Fall is the time for change. For students it is the beginning of a new school year. For nature it is the changing of colors and temperatures. Or if you are a blogger it means changing into a million different sweaters to show all your followers {my favorite type of change lol!} I myself have been going through a lot of changes. Don’t get me wrong they are also fun and beautiful, but they are big changes. Did you ever have so many different shifts going on that you tell yourself to slow down and breathe? Yup. That’s me right now.
So what are these changes? Well, the beginning of 2018 was filled with a lot of mental changes. I had to mentally change how I viewed myself in order to have success. Now that is a blog post for another day, but long story short, one day my mama had a talk with me and reminded me of my worth and goals and suddenly…it just all clicked {thank God for mamas} This brought me to my first big change. Starting a blog. It’s kind of funny when I think about it because I am not one to open up about my feelings and here I go and decide to create a platform where all I do is talk about my feelings. This decision really was the turning point of me opening my life up to great things. Every time I hit ‘publish’ on a new post I wrote, it felt so therapeutic. Even if nobody was reading it, I knew it was out there and I felt so much lighter because of it. I also recently found out that I became a new influencer for liketoknow.it {screaming!} When I read my acceptance email I cried. I really never thought that out of thousands of applications I would have been accepted, but I was and damn am I excited. This accomplishment let me know that I’m on the right path in my fashion blogging journey!
Next big decision in my life was going to school. I have a whole blog post about my struggle with school here ! Taking that next step to obtain my bachelors has really made me feel whole again. The whole concept of taking steps towards a goal I so badly want to crush is actually quite an exhilarating feeling. That may sound dramatic, but I’m telling y’all, I get excited for homework. Even during the times I get extremely frustrated, I’m still so grateful to be frustrated because that means I’m on the road to achieving my goal.
My most recent change that I’ve gone through and honestly it is the most emotional and the hardest…I got a new job. I can’t even believe it as I write this. I have been at my current place of employment now for almost 6 years. This job came to me at a time in my life where I was very lost and confused. It taught me so much about myself personally and professionally. I am grateful for it everyday, but all great things must come to an end. I’m ready for the next big step in my life and I wouldn’t be at this point if it weren’t for the job I have now.
All of that being said, I had to really step back and remind myself to enjoy all these changes. I worked really hard to get to the accomplishments I have now, but I know this is where the real hard work starts. I want to continue to thrive in all of these new exciting aspects in my life and I won’t be able to do that if I overwhelm myself with it all. I’m so excited for what is to come, but I know it is important to take a step back and organize my thoughts and priorities. Just like everything else in life we have to take a moment to take a breather and to remember to always be grateful. I never will take anything for granted because it can all be taken away so quickly. I thank God for all the good and bad that I have gone through so far this year. I’m here to remind you all that change is a great thing to happen. Just like the saying goes, “The trees are about to show us how how lovely it is to let the dead things go” Whatever your “dead” thing is. Let it go. If the trees come back stronger season after season then so can I…and you 🙂