The Face Plant

When I arrived at Newark airport last Friday night, I thought I was going to fly out to Atlanta and then return the next day.

Weather had different plans for me, which left me without a flight and the need to rent a car that would eventually be the main source of transportation for my kids and I for this beach week at the Jersey Shore visiting old friends and some of our favorite spots from when we lived here. 

As I arrived at Hertz, the only car they had left was electric and while I love Mother Earth, I didn’t know where the heck I was going to charge this thing for the week but I said yes, because a car with some unknown features was still better than no car at all.

Whelp, it turned out that the hotel we were staying at didn’t have a charging station so I was going to have to get creative with the “how” to make this week work.

I went to a knowledgeable source (A Tesla owner), and discovered that there is a charging station very close to where we are staying at a shopping center nearby.

Easy Peasy, lemon squeezy…I’ll just pop over there for a few minutes and get this thing charged up. 

(If you own an electric car, you are giggling right about now.)

After many failed attempts, discovering the first charging station I went to was broken and literally tripping over the charging cable face planting on the ground, I figured it out and the car starts charging and tells me just how long it will take to get to 80%.

TWO HOURS. 

Yes, there was no “quick popping over to charge.” 

Oye. 

You see, I am a “time is money” kind of gal so to sit in my car scrolling social for two hours sounded like my version of torture and I was not about to do that. 

Instead I would figure out how to make this work in my schedule. 

And I sure have. 

While we’ve been here, each morning I drive over to the charging station with my running gear on, park my car to charge it and get my workout in. 

This has made sure my fitness goals kept moving forward in the midst of vacay.

And on a quick one night trip mid week, I found a charging station at the airport so my car could charge while I traveled. 

And this morning, I ran my weekly Clubhouse room while in the car and it charged. 

I have made the time needed to keep the engine-that-could running in alignment alongside my other goals. 

Because that’s the thing…

We always have a choice.

Think of things as happening to us or for us and find a way to make them work. 

The same is true for your business…

What obstacles do you choose to find ways around or instead choose to give you an excuse to give up? 

Perhaps the book you’ve been meaning to write. 

The client you meant to send a proposal to. 

The speech you still want to give on stage.

The audience you want to grow. 

What thing have you allowed to accept as a “not for me” instead of figuring it out?

Perhaps you are just one decision away from making it happen…you just need to figure out the how.

In the meantime…can’t say I will want to rent an electric vehicle while traveling again, but I certainly know now how to make the most of it if I do. 

Cheers,

Kim “Don’t Write Me Environmental Hate Mail Please” Walsh Phillips