Day Eight: A P.S. to Day Seven

If you want something, ask.

I thought about tagging this thought onto the Day Seven post because I learned it from Abby, but I was already at a page (and had made a binding deal with myself that none of these posts would go more than a page).

It’s an important point. It deserves its own post. It
deserves its own paragraph.

If you want something, ask.

Women have a problem with this. We have a problem asking for
help. Asking for what we want is a whole other level of play that we talk
ourselves out of all the time with excuses like:

I’m not qualifiedI’ll get rejected. It’s not the right time. First, I need to …How does it fit with …

Abby asked to read the audiobook. I don’t know if she would
say she was “qualified.” She’d done some theater and one voice recording. She
knew I might email back a “no thanks” but that rejection would put her no
further behind. It probably wasn’t the right time. We had to take a three-month
hiatus from recording in 2019 because Abby was writing a VBS script, editing a
Bible study, wrapping up her school year as an English teacher … and about 10
other things. First, there were probably a lot of things she needed to do
before sending me the email. But she sent the email. Audio recording probably
didn’t make a clear fit for Abby’s 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year-plans. But she
sent the email.

And she got the part. So … should I say it again? I’ll say
it again.

If you want something, ask.