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Confidence, how can I get some?

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Yikes! Confidence where the heck do I get me some of that? A close friend asked me, "How are you so sure about this? Like how are you so confident about getting this whole journey going?"

Well the thing is its not like this happened overnight. Confidence for me is a work in progress... and it still is! I didn't just wake up one morning and thought to myself, YES! THIS IS IT! THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO! AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!! NO! It took so much more than that!

This took me a few years of learning about who I am. Discovering what I am and what I’m not. Rediscovering what I believe in and what I don’t. Years of trial and failure, trial and failure, trial and failure... then finally trail and SUCCESS! Of course, the process repeats itself. Some say just fake it until you make it. And I think that works for some people. However, what I have found is that when you discover who you are. And I mean, who you genuinely and authentically are and when you begin to act on the things that you love and that ignite your soul. You become better and better at what you do. You become more and more true to who you are. As a result, you shine with confidence.

For a long time in my life I really didn’t have a clue about what I wanted to do. I grew up in a big family and I had this internal pressure of needing to be different from my siblings. To have some thing that was my own. I always thought that business was my Dad’s thing and it wasn’t for me. Back in high school I never ever would have imagined that at the age of 19 I would begin my entrepreneurial journey!! And by the age of 21, I would go full-time with my own business.

Everyday I am still terrified of this journey I’m on, but it’s all part of the thrill of the entrepreneurship roller coaster. I don’t think there really was a pivotal moment where I just flipped a switch and all of a sudden I was confident in what I’m doing and who I’m becoming. Looking back, the confidence that I have build for myself was a combination of all the decisions I have made where I followed my heart, listened to my gut and stayed true to who I am.

My challenge for you, if you are struggling with confidence is to do something today that makes you happy and that brings you one step closer to achieving your dreams! Stay inspired, stay motivated and stay on your grind cause the world needs that special gift that only you have!

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Oh This Little Smile of Mine

Confession time: For a long time in my life I was depressed and suicidal. I was always that independent type of person who felt like I could handle everything on my own. I couldn't have been more wrong. I used to have issues I was so afraid to overcome that I pretended they didn't exist. For a while I couldn't even admit it they were a real. Being an independent person, I didn't want other people to worry about my worries. Everyone else has their own ish they gatta work through. So I smiled. I smiled a lot. Soo much that I had deceived everyone around me that I was this happy-go-lucky young girl who had so much going for her. I smiled to hide the pain I felt so deeply. I smiled so no one would ask questions. If no one else thought the pain existed maybe I could continue to believe it too. Over time, the sadness and pain had manifested and grown so much that one day my plan faltered... I broke down in public -- my high school cafeteria to be exact. My worst fear. One thing led to another and I was forced to go to therapy every Friday night for 2 years. What high schooler wants to spend every Friday night at therapy?? Although I hated therapy at the time, in hind sight, it saved my life. After almost 4 years of applying what I learned in therapy into my day-to-day life. I can honestly say that my smile is no longer a mask. My smile is no longer a guise to disguise the demise that I felt inside. My smile is genuine. My smile is real. This pretty little smile of mine is now the window into the magnitude of happiness and gratitude I have within. So if there is a lesson to be told in this impromptu confession... It is that you are never alone. There are people out there that care. If you're struggling with something, asking for help doesn't mean you've failed. If you are undergoing some hard times right now, please seek out the help you need. Learn to love yourself. Learn to take care of yourself. Because you are awesome and I love you!

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Life Lessons from PUMPKIN CARVING

1. Dust it off!

When you start carving a pumpkin its usually covered in dirt... And that's FINE! Negativity is thrown at us all the time but its your choice to let that negativity linger and affect you. Or you can dust it off!

 2. Appreciate the good despite the bad!

Yeah, shit happens. That's life. But the great thing about when things go wrong is that there's always something positive you can take from it. Just like how our pumpkin is filled with gross icky goop it is also filled with awesome pumpkin seeds which can be eaten or planted!

3. Your life is what you make it!

Your pumpkin is what you carve it, and so is your life! The only person that can dictate what your life becomes is you! When you realize that you are in full control over your life you can literally achieve anything and everything that you passionately work hard towards

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NEVER EVER LIMIT YOURSELF! The only thing that can possibly hold you back from greatness is your mentality! So I encourage you to THINK BIG! 

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