Graduate business college with honors. Help run a business that isn’t yours for experience and then get a corporate job where you can work your way up!
Clock in, clock out. Do as your told. Eat free cookies and attend free luncheons. Keep up with your metrics.
It super EASY and DOABLE.
BUT it’s also super freaking SAFE!
Trust me, I get it! If there’s one thing that I have tried to ensure as I pave my way in this world is to make sure I am always ‘SAFE’!
I am always the over thinker, I try to make the most responsible and safe decisions and totally have a pros & cons list for everything I do in life.
Let’s be real for just a moment: Although I loved my childhood, my parents and everything from my past, it was hardly ever ‘safe.’
Believe it or not, my parents never EVER had a job that I remember… Like let that soak in for just a moment…
My dad owns his own oil wells & did side hustles {nope not the ones that make money, yet (; }
My mom owned her own house keeping business for many years. (Information on her later, maybe)
You see, it was ALWAYS hard and NEVER consistent income from either side. The money came but definitely not in abundance. It was always just enough to get us by. And I am freaking THANKFUL FOR THAT !
I think subconsciously that’s when I looked to them for the ‘lesson’ and said to myself:
‘Brandi, you will NOT be that way, you will work your ass off for the rest of your life , period’
& yes it’s true, I wanted to work for a huge corporate company, wear cute clothes, attend fun corporate outings and be a total fire house. I thought, WOW!, finally my own health insurance that WASN’T Soonercare (aka insurance for poor folk like me) would be great TOO! Oh even a retirement plan, that’s a NEW one for me! I don’t think I’ve ever heard a damn thing about retirement from anyone in my family.
So I did what I was ‘supposed to do.‘ I’ve always been that way. A freaking rule follower. I’ve always thought life is pretty damn simple, JUST FOLLOW THE STEPS!
BUT I REFUSE TO FOLLOW THEM ANYMORE! You hear me?
I am CREATING my steps. Stepping away from ‘safe.’ Taking the chance. Betting on my own ability. It’s time. I’m ready.
I AM going to CREATE my life.
I know for me personally that I am no longer going to let safety get in my way. Things are going to get ROCKY as hell.
I use to and still often think ‘Well, who am I to start my own business?’ ‘What if I am not enough?’ ‘What if no one gets it?’ ‘What if I fail?’ ‘What if I don’t make the right decision?’
I am changing those thoughts. Changing my freakin’ mindset. No more limiting my thoughts.
My parents don’t even realize it but I think that through their struggles they really did teach me a ‘lesson‘. I had it all wrong, I thought it was like ‘Don’t be like us, get a corporate job, health insurance, retirement plan, etc’
BUT really what it was that they taught me is to BE WHO THE HELL I WANT TO BE.
I believe that as long as you are happy right now with where you are, what you are doing, where you are working.. DON’T CHANGE IT!
If you aren’t happy, make the move! I want a life of abundance for you! Not an abundance of money or material things but an abundance of happiness, travel, memories and once and a life time opportunities.
Whatever lights your soul on fire and makes you, YOU— GO FOR IT! Take control of your life!
Remember the old saying, ‘YOLO’?
I know that’s not the cool thing to say anymore but it’s so TRUE. We only LIVE ONCE. Notice I said LIVE. What does living truly mean to you?
Anyways, here I go! Buckle up because it’s going to get rocky! But the CLIMB will be worth it. It always is!
I can’t wait to look back on this blog in tears that I went with my heart and my gut & not my head. My head gets me in SO much trouble. It’s often times filled with self doubt, fear, the what ifs but I am committed to changing it & asking myself: What if NOT?
It’s going to be flipping AWESOME.
I hope you go for whatever it is that lights you up!
Thanks for reading, I really love you & can’t wait to share my abundance with you one day soon!!!!