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A time will come and you will wish you monetized all your ideas, creativity, and suggestions to your audience. Put things in place today.
I write this with a heavy heart to say my step-father is in the hospital. Him and I got into it because I am mad at him. I think its not just me being mad at him but mad at everything. Mad that I can’t save him nor my mother who is going to feel more burden by the financial stress. I am mad because there is a part of me that feels I will have to go back home, to New York to clean up a financial mess I did not make. Let me explain. I am the eldest daughter and only daughter to my mother. I love her deeply but she’s made decisions financially that she thought was in her best interest. I will leave it at that to protect her privacy.
When family members get sick, and as sick as they do, that means hospital bills, new medications, and days missed from work. Many people have jobs, including myself right now, that when I do not show up to work I DO NOT GET PAID. I went from, willingly, full-time salaried employee to full-time hourly employee. I did this so every moment I was at my job I could be paid for and I could earn overtime but it also was a burden because if I get sick I have to try to recover and get back to work as soon as possible. I am lucky that my job has programs to help me incase I needed to do a medical absence but that doesn’t apply to says I feel extreme burnout or depression.
I am constantly thinking about my mother. I love her deeply and I love our family. I know that one day the home her parents, my grandparents, will become my responsibility. It weights on me every single day. Its the elephant in the room that states at me with golden colored eyes in the corner and I hear it deep breathing in my sleep. It fills me with great anxiety knowing others burdens will be mines. A house IS a burden. I know some people will say its not and a house is a blessing but its not. This is coming from someone who was also a homeowner for 5 years. A house, as I heard in a video or podcast recently, is not an asset. Its a decaying item that is constantly trying to return to the earth and we’re constantly trying to slow the rate of it. Its true and until you have bought, owned, and sold your home you can’t understand what i’ve been through.
In everything I do, I am investing in myself, my appearance, my mind, and my wallet. It took me 2-4 months in doing content creation for fun to realize I can’t believe we don’t get paid for this. It dawned on me WE SHOULD BE. I understand the people who post once a week, once a month, one a year even who do this completely for fun. I am not talking about those people. I am talking about people who are posting 1-10x a day across different platforms. The visibility you receive you need to turn it into something. Are you a writer? Are you a singer? Actor? Producer? Videographer? Come up with a strategy BEFORE you will need it. Just write it down.
I am such a believer in divine timing and manifesting. Very woo woo of me yes but it works and theres nothing wrong with sprinkling a little bit of prayer, magic, and good fortune over your life. Write down your ideas, goals, and just the life you want for yourself. When the time comes you don’t walk. You run, full spring to capitalize on those goals. Sow seeds. I grew up pentecostal christian so I know a thing or two about having the faith the size of a mustard seed. If you believe you are meant to be wealthy, financially free, and/or able to work from home, whatever it is. You can do it.
It takes consistent hard work daily. The same hard work you’re already putting into your content! You will be okay. My stepdad will be okay. My parents will be okay. You know how I know that? Because I am writing it down telling you. Whatever the result will be over the next few days to weeks to months I have been planning. Silently to build myself financially so I can work from anywhere. If I need to go back home tomorrow to my parents I will. I want to be able to pick up, pack up, and go ANYWHERE. That is my 11:11:11 manifestation. Freedom.
Are you preparing? How are you preparing? Start having discussions with your loved ones for goals in the new year. They say January is not the beginning of the new year. I do believe that in a way. January for me is also not the time to rest. Its the time to sow seeds. Start organizing your seeds. The sun is coming out soon and your soil will be fertile. By the spring, in two years, you will see fruits you did not even imagine was possible.