Anniversaries are supposed to feel easy. You made it a year — pop the champagne, write the post, celebrate the wins. Simple.
Except I’ve never found that kind of celebration simple. I struggle with it, honestly. I feel the pressure to feel proud before I’ve actually let myself sit in what this year has meant. And if you know me, you know I’d rather put my head down and get to work than stop long enough to acknowledge how far we’ve come.
But this one deserves a pause.
May 29th marks one year since OnCue Executive Solutions officially became a business. And I want to tell you how it started — not the polished version, the real one.
I was frustrated. I was working in a corporate environment where the work I poured myself into didn’t feel seen, valued, or appreciated. I loved what I did. I was good at it. But somewhere along the way, I realized that if I wanted to do work that truly mattered — work that helped other businesses grow, that made real impact — I needed to build the space for that myself.
So I did.
In this first year, I learned what it actually takes to build something from scratch — registering a business, selling a service, figuring out how to communicate the value of what I do to people who didn’t yet know they needed it. I learned that success doesn’t happen in isolation. It grows when you’re surrounded by people who share your values, who believe in what you’re building, and who show up for you the way you show up for them.
Over the last eight months, things got real. The kind of real where you have to choose between holding everything together yourself or learning to let go. I started asking for help when things felt chaotic. I started delegating — genuinely, not just in theory. I let go of the perfectionism that had always felt like a standard but was slowly becoming a ceiling. I let people in. And I’m still so glad I did.
Over the last six months, I found my rhythm. I figured out which systems worked for my scale of business, how to communicate with clients and team members in ways that actually served them, and what it felt like to stand in front of a room at a tradeshow and be recognized not as someone doing a job — but as a business. That shift is hard to put into words. It just feels different.
And over the last four months, I learned something quieter but just as important: the value of a Pause. In business. In life. That rest isn’t falling behind. That slowing down to reset isn’t weakness — it’s strategy.
To everyone who’s been following along: thank you. The likes, the comments, the follows — they matter more than you know. You’ve been part of this from the beginning, and that’s not something I take lightly.
To my team — you showed up for me and for our clients in ways I could not have done alone. I mean that.
To our clients — those who were there at the very start, those who are new, and those who’ve been with us every step of the way — you have challenged me to grow into the best possible support for you. You continue to do that. And I couldn’t be more grateful.
At OnCue, we believe in supporting each other. In lifting local businesses. In the idea that the success of one of us is the success of all of us.
More clients. More tradeshows. An expanded services roster that now includes events — because showing up in person matters, and we’re ready for it. Future collaborations with businesses and people who share our values. More local businesses supported, more operations untangled, more entrepreneurs who finally feel like their backend is working for them instead of against them.
But more than any of that — I want Year Two to be about instilling confidence. In our clients, in our team, and honestly, in myself. Because if this year taught me anything, it’s that the work we do changes things for people. And that is worth being proud of.
So here’s to Year Two. To growth — in every direction it wants to go.
Your vision, seamless execution. ✨
