We got a book deal! ((tosses #wycwyc’fetti))

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As I sit here–blank post open on my blog dashboard–I barely know where to begin.

I’m grateful.

Grateful for the fact, once upon a LONG time ago, a blogger I admired (& was almost afraid to approach) agreed to do a guest post for me.

Almost exactly six years ago today.

This was back in the *day* when there weren’t as many of us, Twitter was barely a thing, and blogging could be super, incredibly isolating.

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(apparently 6 years ago we dressed alike, too.)

I dragged Roni into being my virtual co-worker of sorts.

  • Uncertain what to bid on a project? I called Roni.
  • Have a fantastic idea but wondering if there’s a *reason* said idea hasn’t been done? I called Roni.
  • Need a partner for a potential work-gig? I called Roni.

I dragged Roni into being my virtual friend of sorts.

  • I lamented I’d never CRUSH! IT!–yet was juggling all I could with work and mamahood.
  • I leaned on her when life felt too much & I yearned to yank the virtual plug on social media endeavors. She’d share when she felt the same.
  • I confided in her how I longed to write a book.  She shared she felt the same.

We wrote and we wrote and we commiserated and we wrote and yet nothing we created conveyed precisely what we wanted.

Ideas were fleshed out and tossed aside.

Book proposals were labored over and but just didn’t flow.

Until Roni created the #wycwyc challenge.

“I love #wycwyc!”  I told her.  “I don’t do challenges—yet what you can when you can is how I live.  Do my best daily—creatively cram in what I can when I can-–get back up & reach *again* for my goals the next day.”

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  • WickWick—as the Tornado and I pronounced it—became part of our family’s vernacular.
  • WickWick became a way to focus on large goals yet know it’s the seemingly small steps which get us there.
  • #WYCWYC became the Tornado’s way of reminding herself she’s already enough.

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And then it got bigger.

Online friends started using the #wycwyc hashtag on twitter, facebook and instagram.

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Friends who *aren’t* online started mentioning to me how my sharing the what you can when you can mentality changed their approach to healthy living.

Small incremental changes & efforts add up over time.

Even though we’d vowed we’d pitched our final pitch (entrepreneurs much? we caint stop!!) we melded minds, wove words, and this time was the charm.

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We did it.

After so many efforts which didn’t quite work—we did it.

We did it because doing what we can when we can is who we are.

We did it because #wycwyc is how we live & it’s the only way we know.

These next few weeks of manuscript-finalizing and polishing promise to be CrAzY ones.

Hectic weeks which spark me, again, to be grateful for the notion conveyed in the hashtag.

  • Ill be blogging (as best I can when I can).

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Comments

  7. SO EXCITED!

    Been working on finalizing my own pitch for the last year. You are inspiring me to get off my butt and get it done 😉

  8. I love it. #wycwyc is one of my favorite hashtags to follow. You girls have started a revolution and I’m glad to be watching it from the ground floor. Congrats and it proves that good things happen to good people!

  9. A big huge congrats to you ladies! I’m so excited for you and not in the least bit surprised that it is going to book–a book that will be loved by many, I’m sure.

  16. Wow! You are SO inspiring!!!! Somehow I have missed this so far, but that is a wonderful concept, and I will definitely try to bring it into my life, especially as I can sometimes put waaayyyy too much pressure on myself to be perfect, and to achieve goals that my body is not quite ready for in my running career. Thank you so much for that, I can’t wait to watch this unfold!

  20. I am already on board (as you can see from my post today). I think the accountability side of it is important. It’s not doing whatever, it really is doing your best whatever that may be in the moment.

  28. I really didn’t believe small steps add up until you both inspired me to try.
    I am really happy for your success.

  29. You guys are awesome!

    I can’t WAIT for Spring of 2015. I will be first in line.

    Although, more likely, I’ll be ordering from Amazon…but still…

  30. Wonderful! I’ll be first in line to buy a copy!! Or second….doing What I Can, When I Can, every. single. day.

  37. So excited for you. It’s not just a book. It’s a brand. But I’m sure you’re already thinking about what other things you can be doing with it.

  40. EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In my older years although I still am a bit crazed with workouts, I still embrace the wycwyc for many things including the workouts that are less crazed than they used to be – it takes me longer & OK with that! 🙂

  44. I love the pronunciation – AND… when I see it? I say it all out, uh, longhand? 😉 whatyoucanwhenyoucan. sometimes in my head, often out loud, always effective.

    CONGRATS to you both – incredibly inspired women who truly deserve this awesomeness! *cough booktour cough*

  46. And now I finally know what wycwyc means. I knew I’d figure it out sooner or later. 🙂 Good luck on your continued work and success.

  53. ***throws confetti with you***
    You and Roni have inspired a movement that means so much to so many people. I am glad that more people will now know about this! 🙂

  55. Always so proud of you! And isn’t it wonderful when your work and life merge together? Keep doing what you do!

  59. Carla I am so happy for you! This is a perfect match and is just a natural topic for you. ..so I know te book will be great. Can’t wait to read it 🙂

  63. Congratulations! I love that you and Roni persevered until you created the book that conveyed exactly what you wanted. Way to go!

  64. SUPER HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!
    This is awesome!! You totally rock!!!
    I’ve been trying to live more and more by your WYCWYC – it is helping my stress go way down. Just think how much less stressed the world in general could be if everyone reads and shares your book!!!

  69. Congratulations, Ladies! I’m so glad that you are getting the chance to share your wonderful insights, humor, and down-to-earth wisdom with the rest of the world! Time to start changing lives!

  70. Congratulations! I’m so happy for both of you. Also, when can we buy the book and will you sign my copy? Pleeeeez?

  74. So. Happy. Can’t wait to read, as you’ve already inspired me and changed my life a bit with it. I can’t think of any duo that deserves this more! 🙂

  77. Congratulations! That must be an incredible feeling. I can’t say that I have book writing in my blood but I do have #WYCWYC in there. Can’t wait to read the book!

  78. oh great a book written by two moms that don’t work outside the house and have never run a fast race or placed in one’s A.G. in a 10k, marathon, triathlon, have never kayaked whitewater, or done any open water swimming. Here’s one lady who won’t be buying this book.

  80. AH! Congratulations!!! Love the WYCWYC mentality and can’t wait to read your book to learn how I can better incorporate it into my life!!!! Woo!

  81. So happy for you two! Can’t wait to buy the book, interview you two on my blog, etc, etc!! And how come I’ve been saying WickyWick all this time?!

  82. I am THRILLED for you two! I love the concept and agree it is the way to be. It is so nonjudgmental which is what is needed in America today for all of us to continue turning our lives around. I will be rooting for you two in San Francisco.

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