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𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 & 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗬 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. So why do we use those words interchangeably all the freakinnnn time?? If “I’m sooooo busy…” is a common thing for you to say, HEAR ME OUT!! 🗣 𝘽𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙. ❌Busy is 5,000 open tabs on your laptop & jumping from task to task. ✅Productive is batching out work + designating an ENTIRE day to certain tasks. ❌Busy is late nights and skipping sleep. ✅Productive is prioritizing rest because we know it’s so so important to our creativity. 😴 ❌Busy is going into each day blind. ✅Productivity means setting a routine that’s specific to YOU & your work style, then making a game plan for each day. Knowing WHAT you need to conquer + WHEN you need to conquer it will change your lifeeee. And as much as we hate to hear it… You. Can’t. Do. Everything. Productive people aren’t afraid to say NO. Do I love shooting couples? Heck YES I do. But is this the season for me to be booking up my weekends with elopements? Nooooo ma’ammmm. I know what I’m supposed to be doing NOW, & I’m limiting what’s on my plate so I can focus on being productive in what God is calling me to right now. Productivity is going to save you time, energy, & ultimately let you live your life more. The goal is to work SMARTER not HARDER fammm! So tell me... what do you feel you’re being right now? Busy or productive?? What’s your biggest struggle with switching from busy to productive??👇🏼
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𝗜𝗚 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗮 𝗼𝘂𝘁?? 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗽! I went to bed last night stressed over the fact that I haven’t posted in over a week. Literally my whole body clenched up the minute I realized it. 😐 But here’s the reality: posting to IG is incredible. It helps growth which absolutely leads to sales. So yes, so important. But I’ve also been working my booty off behind the scenes for the past couple of weeks. I have some big launches coming in the next 6 months and guess what... THOSE are moving my bottom line right now. Not that posting to Instagram isn’t important... but it’s not the MOST important thing right now. So if you’re feeling stressed by not posting to IG or anything similar... ask yourself the question: is that moving my bottom line right now? (If totally might be! Orrr it might not!) if the answer is “yes” then calmly figure out a way to prioritize it and get over whatever is keeping you from that task. If the answer is “no” then breathe and continue to focus on what’s truly moving the needle in your biz. And If you can do both, KUDOS TO YOU my friend ;) Hope this encourages someone today. Anyone else stressed by IG? Comment below your biggest struggle and I’ll try to create some content to help you!!!😘👇🏼
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𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂? The past couple months have been weird for my biz life. I’m pivoting really hard in a lot of ways & I’m STOKEDDD, but also just plain confused in some areas: especially on this page. As you (hopefully) know, last year I began to pivot out of being a full time photographer. I’ll still shoot part time for awhile ‘cause I LOVE it, but I couldn’t give my clients AND my education students 100% of me. Something had to give. Then, my education company, @theheartuniversity has been slowly pivoting out of photography-exclusive education to encompass all creative business owners. (We have some DOPE new projects coming soon to serve even more people even better. 😍) AND, on top of all of that, I’m starting TWO new companies this year that aren’t related AT ALL to anything I’ve done before. I’m STOKEDDD. I’ve been working on one for over a year + half & the other for over 6 months. They’re gonna be EPIC & I can’t begin to describe my excitement…😍😍😍 …but all of this change has also left me feeling a bit lost on this page. I’ve ALWAYS known my audience + ideal client. I’ve never struggled with how to show up & serve. I’ve known exactly who to speak to. But pivoting in so many different ways this year has left my head spinning. I didn’t fully realize why I felt like I was tryna run through quicksand until August & now that I’ve figured out the root issue, I’m taking this weekend to sit down, brain dump & map out all my businesses & all the customers & community that come with them, & also hopefully bring in a new biz mentor to help me handle these pivots well. My point is this: I’M STILL LEARNING + GROWING TOO. I don’t have it all figured out. Have I grown a lottt in the past 5 years in biz? HECK YES. Do I have a SHIZ ton more to learn? FRICK. YES. If you’re feeling discouraged today - CHIN UP. We’re ALL still learning. I hope I never reach a place where I think I know everything. (That scares the pants off me 😂) So just a reminder… every single human being is still figuring life out. Don’t give up. Figure out what’s tripping you up, & kick that obstacle out of the way. 😘NOW GO GET EM! 👊🏼🔥
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i went on a sunset walk with copper last night. I was listening to a business audiobook as we walked when out of the blue I heard the Lord say: “Get excited for what’s to come.” I physically stopped in my tracks. I felt this BURST of anticipation, excitement, and joy. I have no idea what He was referring to (obviously I have a few things I’m hoping for, but it wasn’t specifically tied to anything) but I do know that it’s about to get REAL up in here. Every time in my life God tells me to get ready and anticipate something... my mind has been BLOWN with His goodness and power. I soaked in those words “get excited for what’s to come” for a few hours. I even sketched it up while worshipping. But I can’t shake the feeling that the word is also for some other people out there. So here: take it. Get excited. He has something WILD in store for you. Like a father about to give a child their favorite candy... He finds so much pleasure in your happy hops of excitement and anticipation. Reach your arms up. Get ready to receive. 💕
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𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 $𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴. After a LOT of trial and error… next thing I knew, a little over a year later, I was 21 years old with a 6+ figure worldwide photography business, traveling the globe nonstop shooting the most incredible couples in the most incredible locations, and hiring employees to help me keep up with the workload. That’s my story. Well, a little glimpse at it at least. If you’re sitting there going “HOW!?! I want that!!” THEN COOL. I’m here to TEACH YOU how to create your OWN successful, sustainable photography business in my online course. Inside, we cover: 🌸Branding 🌸Client communication 🌸Instagram marketing 🌸Posing 🌸Workflow 🌸Outsourcing 🌸Taxes 🌸Blogging 🌸Pricing 🌸Breaking into the destination market 🌸Websites 🌸Mindsets 🌸Niching Down 🌸How to get RAVING reviews 🌸AND MORE: OVER 38 VIDEO EPISODES and 20 PDFS!!!! It’s PACKED with over 13 hours of video content, tons of pdfs, and the most KICKASS private community of fellow photographers + entrepreneurs you can ever imagine. Don’t take my word for it though. Swipe for a few of DOZENS of reviews!!! Registration closes TOMORROW at midnight so if you’re wanting to up-level your biz with a complete beginning-to-end, step-by-step guide… NOW IS THE TIME AND THIS IS THE COURSE! Now, tell me below… What’s your goal for your business this year?? And what’s holding you back from hitting that goal? (Also, any questions I can answer about the course??) 👇🏼👇🏼
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𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁.  (pic #4 is literally me picking as my skin while Lindsey tested an angle) sooo REAL TALK COMIN ATCHA. On Saturday @mrslindseyroman and I grabbed a mirror to do another at-home quarantine shoot. We had so much fun with this shoot. But I also didn’t feel my best. I was breaking out (that time of the month 😑), I had greasy 5-day old hair, and my legs weren’t shaved which makes me feel like a wooly mammoth. 😭😂 (any other dark-hair girls relate to this? 🤣) I noticed something as we shot. Thoughts kept popping into my head: “Oh if only I were as beautiful as ___” “Man I wish I had ___’s clear skin.” (pic 4 🤦🏻‍♀️) “Why did I have to break out this week with so much camera time required?” “Ooo that pose wasn’t pretty.” It was subtle… but those words were tearing me down. While I sat on the floor, in front of the mirror, I felt God remind me of something: “Those kind of thoughts give room for the devil.” I just about pooped my pants. He was right. Philippians 4:8 tells us exactly what to think about: anything true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and worthy of praise. Anything NOT any of the above isn’t from God. And that means if I partner with those thoughts (believe that they are true and leave room for them to fester) I’m partnering with something/someone other than God. And I don’t know about you… but I don’t want ANYTHING to do with that. So in that moment, I just simply prayed “God help me see myself the way you see me.” And I began to switch the words: “I am beautiful.” “I’m uniquely, intentionally, lovingly made just the way I am.” “The Creator of the entire freaking UNIVERSE thinks I’m gorgeous.” The switch in my heart was unreal. I can’t even put it into words. But if you’re struggling with self-image or negative self-talk today… I want to encourage you to stop. Opening the door to those lies is opening to the door for the enemy to speak even more into your identity. Instead, when you think a negative thought, counter it with “God what do you say about me?” I hope this encouraged you today. I know I needed it too. 😘 #athomephotochallenge