When I was young, my Aunt Lillie used to tell me:
“Everybody is crazy. You just have to find someone whose crazy is like your crazy, and then it’s not so crazy.”
I loved that.
I carried it with me for years.
I repeated it to friends. I repeated it about relationships. I said it with the confidence of someone passing down ancient family wisdom from a woman who had truly figured out the secret to life.
Then, I discovered Aunt Lillie stole it from Dr. Seuss.
So much for the family legacy.
Which got me thinking...
What exactly IS crazy?
Because I have had a lot of ideas in my life that other people have considered “crazy.”
The problem is, I never did.
At the time, every single one of them made perfect sense. Well…Most of them.
I have reinvented myself and my business so many times, I should probably come with software updates.
From manufacturing to licensing.
I designed pajamas and melamine plates at two o’clock in the morning, completely convinced the world was waiting for them.
The world, apparently, had gone to bed.
I wrote a book.
I started dating again.
And now, at 62, I’ve decided it's an excellent time to rebuild the Dolly Mamas... again. I opened an online store, started writing a weekly blog, learned Pinterest, made videos...
And now I’m in the middle of my next kooky idea.
Talking Dolly Mamas.
Whaaaaat?!!!
An adult animated series based on my book.
Have I gone crazy?
Possibly. But I’ve been thinking about bringing them to life for years.
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.
That may actually be my problem.
I don’t have crazy ideas.
I just have ideas that I am absolutely convinced are brilliant... in the moment.
Sometimes they work.
Sometimes they don’t.
Maybe Aunt Lillie—or Dr. Seuss, or whoever we’re giving credit to this week—was right.
Everybody is a little crazy.
The trick may not be finding someone whose crazy is like yours.
Maybe the trick is finding people who don’t immediately talk you out of yours.
The friends who say, “Okay... tell me more.”
The ones who climb into the passenger seat even when they’re not entirely sure where you’re going.
And sometimes...
it’s just a really fun long drive to nowhere.
But you’ll never know where an idea might take you unless you go along for the ride.
Apparently, I’m still in the car... lost.
And honestly, I’m okay with that.
