In The Company Of Women

I live in the suburbs of NYC, and there has to be a really good reason for me to forgo my pajamas + a glass of red wine on my "night off" to venture onto Metro North and trek into the depths of MANHATTAN! My reason this particular evening, apart from meeting up with Ashlee (my sister) for drinks (which can easliy lead to drunken evenings of laughter and prank phone calls) was to sit in the presence of design blogger and author of "In the Company of Women," Grace Bonney (founder of Design*Sponge).

Grace has created a book of interviews with 100 entrepreneurial women offering their inspiration and advice for other creative makers and thinkers similar to myself. It's easy to say you have stumbled upon your passion or "thing" in life, but to create a business in which you can hustle day in and day out and still love that "thing" takes genuine grit and resilience.

Honorably, I sat in the audience of 299 women with the same aspirations with a comfort in knowing that my questions, doubts and anxieties were not my own feelings but for every woman (including the 5 speakers on stage) in the room. Many of us are not ivy leaguers with minds of business savvy, but are merely learning as we go affirms my purpose.

Also to note, the words within the book can resonate not only to women in business, but to the women just trying to get through the day no matter what occupation or position you hold.

The title is beyond fitting, and it has taken me quite some time to realize that IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN, shit gets done.