Monday Musings: Background Check

I'm going to start documenting what I have learned from becoming a business owner. I feel like anyone can learn from my experiences, as I have learned from others. Rather than starting a new blog site totally, I'm going to place this here. I want to be transparent with you all, and let you get to know me a little more personally (if you don't already know).

Just a little background on me:

I am now 24 (Born in 1991). I am a mother to 2 toddlers (so yes business with babies is possible), and a wife. I actively seek my relationship wtih God. I love Him and His Word very much, though I wish I read even more than I do, but don't we all? I suffered strongly with depression in middle and high school. A lot of that has lead me into what I am doing now. Reason? I spent a lot of time on the computer and internet researching, writing, being artistic. (I can't draw with pen and paper, but give me some sort of technology and I can make pretty things!) I did all sorts of different activity in school, ending with getting a 5 star Thespian card for being in Theatre. I spent a lot of time in the auditorium. Basically, I acted the opposite of an introvert there, but at home it was back to introvertedness.

After graduating high school, I became a hermit almost. I spent time with my then boyfriend, had lots of fun at concerts, and I worked, but nothing else. It was boyfriend --> work --> home with my computer. I wrote a lot. I have a few books in progress. (We will see which ones become reality.) So I really love to write and design. They are my two main passions. Never would I have thought that either of them could become a 'career' much less a career I am in charge of! Taking scary steps just allows for you to jump out and take charge!

Okay, okay, I got a little bit off track there. In 2011, I started a YouTube channel and began to Vlog about concerts and such. I ended up meeting up with a guy from Backstage Entertainment and being able to take photos and videos and do interviews with major bands (the last bands I helped him interview were Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria). That led me to some really great friends for a while, and creating my own booking company. It was kind of a flop, but that led me to meeting my husband, which led me to getting a head on my shoulders and starting school for Business Management. I got my Associates Degree from ITT Technical Institute, and while I wanted my Bachelors, I could not afford to go back and get it. Which is fine, that's just what happens when you go to an expensive school.

Since getting my degree, I have stayed at home with my daughter, then worked for an insurance company for about 5 1/2 months, had my son, and been all over the place. I've never known what I really wanted to do and what my passion really was. I thought it was to become a birth and post-partum doula, which may still happen at some point, but I have had friends dip out and not let me attend their births to begin the certification process. Now, in May 2016, I realize that God (or the universe if that's what you believe), was the reason all of this happened. I love designing and I love helping people.

While my business is evolving and going towards more of a coaching, and I want to get my certification to become a life coach for other creatives, I am enjoy what I am doing. I realize that God had a time line for me. Every step has led to another step towards making me better.

This is just a reminder to you, to me, to everyone. You can do it. Everything is meant to let you grow, bad and good. So take everything with a grain of salt and use that salt to season your life.