After about 20 years of being interested in importing and getting side-tracked with working a “real” job to pay the bills, I am finally ready to take the plunge, in a significant first step by placing an importing order.  I took an importing class recently and am lucky to have my teacher as my consultant to help me iron out the details, hold my hand, and make the dive not too scary.

I wanted to start cautiously, by wading in the “shallow” waters and place a small order to “test the waters.”  That approach turns out to be not very cost-effective as the freight ends up being higher than the order.  Therefore, the recommendation has been to triple the order and hence I found myself standing at the cliff, trying to decide whether I was ready to jump or not.  Then I thought about how I’m 41, and if not now, then when???

I want to be a daring role model for my daughter and demonstrate that sometimes you have to take some chances to try to reach your dreams.  I want to show her that even though you may not reach the star you aimed for, you are still closer to that star than before you tried.  As many of us have experienced, sometimes you land not where you had planned, but ends up being just fine!  With that in mind, I am going ahead and jumping!