08/18/2026
The thing is, you’re going to make a ton of mistakes in this life.
You’ll most likely never feel like you’ve made it or achieved anything because there truly isn’t anything beyond you becoming a better version of a human being that is worth your efforts. The good thing about the striving towards trivial goals in the material world is that the type of person you need to become in order to reach those tangible places has to undergo many many changes if you are to get there. Hopefully the path that you carve out transforms you into a more patient, understanding and disciplined person. Hopefully the path offers you opportunities for more and deeper connections to the positive people and places it leads you to.
As the personal journey within GetRight’s continues, it feels as though I’m always at year 3 of a 5 year plan, close to getting somewhere but relatively no where just yet. Younger me would tell me to live lighter and love deeper, older me reflecting back would agree. Me where I’m at currently gets conflicted with the should’s the how’s and the why’s.
The bakery mimics life in its cyclical patterns. Following busy times by months and weather patterns, complimenting our yearly attire with strategic sweets to fit the bill. Rereading and rewriting the same story each year, trying to tell it better and strengthen the characters within it. Trying to convince why it’s so important to care and put in 100% effort into every single moment while working at the shop. Laughing at how crazy and eccentric I must be getting from outside perspectives.
My understanding of life ebbs and flows as much as my understanding of how to operate a restaurant. The moves within this shop are my reminders for life. Begging me to show up in the areas needed most. I make more mistakes than I can count. But I’m always learning. I have others involved in helping the dream stay alive and develop so I can continue to drop pepperonis without halting the process and progress.
A look down, briefly in defeat, with a reminder that all is well. Sweep up, move on, laugh and apologize for the pig who had to die for this…we carry onwards and upwards, sharing the truths along the way.