On October 16, 2020 I took a leap of faith and started this journey on social media

I remember feeling nervous, and as soon as I made the announcement about my passion project, I flipped my phone over and went downstairs to eat some ice cream I still cannot believe the opportunities, wonderful connections, and goals I’ve set for myself were manifested only because I took the first step and believed in myself. 

As I look back at this past year, I reflect on 10 lessons I’ve learned:

𝟏.  𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝟐.  𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫

𝟑.  𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞. 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟

𝟒.  𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝟓.  𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝟔.  𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 @deepica 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝)

𝟕.  𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦

𝟖.  𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝟗.  𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 “𝐧𝐨”

𝟏𝟎.  𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬I hope this inspires anyone reading this to just start, believe in yourself so much that it consumes you, and to get out there and create magic