I’ve Just Given Birth

Not to a child, but I have given birth to the most involved project that I have ever worked on for myself to date. The journey to developing this project stretched me, scared me, and forced me to become the person that I need to be in order to receive all of the opportunities that are coming my way once I complete this project. 

In many ways I was afraid to give birth to this project because of how vulnerable I felt in developing it. There was a lot of second guessing myself, lots of the typical signs of impostor syndrome, however I've since realized that no one and nothing will ever be perfect. I needed to become comfortable with doing the thing, completing the thing, even though I don't feel that it is perfect. Which is so strange because I've never considered myself to be a perfectionist. As I’ve started to walk more inline with my divine purpose and have gotten back into alignment with my highest self, I realized that what was holding me back from getting here this entire time was this concept of perfection, or at the least very high standards. 

Perfection comes from comparing my skills to others and also not seeing someone who looks like me do exactly what I have in my mind to do. There are very specific qualities and aspects of Lakaynan that this website will one-day do a better job at highlighting, though it is nerve wracking because it's never been packaged in this way before. I suppose I'm preparing for criticism and in that mental preparation I've been telling myself that I need to be perfect once the criticism arises. 

Thankfully, I’ve put those thoughts aside because you are reading this journal entry and that means I pushed publish. That means it's not perfect, because I know very well there are aspects of this website that I wanted to look different, but had I spent the time doing those things, who knows how long it would have been before I actually hit publish. Instead of making another excuse the site is live! That’s the project.

To finish this project I had to take into consideration all of the lessons I’ve learned over the past year. I had to acknowledge my mistakes in business and with clients in order to refresh and refine our offerings, processes, and business goals as a whole. And more importantly, I had to celebrate the wins and reflect the excitement for what I’m building and what I have the privilege to do for work on the pages of this website. 

I invite you to explore the various elements of lakaynan.com and if anything resonates with you please share it with your community. 

At the heart of our design philosophy lies the conviction that everyone deserves to experience a life of abundance and luxury. With accessibility top of mind, we have offerings from free99 - to pretty pricey. Something for everyone to enjoy and learn from. 

Thank you so much for your support and I look forward to chatting with you more this year. 

Warmly,

Michelle 
Principal Designer and Founder