of my house and signed the mortgage over to Craig that night - that would have been the easy thing to do.

But I didn't.

I could have melted into the embarrassment of the cringieness of my first podcast episode and just unplugged the whole thing.

But I didn't.

I know life feels hard right now. There is so much scary out there and so little answers. We don't know how or when or what path we need to take to get us there, but I can promise you, we are going to be okay.

It just may suck for a while.

It may feel easier to close the blinds and hide in the covers, or move to Ireland…

but don't.

Great is on the other side of hard.

And as we have all learned from Glennon Doyle…

we can do hard things.

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