What a Stranger Can Teach You

Okay, I never met Julie Powell but I feel connected to her. She is the writer depicted in the movie "Julia & Julie" which I saw recently with a friend. If you haven't seen the movie, it definitely will motivate you to follow a dream, despite shortcomings and naysayers and cats named Maxine. Anyway...

In the movie, Julie decides to cook her way through Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" (all 524 recipes) and blog about it for 365 days. She was a wanna-be writer who never dreamed her blog would become so successful and she would end by having so many loyal followers and a book deal (are you starting to see the connection here?)

Yes, our mission is different, but the lesson is very applicable to our Bread and Butter Project. It is simply that, at some point, when you are feeling determined enough, passionate enough, driven enough, you need to just jump. You need to get out there and start doing and worry about who's paying attention later. You also need to set a deadline. That is where we got the idea to give ourselves 365 days to blog about our project because it makes us accountable and it forces us to reflect on what we are learning.

It has only been a week and already we are all learning that this is about much more than t-shirts (although they are very cool and you should buy several dozen). We have to remember that the shirts are the vehicle to helping out some pretty needy folks.

I hope you will come along for our journey. Remember to hit "follow us" on the right hand column or bookmark us or tell everyone you have ever known about us.

Thank you Julie Powell.