Go Do The Dang Thing: My Leap into Entrepreneurship
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Go Do the Dang Thing: My Leap into Entrepreneurship
There comes a moment when you either keep waiting for the “right time”… or you leap.
About a year and a half ago, I took that leap. I joined my very first coaching group—nervous, unsure, but full of this tug I couldn’t shake. I didn’t know what I was doing exactly, but I knew deep down: I wanted more. I wanted to create something that mattered.
And that coaching group? It was the start of everything.
Not long after, I attended a business retreat that would light a fire in my heart. We sat down and filled out postcards—on them, we wrote our goals for the next 6 months.
Where will you be? What will you have built? What will you look back and say, “I’m so glad I started”?
I handed mine in, not knowing if those words would really stick.
But what I didn’t realize at the time was that I was walking away with more than just a dream—I was walking away with people.
The kind of women who don’t just cheer you on—they walk beside you.
The friendships I made during that retreat?
They became some of the most genuine, uplifting, and encouraging voices in my life—and still are.
It’s a rare thing, to find community like that. But when you take brave steps, God has a way of placing the right people on the path.
Six months later, that postcard showed up in my mailbox. And guess what?
I had launched Painted Sky Boutique.
But here’s the twist—Painted Sky wasn’t the business I thought I’d be launching.
I had spent two years dreaming, planning, and preparing to open a mobile bar. I bought a two-horse trailer. I filed for my EIN, opened a business bank account, purchased the name, and dug deep into research—learning everything I could about how to run a mobile bar business. I was ready. I thought that was the dream I was being prepared for.
But just two weeks into working with my website developer, I felt a holy stirring in my heart. A whisper from God that said, “This isn’t the one—yet.”
I remember sitting there, pausing mid-conversation, and telling her,
“God is calling me to launch the boutique instead.”
What may have looked like a pivot on the outside was actually a promise fulfilled.
Because Painted Sky Boutique wasn’t a brand-new idea—it was a dream planted in my heart over twenty years ago.
Back then, my late husband and I had both dreamed of starting our own businesses. After having our youngest son, Ty, we decided he would pursue an embryo transfer and cattle business first—and I lovingly put the boutique on hold.
But just as we were beginning to move forward with those plans, he passed away. And in that moment, everything changed.
Life became about raising our boys, holding things together, and doing the best I could to keep moving forward. I was working as a pharmaceutical rep at the time, we had 40 acres, show cattle, a cow-calf herd, show lambs (which I knew nothing about but will save that for another blog) and that boutique dream quietly took its place on the back shelf of my heart.
But God never forgot.
And when the time was right—His time—He stirred that old dream to life again. Not rushed. Not forced. Just gently, clearly, and at the perfect moment.
Entrepreneurship isn’t about having it all figured out. It’s about faith. Grit. And sometimes—just flat-out doing the dang thing.
If I hadn’t joined that coaching group…
If I hadn’t walked into that retreat…
If I hadn’t put pen to paper and dared to believe I could?
Painted Sky wouldn’t exist.
And maybe this blog wouldn’t either.
So here’s what I want you to hear:
If I can do this, so can you.
You don’t need permission. You don’t need perfection. You need to trust that little nudge in your gut, grab hold of your courage, and start where you are.
Your porch light moment is waiting.
And friend? I’m cheering you on every step of the way.
Go do the dang thing!
The porch light is always on.
With love,
Ann