If Not Now, Then When?

Hi, everyone! Thanks so much for being here with me and for the outpouring of love and support. Reading all of your wonderful comments has had me smiling for days. It's much easier to be on this journey knowing that I have so many amazing people supporting and encouraging me.

I wanted to talk a little bit about life changes. As most of you know, I recently left my day-job to chase my dreams of writing full-time. It was really hard to focus on writing while working a full-time job. My daily commute was 3 hours, so by the time I got home from work, I was just wiped out.

I had been considering this move for over a year before I finally decided to do it. It was during a recent session that I said to my therapist, "If not now, then when?" I didn't want to spend another 5 years at a job that wasn't fulfilling and wonder what would have happened if I had taken the leap. So, I decided to take the leap and here I am!

I had worked in an office doing Accounting work since I was in high school. It was something that I was really good at, and it came easily to me, and that's why I stuck with it for so long. The past few years started to feel really monotonous, and I was feeling stuck. I knew that I wanted to be doing something else, I just didn't know what that was. 

I started writing in January of 2022. It began as a way for me to express my feelings and emotions. It helped me to clear my mind when I had so much I wanted and needed to say. To my surprise, people started responding to my articles and that motivated me to keep writing. My first few articles did really well, and I was hooked.

One of my favorite things to do is to connect with people and talk about things that we all deal with i.e. mental health, parenting challenges, living a happy life and finding balance. I found that the more I wrote, the more I was connecting with people and that made me feel whole again. People began to reach out to thank me for using my voice and I started to realize that writing could potentially turn into more than just a hobby for me. It feels like I have found my calling. Now I just need to figure out how to turn it into a career so I can take care of my daughters.

It's only been two weeks since I launched this blog, and the feedback and support has been incredible. I can't thank you guys enough for reading my words while also sharing yours with me. I feel inspired again and that means everything to me. Making big life changes is not easy. The constant reminder I've always had in the back of my mind was this: Life is so short and we need to be happy now, so what are we waiting for?

As always, please feel free to leave a comment or a suggestion for future topics you would like to talk about. Thanks for being here. xo