The Last Room on the Right

At our office headquarters there’s a little room at the end of the hall.

All the way down, to the right.

She’s seen a lot in her 4 years as a Salesgirl.

If those walls could talk… they wouldn’t say anything particularly scandalous but they would be smarter than me because that’s where our co-CEO’s, Macy and Kat, record most of their podcast episodes.

About one-third of the room is occupied by our podcast setup. And the rest of it? Well we try not to make eye contact.

Like if I can avoid looking at the chair in the corner of my room where I lay all the clean clothes I’m not mentally ready to fold yet (y’all know the one, right?) then it’s not even there.

So you can imagine my humiliation when our adorable Gen Z video girlie (Queen Emma) walked back there for the first time this week and I couldn’t shield her eyes quickly enough.

She saw it.

The girl was giddy and I was about jump out the nearest window.

There are no dead bodies or creepy doll collections…

See the rest of that room has state of the art, mint condition, videography and photography equipment.

State of the art, mint condition videography and photography equipment that we’ve never used.

There’s a story to why we have it and how we got it and what big plans we had for using it. But the important thing for you to know is that: we never did.

It think we felt silly, maybe? That we would invest in something and not know how to work it. Or embarrassed even? That we had all this under our nose and still film from our cars. What I know was definitely lingering was shame.

Psychological research says that, “shame is an emotion that arises after a person makes a choice that doesn’t align with their values.”

***not figuring something out and having to have the best of something before you start could not BE more against our values***

And that “people who experience shame usually try to hide the thing they feel ashamed of.”

***enter the laundry chair***

So unfortunately it all checks out.

Looking at all the cords and equipment and settings had us paralyzed. So we didn’t look.

“Honestly I’m not even sure if it works,” I told her.

“Sure it does!” Emma said, as she bee-bopped over to the tangled mess of cords and plugged the professional grade lighting kit into the nearest outlet.

I know Gen Z gets a lot of flack but they’re gonna be who turns this ship around I really believe that.

Wouldn’t you know it that those things just absolutely BEAMED on????

Like Clark Griswold lighting his house, I swear to you. I would’ve looked like Kylie Jenner in a photo with those lights I am so sure of it. And I know y’all don’t know me but I don’t look like Kylie Jenner.

It was so incredible. 4 years and I’d never seen them on. Didn’t know they worked.

I somehow feel lighter today as I write this.

Since plugging in the lights, we’ve made a plan for using the room to record YouTube videos. On track to start next week.

Whatever it is that is looming at the end of the hall for you, face it. Have a cute Gen Z blonde assess the situation and tell you it’s just not as bad as you think, because it never is.

And for the love of God, whatever you do: plug in the light.

Xo, The Salesgirls