- About Me -
The story that brought me here..
I never imagined I could run my own business and be my own boss one day, so even having this website right now is surreal to me. I always thought I had to graduate college, get a good, stable 9-5, and work for someone else for the rest of my life. FALSE!
I could never figure out the answer to the question we're asked from grades k-12- "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Well all of a sudden I'm a "grown-up" and the answer never came. Until one night, in the middle of a complete breakdown after weeks of spending hours on my laptop applying to jobs I didn't feel qualified for, or even happy about. I must have sent out hundreds of applications and received only 2 interviews. I didn't know what was worse, the fact that I didn't actually want those jobs or that they didn't want me.
My boyfriend then asked the hysterical, self deprecating me, "What do you WANT to do?" And my response was that I just want to paint and bake all day long. I said it in a sarcastic way, as if it weren't possible. But then he came back with, "so do it."
It dawned on me then. Why can't I? the answer was simple, I can! The process however, was not as simple. We're conditioned most of our lives to do what we're told, and how to work for other people, not how to create and run our own businesses. But I felt so determined to make this work, nothing could stop me. Not even the fear of losing "stability and benefits." And now here I am, making my dreams come true and doing what I am most passionate about. I finally have the answer to that forever asked question: I am an Artist, a Baker, a Photographer, and a BOSS!