• This season has been tough. Stretching. Refining. Hard. Beautiful. I’ve been challenged as a leader. I’ve been challenged as a dreamer. I’ve been challenged as a friend. I’ve been challenged as a business woman. I’ve had to stand up to grown men and tell them “I won’t take your ish.” I’ve had to learn how to make a few dozen decisions in a single day without verbally processing. (Very hard for me 😂) I’ve had to learn to fully trust God with a project I’ve been nurturing for almost two years and have poured my lifeblood into when it looked like it could all crumble. I’ve had to learn intense spreadsheets and make stressful hiring decisions and navigate legalities and a lot more things that required a steep learning curve. I’ve had to say “I don’t know” and “can you help me?” and “what does that mean?” more times than I can count. It’s been stretching. And it’s been beautiful. I wouldn’t trade this season or this experience for the world. I’m crying writing this because: I’m really proud of myself. I took a wild idea and I ran with it. I surrounded myself with the greatest team on earth. I toughed it out on the days I wanted to quit. I stood up and walked out when people tried to screw me over. I surrendered this project back to the Lord over and over and over again. And this is just the beginning. I can’t wait to share this with you. p.s. this is your reminder: you can do really hard things too. don’t give up. 🤍 share with a friend who needs this reminder too 🤍
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    This season has been tough. Stretching. Refining. Hard. Beautiful. I’ve been challenged as a leader. I’ve been challenged as a dreamer. I’ve been challenged as a friend. I’ve been challenged as a business woman. I’ve had to stand up to grown men and tell them “I won’t take your ish.” I’ve had to learn how to make a few dozen decisions in a single day without verbally processing. (Very hard for me 😂) I’ve had to learn to fully trust God with a project I’ve been nurturing for almost two years and have poured my lifeblood into when it looked like it could all crumble. I’ve had to learn intense spreadsheets and make stressful hiring decisions and navigate legalities and a lot more things that required a steep learning curve. I’ve had to say “I don’t know” and “can you help me?” and “what does that mean?” more times than I can count. It’s been stretching. And it’s been beautiful. I wouldn’t trade this season or this experience for the world. I’m crying writing this because: I’m really proud of myself. I took a wild idea and I ran with it. I surrounded myself with the greatest team on earth. I toughed it out on the days I wanted to quit. I stood up and walked out when people tried to screw me over. I surrendered this project back to the Lord over and over and over again. And this is just the beginning. I can’t wait to share this with you. p.s. this is your reminder: you can do really hard things too. don’t give up. 🤍 share with a friend who needs this reminder too 🤍
  • Learn from MY mistakes!!!! 😅 This morning I was getting ready to do some editing… and while Lightroom was loading, I instantly reached for my phone to open IG. 😳😭 Soon enough, I had wasted 20-30 minutes of my day scrolling and answering DM’s. Whyyyyy??!!! There was literally no need for me to do that. Don’t get me wrong, answering DM’s isn’t bad! I spend LOTS of time trying to answer each and every DM that comes into my inbox, but I was interrupting time that I had blocked off specifically for editing. My block of time was soon over and I bet you can take a wild guess as to if my editing was done… NOPEEE. Once you’re off task, it takes time for your brain to lock back into your original job. (20 mins to be exact! 😳😳😳) And because you're then trying to remember what you were originally doing, you're basically wasting all your mental capacity switching between tasks. It's just one big downward spiral. 😂 And the worst part is, there are SO. MANY. DISTRACTIONS. This is why carving out time for intentional, deep work, and + turning off alllll the distractions is so important. If you’ve batched a specific amount of time for editing, that is the ONLY THING you should be doing. I get it, we bop around to different thoughts of things we need to get done. But don’t give in and open that new tab or hop on that app. It WILL be there later and you WILL be more productive by setting it down. Don’t lose your valuable time jumping from task to task, friend. What is your #1 distraction throughout the work day?! Instagram? Emails?? House chores?? I’m curious! We all have them! 🧐👇
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    Learn from MY mistakes!!!! 😅 This morning I was getting ready to do some editing… and while Lightroom was loading, I instantly reached for my phone to open IG. 😳😭 Soon enough, I had wasted 20-30 minutes of my day scrolling and answering DM’s. Whyyyyy??!!! There was literally no need for me to do that. Don’t get me wrong, answering DM’s isn’t bad! I spend LOTS of time trying to answer each and every DM that comes into my inbox, but I was interrupting time that I had blocked off specifically for editing. My block of time was soon over and I bet you can take a wild guess as to if my editing was done… NOPEEE. Once you’re off task, it takes time for your brain to lock back into your original job. (20 mins to be exact! 😳😳😳) And because you're then trying to remember what you were originally doing, you're basically wasting all your mental capacity switching between tasks. It's just one big downward spiral. 😂 And the worst part is, there are SO. MANY. DISTRACTIONS. This is why carving out time for intentional, deep work, and + turning off alllll the distractions is so important. If you’ve batched a specific amount of time for editing, that is the ONLY THING you should be doing. I get it, we bop around to different thoughts of things we need to get done. But don’t give in and open that new tab or hop on that app. It WILL be there later and you WILL be more productive by setting it down. Don’t lose your valuable time jumping from task to task, friend. What is your #1 distraction throughout the work day?! Instagram? Emails?? House chores?? I’m curious! We all have them! 🧐👇
  • I am being SO stretched right now in my businesses. More than I can put into words 🤣 Saying that this season has been insane could indeed be the understatement of my life. 🤯 Y’all know, I go MIA on insta for days at a time. I share what’s coming and then just vanish! Behind the scenes, I’m running around like craaaazy learning how to balance more than I ever thought possible for one human being. Everything feels like it’s due at once, and honestly, it kinda is. You already knowww I’m pumping that chai 24/7 to keep me sane. I know keep talking about things that are coming… and trust me it’s SO 👏 GOOD 👏 (and coming SO SOON)... But right now, I’m so focused on what this season is teaching me more than ever: How to triage. “Triage” is a medical term that means “assign degrees of urgency to wounded or ill patients” but trust me… it applies well beyond medicine. Over the past few years as an entrepreneur, I’ve learned how to triage my own tasks and work. Assessing which tasks are MOST urgent, which ones will move the needle in my business most, which ones are absolutely VITAL to complete first or else everything blows up in my face…. (lol yep yay). While I love showing my face on Instagram stories, sometimes that is a back burner task for my busy seasons. I’ve learned to outsource tasks that are critical, but others sometimes fall through the cracks when my energy is needed elsewhere. This is why dump lists + time blocking is so important. I rely sooo much on my to-do lists. They tell me what to do AND show me that there are some things that are not-so critical. Are there times when things don’t get done?? YUPPP. But that’s alright. We HAVE to make room for the things that matter, which is exactly what I’m doing right now. This is just a huge launch season. This craziness is temporary. Trust me, it’s not healthy or sustainable long term!!! I have busy seasons then I have REST seasons!!! Big things are coming.. And I know I’m on the path God has called me too, so I’m balancing what I can to the best of my ability and TRUSTING that the rest is in God’s hands. Comment below if this spoke to you and if you’re ready to try triaging your tasks too!!
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    I am being SO stretched right now in my businesses. More than I can put into words 🤣 Saying that this season has been insane could indeed be the understatement of my life. 🤯 Y’all know, I go MIA on insta for days at a time. I share what’s coming and then just vanish! Behind the scenes, I’m running around like craaaazy learning how to balance more than I ever thought possible for one human being. Everything feels like it’s due at once, and honestly, it kinda is. You already knowww I’m pumping that chai 24/7 to keep me sane. I know keep talking about things that are coming… and trust me it’s SO 👏 GOOD 👏 (and coming SO SOON)... But right now, I’m so focused on what this season is teaching me more than ever: How to triage. “Triage” is a medical term that means “assign degrees of urgency to wounded or ill patients” but trust me… it applies well beyond medicine. Over the past few years as an entrepreneur, I’ve learned how to triage my own tasks and work. Assessing which tasks are MOST urgent, which ones will move the needle in my business most, which ones are absolutely VITAL to complete first or else everything blows up in my face…. (lol yep yay). While I love showing my face on Instagram stories, sometimes that is a back burner task for my busy seasons. I’ve learned to outsource tasks that are critical, but others sometimes fall through the cracks when my energy is needed elsewhere. This is why dump lists + time blocking is so important. I rely sooo much on my to-do lists. They tell me what to do AND show me that there are some things that are not-so critical. Are there times when things don’t get done?? YUPPP. But that’s alright. We HAVE to make room for the things that matter, which is exactly what I’m doing right now. This is just a huge launch season. This craziness is temporary. Trust me, it’s not healthy or sustainable long term!!! I have busy seasons then I have REST seasons!!! Big things are coming.. And I know I’m on the path God has called me too, so I’m balancing what I can to the best of my ability and TRUSTING that the rest is in God’s hands. Comment below if this spoke to you and if you’re ready to try triaging your tasks too!!
  • Motivation + Discipline are NOT the same thing y’all. NOT. EVEN. CLOSE. It’s sooo freaking easy to use these words interchangeably… but I just wanted to share with you all my thoughts today: Motivation is GREAT. Motivation is what gets our businesses started. It’s what pushes us to act on all these amazing ideas inside our heads at the very start. A lot of times it’s what gets big things off the ground! Discipline is the hard stuff. It’s creating a morning or evening routine. It’s sticking to the days you promise yourself you’re going to batchwork. It’s fitting in your workouts or turning off your phone for the night. Think about it like this: discipline is a muscle! We HAVE to strengthen it if we want it to work for us. Heavy lifting is going to be HARD at first. But as we work on it over time, we get stronger and stronger. Discipline is learned, not automatically granted. Motivation sounds way more fun that discipline, huh?? YUP. Motivation is fleeting, which is WHY we need to build up discipline. Those days where you don’t feel like getting up & getting moving? That’s where discipline comes in. When you want to slack off on certain tasks because you’re bored? Discipline. When you’d rather stay in and binge netflix instead of getting your body moving? Discipline. There will always be things that won’t be fun. There will be things we don’t want to do. Motivation will NOT always be there, so we HAVE to discipline ourselves in the meantime!! So just some encouragement fam: PLEASE when you feel the motivation slipping away, don’t let your dreams die with it. Start building those pillars of discipline in your life. I promise, future you is going to be so so grateful. 💕
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    Motivation + Discipline are NOT the same thing y’all. NOT. EVEN. CLOSE. It’s sooo freaking easy to use these words interchangeably… but I just wanted to share with you all my thoughts today: Motivation is GREAT. Motivation is what gets our businesses started. It’s what pushes us to act on all these amazing ideas inside our heads at the very start. A lot of times it’s what gets big things off the ground! Discipline is the hard stuff. It’s creating a morning or evening routine. It’s sticking to the days you promise yourself you’re going to batchwork. It’s fitting in your workouts or turning off your phone for the night. Think about it like this: discipline is a muscle! We HAVE to strengthen it if we want it to work for us. Heavy lifting is going to be HARD at first. But as we work on it over time, we get stronger and stronger. Discipline is learned, not automatically granted. Motivation sounds way more fun that discipline, huh?? YUP. Motivation is fleeting, which is WHY we need to build up discipline. Those days where you don’t feel like getting up & getting moving? That’s where discipline comes in. When you want to slack off on certain tasks because you’re bored? Discipline. When you’d rather stay in and binge netflix instead of getting your body moving? Discipline. There will always be things that won’t be fun. There will be things we don’t want to do. Motivation will NOT always be there, so we HAVE to discipline ourselves in the meantime!! So just some encouragement fam: PLEASE when you feel the motivation slipping away, don’t let your dreams die with it. Start building those pillars of discipline in your life. I promise, future you is going to be so so grateful. 💕
  • what God does > what we dream of EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I know I’ve been teasing about this hugggggge (not kidding, it’s literally HUGE) project for a hot minute now. It’s *almost* here. It’s CRAZY to me how this has fallen together. It’s CRAZY to me that God placed this into my path. It’s CRAZY to me how much this has pushed me out of my comfort zone. It’s CRAZY to me how many times I’ve thought about quitting. But no… God is DOING IT. I had no experience in this lane I’m now in. I had no “right” to take on this project. I had NO clue what would happen… but He did. HE DOES. God is doing a new thing right now… and I’m in awe of how big & beautiful it is. I hope this is an encouragement to you that you can do big, crazy things. Yep, you might be scared. That’s part of the journey. Do it scared. Show up anyway. So much to come and I am SO FREAKING excited, but for now, let’s lean in to God’s plans & show up in every way we can for what He’s calling us to. I am in the same boat and DANG it’s a powerful journey. Stay tuned, fam….. 🤩
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    what God does > what we dream of EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I know I’ve been teasing about this hugggggge (not kidding, it’s literally HUGE) project for a hot minute now. It’s *almost* here. It’s CRAZY to me how this has fallen together. It’s CRAZY to me that God placed this into my path. It’s CRAZY to me how much this has pushed me out of my comfort zone. It’s CRAZY to me how many times I’ve thought about quitting. But no… God is DOING IT. I had no experience in this lane I’m now in. I had no “right” to take on this project. I had NO clue what would happen… but He did. HE DOES. God is doing a new thing right now… and I’m in awe of how big & beautiful it is. I hope this is an encouragement to you that you can do big, crazy things. Yep, you might be scared. That’s part of the journey. Do it scared. Show up anyway. So much to come and I am SO FREAKING excited, but for now, let’s lean in to God’s plans & show up in every way we can for what He’s calling us to. I am in the same boat and DANG it’s a powerful journey. Stay tuned, fam….. 🤩
  • WHERE MY LADIES AT?! WOO! Happy International Women’s Day. From me to you to every other AMAZING woman walking around this Earth… you are so valued. you are so needed. you are so strong. you are so many things. I am proud to be standing beside you doing good for this world. Don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t capable of something. YOU ARE. God made you, just the way you are. And He never makes mistakes. ❤️ Let’s keep setting the world on fire. Keep building your business, raising those world changers, chasing after Jesus, and bringing Heaven to Earth. 🔥❤️ The world needs you. ❤️
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    WHERE MY LADIES AT?! WOO! Happy International Women’s Day. From me to you to every other AMAZING woman walking around this Earth… you are so valued. you are so needed. you are so strong. you are so many things. I am proud to be standing beside you doing good for this world. Don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t capable of something. YOU ARE. God made you, just the way you are. And He never makes mistakes. ❤️ Let’s keep setting the world on fire. Keep building your business, raising those world changers, chasing after Jesus, and bringing Heaven to Earth. 🔥❤️ The world needs you. ❤️