• Why you need to outsource...LIKE YESTERDAY. 👏🏻 Sis, ya can’t do it all. And if you think you can. Ya wrong. Especially if you’re like me and you have a chronic illness (aka your body can’t handle daily life let alone life + running a business). Here’s what I’m currently outsourcing: 1. Editing 2. Culling 3. Email management 4. Marketing creation 5. Instagram for AYW 6. Taxes And I’m currently in the process of training my team to take more off my plate (PTL 🙌🏻) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And the more I have off of me the more I can concentrate at what I’m good at and take better care of my body. So what are you waiting for? What’s something in your business you can outsource today to help you get life back? Let’s get back to working on our businesses and not in them.
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    Why you need to outsource...LIKE YESTERDAY. 👏🏻 Sis, ya can’t do it all. And if you think you can. Ya wrong. Especially if you’re like me and you have a chronic illness (aka your body can’t handle daily life let alone life + running a business). Here’s what I’m currently outsourcing: 1. Editing 2. Culling 3. Email management 4. Marketing creation 5. Instagram for AYW 6. Taxes And I’m currently in the process of training my team to take more off my plate (PTL 🙌🏻) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And the more I have off of me the more I can concentrate at what I’m good at and take better care of my body. So what are you waiting for? What’s something in your business you can outsource today to help you get life back? Let’s get back to working on our businesses and not in them.
  • Happy Easter from the Allenczy’s! 🌷 Quick photo dump of life lately - spring weddings started back last month for me and the flowers are blooming in Hagerstown! 🌷 I spent 10 days in Wilmington this past March photographing two weddings. It was good to see my parents and this time I saved some energy and flew down instead of drove. It was so nice to take an 1.5 hour flight instead of 7 hours in the car! ✈️ But besides that life has been taking care of our farm (our 2 cats and puppy) and enjoying our new life in Maryland! 🌷 Anyways I’m off to celebrate Easter with my church family. He is risen friends! I hope you have the best Easter! What are you up to today?
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    Happy Easter from the Allenczy’s! 🌷 Quick photo dump of life lately - spring weddings started back last month for me and the flowers are blooming in Hagerstown! 🌷 I spent 10 days in Wilmington this past March photographing two weddings. It was good to see my parents and this time I saved some energy and flew down instead of drove. It was so nice to take an 1.5 hour flight instead of 7 hours in the car! ✈️ But besides that life has been taking care of our farm (our 2 cats and puppy) and enjoying our new life in Maryland! 🌷 Anyways I’m off to celebrate Easter with my church family. He is risen friends! I hope you have the best Easter! What are you up to today?
  • Have you ever had a dream that is just sad? And no matter how hard you fight you can't get out of the dream? You can't wake up. You can't change the channel.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I have dreams every now and then like this and typically they send me into distress for the day. But this time - I reflected on all the sad things and remembered how great God is.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2020 was a painful year for me. My business lost 5 figures in revenue, I moved twice, I had a friendship that ended, and three relatives passed away in my family. I'm not gonna lie - I had thoughts that maybe this world would be better without me too. But somehow I got through it all. Not through my own merit, but through the strength of God. Right now I live in a new state and my business is completely changing, but Christ is constant in it all. He will always remain the same even when the world around me is crumbling.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This line right here, you remain the same even in my wandering is from a song called Path of Sorrows by All Sons & Daughters. These lyrics hold so true for me right now after reflecting on a year that I truly only got through with God by my side. And praise the Lord that He remains the same while the world around us changes day by day! The only constant in my life is God.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So I pray - if you feel like your life is crumbling and changing around you - to know that there is one thing that will never change - and that is Christ. Let me know if this spoke to you friend! And my DMs are always open to talk about my relationship with God.
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    Have you ever had a dream that is just sad? And no matter how hard you fight you can't get out of the dream? You can't wake up. You can't change the channel.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I have dreams every now and then like this and typically they send me into distress for the day. But this time - I reflected on all the sad things and remembered how great God is.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2020 was a painful year for me. My business lost 5 figures in revenue, I moved twice, I had a friendship that ended, and three relatives passed away in my family. I'm not gonna lie - I had thoughts that maybe this world would be better without me too. But somehow I got through it all. Not through my own merit, but through the strength of God. Right now I live in a new state and my business is completely changing, but Christ is constant in it all. He will always remain the same even when the world around me is crumbling.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This line right here, "you remain the same even in my wandering" is from a song called Path of Sorrows by All Sons & Daughters. These lyrics hold so true for me right now after reflecting on a year that I truly only got through with God by my side. And praise the Lord that He remains the same while the world around us changes day by day! The only constant in my life is God.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So I pray - if you feel like your life is crumbling and changing around you - to know that there is one thing that will never change - and that is Christ. Let me know if this spoke to you friend! And my DMs are always open to talk about my relationship with God.
  • The hubby and I launched something super cool the other week and have barely posted about it. OPPS. So here ya go: we launched a new company together!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @authenticallyyouweddings is a team of photographers who care dearfully for you and your story and strive to capture the most authentic version of you as a couple. You guys and your animals. You guys eating pizza. You guys telling each other jokes. You guys being YOU. Andddd I will officially be moving all of my future photography to Authentically You as well. Of course I still have some sessions and a handful of weddings to photograph this year, and that won't change at all. So make sure you follow along to see my work and our other talented photographer's images.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This instagram will become a place for me to champion on other chronically ill entrepreneurs. If you aren't a entrepreneur with a chronic illness, you are also welcome! I will be sharing lots of health and work/life balance tips that should be helpful for anybody!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I can't wait to see you over on @authenticallyyouweddings ! Feel free to ask me any questions you have about the company in the comments or DM me!
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    The hubby and I launched something super cool the other week and have barely posted about it. OPPS. So here ya go: we launched a new company together!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @authenticallyyouweddings is a team of photographers who care dearfully for you and your story and strive to capture the most authentic version of you as a couple. You guys and your animals. You guys eating pizza. You guys telling each other jokes. You guys being YOU. Andddd I will officially be moving all of my future photography to Authentically You as well. Of course I still have some sessions and a handful of weddings to photograph this year, and that won't change at all. So make sure you follow along to see my work and our other talented photographer's images.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This instagram will become a place for me to champion on other chronically ill entrepreneurs. If you aren't a entrepreneur with a chronic illness, you are also welcome! I will be sharing lots of health and work/life balance tips that should be helpful for anybody!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I can't wait to see you over on @authenticallyyouweddings ! Feel free to ask me any questions you have about the company in the comments or DM me!
  • My chronic illness journey started when I was 18 years old.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I remember my senior year of high school, I started to ache all the time. Being a ballet dancer, I was used to aches and pains, but these felt different. In the fall I went to college and...got mono. I was sick with mono for about 4 months during my freshmen year of college. After that, my body was never quite the same. Tired all the time, constant stomach aches, joint pain that would leave me confined to a heating pad. For a long time I brushed it off as pain from my ballet days. But once 3 years went past since I'd seriously practiced ballet, I knew it was finally time to seek help.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Senior year of college, I couldn't remember anything. I'd take a test and all of the studying would just go away. I was forgetting basic words, and names of people I knew for years. I saw a neuropsychologist and he told me I have symptoms similar to dementia patients and that I should never work a full time job. More specialists later, I finally got an answer: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and irritable bowl syndrome. All in one happy package deal. And a few years later, I was also diagnosed with endometriosis. And now, almost 9 years after first feeling symptoms, I'm finally starting to accept my limits.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For many years I slapped a band-aid on it and told myself I could do anything. And it's true I could. But at what cost? When I worked a full time corporate job, all of my energy was put into work. I had no energy for friendships, my marriage, things I enjoy. When I was shooting weddings all the time (aka last fall) I was behind all the time on my work and my personal life. All I had time and energy for was: shooting, sleeping and driving. So now, I'm finally taking steps towards being the person I've always wanted to be within my limitations.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And remembering that limitations doesn't make me a lesser of a person. Can I get an amen?!
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    My chronic illness journey started when I was 18 years old.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I remember my senior year of high school, I started to ache all the time. Being a ballet dancer, I was used to aches and pains, but these felt different. In the fall I went to college and...got mono. I was sick with mono for about 4 months during my freshmen year of college. After that, my body was never quite the same. Tired all the time, constant stomach aches, joint pain that would leave me confined to a heating pad. For a long time I brushed it off as pain from my ballet days. But once 3 years went past since I'd seriously practiced ballet, I knew it was finally time to seek help.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Senior year of college, I couldn't remember anything. I'd take a test and all of the studying would just go away. I was forgetting basic words, and names of people I knew for years. I saw a neuropsychologist and he told me I have symptoms similar to dementia patients and that I should never work a full time job. More specialists later, I finally got an answer: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and irritable bowl syndrome. All in one happy package deal. And a few years later, I was also diagnosed with endometriosis. And now, almost 9 years after first feeling symptoms, I'm finally starting to accept my limits.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For many years I slapped a band-aid on it and told myself I could do anything. And it's true I could. But at what cost? When I worked a full time corporate job, all of my energy was put into work. I had no energy for friendships, my marriage, things I enjoy. When I was shooting weddings all the time (aka last fall) I was behind all the time on my work and my personal life. All I had time and energy for was: shooting, sleeping and driving. So now, I'm finally taking steps towards being the person I've always wanted to be within my limitations.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And remembering that limitations doesn't make me a lesser of a person. Can I get an amen?!
  • Find your people. Words that have never rung more true....which is why I am talking on clubhouse, tomorrow!! What?!?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you are on clubhouse, please come join me, @hazel.lining and @boudoirbymeg as we talk about operating a business with a chronic illness. Did you know that disabled people are about twice as likely to be self employed? Many of us had to make entrepreneurship work, because a typical 9-5 job wasn't an option. Well friend if that's you, know you're not alone!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Will you join me tomorrow on clubhouse? I've placed the link in the bio for you too 🤗
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    Find your people. Words that have never rung more true....which is why I am talking on clubhouse, tomorrow!! What?!?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you are on clubhouse, please come join me, @hazel.lining and @boudoirbymeg as we talk about operating a business with a chronic illness. Did you know that disabled people are about twice as likely to be self employed? Many of us had to make entrepreneurship work, because a typical 9-5 job wasn't an option. Well friend if that's you, know you're not alone!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Will you join me tomorrow on clubhouse? I've placed the link in the bio for you too 🤗
  • BABIES. Love em. And I want one, someday, but please don't ask me when. (Can I get an amen?) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You never know the journey that momma took to have that little babe. Maybe getting pregnant was a breeze, but the birth was terrible. Or maybe it took them a long while to get pregnant. Or maybe they went through an adoption process instead. Or surrogate. Or IVF. Maybe they've miscarried, or their body cannot handle pregnancy. Regardless - if you meet a married 20-30something gal and your first questions is, where are da babies? Don't ask. Seriously. Heck I know some people that don't even want children. But all sassiness aside. Here's my why: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This past December, I started to tapper off of 120 mg of Cymbalta with help of my doctor. (Don't get off meds without your doctor please!). I did this because, you cannot be on antidepressants and be pregnant. There is a higher risk of miscarriage and birth complications if you take antidepressants during pregnancy. And since I have no idea what I'll be like as a prego lady - I figured let's get off this and figure out a better health regimen before pregnancy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I finished my 3 month taper earlier this month and still had horrible side effects. I actually had to be put back on a small dose to continue the tapper for 1-2 more months. And then I hope to have about 6 months - 1 year of figuring out my body and discovering a diet and routine that best fits me without the use of medicine. And once I get that figured out, then we can start trying to have a baby. And then I'll have to re-figure things out as I see what prego-Erin is like. 🧐 All of this to say - heck yes I want children. But I don't know when, or even if I'll be able to physically have them. But I've started this long road towards it. And I'm so freaking excited for a little squish face to raise. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What was/is your journey towards motherhood?
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    BABIES. Love em. And I want one, someday, but please don't ask me when. (Can I get an amen?) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You never know the journey that momma took to have that little babe. Maybe getting pregnant was a breeze, but the birth was terrible. Or maybe it took them a long while to get pregnant. Or maybe they went through an adoption process instead. Or surrogate. Or IVF. Maybe they've miscarried, or their body cannot handle pregnancy. Regardless - if you meet a married 20-30something gal and your first questions is, "where are da babies?" Don't ask. Seriously. Heck I know some people that don't even want children. But all sassiness aside. Here's my why: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This past December, I started to tapper off of 120 mg of Cymbalta with help of my doctor. (Don't get off meds without your doctor please!). I did this because, you cannot be on antidepressants and be pregnant. There is a higher risk of miscarriage and birth complications if you take antidepressants during pregnancy. And since I have no idea what I'll be like as a prego lady - I figured let's get off this and figure out a better health regimen before pregnancy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I finished my 3 month taper earlier this month and still had horrible side effects. I actually had to be put back on a small dose to continue the tapper for 1-2 more months. And then I hope to have about 6 months - 1 year of figuring out my body and discovering a diet and routine that best fits me without the use of medicine. And once I get that figured out, then we can start trying to have a baby. And then I'll have to re-figure things out as I see what prego-Erin is like. 🧐 All of this to say - heck yes I want children. But I don't know when, or even if I'll be able to physically have them. But I've started this long road towards it. And I'm so freaking excited for a little squish face to raise. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What was/is your journey towards motherhood?
  • Hey hey!! It’s been a while since I’ve introduced myself and I’m going to be shaking things up on here so I think it’s time for a new introduction. So here are 5 facts about me you didn’t ask for:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1. I love watermelon flavored candy. Watermelon sour patch kids, watermelon airheads, watermelon jolly ranchers...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2. I did ballet for 14 years. Now I just do ronde jambes in my kitchen.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 3. I spent my childhood years in the Atlanta suburbs. So I believe I have every right to call myself a Georgia peach, say A-town down, and to not pronounce the ts in Atlanta.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 4. I’m an introvert that loves to talk. It’s an exhausting personality trait.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 5. I have a chronic illness. I’m still learning how to live with fibromyalgia, CFS and IBS but if you stick around I’ll share my journey with you to a healthier me! Warning: it will take a while and be a lot of trial and error. But I’m ready to bring you along on this ride!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Anything we share in common? Or just want to say heyyy?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's chat it up here 👇
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    Hey hey!! It’s been a while since I’ve introduced myself and I’m going to be shaking things up on here so I think it’s time for a new introduction. So here are 5 facts about me you didn’t ask for:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1. I love watermelon flavored candy. Watermelon sour patch kids, watermelon airheads, watermelon jolly ranchers...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2. I did ballet for 14 years. Now I just do ronde jambes in my kitchen.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 3. I spent my childhood years in the Atlanta suburbs. So I believe I have every right to call myself a Georgia peach, say A-town down, and to not pronounce the ts in Atlanta.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 4. I’m an introvert that loves to talk. It’s an exhausting personality trait.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 5. I have a chronic illness. I’m still learning how to live with fibromyalgia, CFS and IBS but if you stick around I’ll share my journey with you to a healthier me! Warning: it will take a while and be a lot of trial and error. But I’m ready to bring you along on this ride!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Anything we share in common? Or just want to say heyyy?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let's chat it up here 👇