Turning 30
Growing up, I always imagined year thirty being the ultimate term of being considered old. I thought I would be married, at least have one child and have my dream home. I had all the expectations. And then October 20th, 2021 came, and I turned 30. I was so busy being an entrepreneur that I honestly did not want to celebrate being 30. I was stressed out and was honestly hating this entrepreneurship journey. I had bought some properties in my home town including my now home that I refer to as the gingerbread house, aka the mansion. But what people don't know is that I went through hell with this house and my other property. And to top it all off, I was still trying to run multiple businesses. I was miserable.
The week of my 30th came, I planned three events. My 30th fell on a Wednesday. I had a small get-together at my home. It was packed with people, from former students to college friends to family. More people came to that than I expected. I was truly in awe of everyone who showed up at my house to celebrate with me. That day that I turned 30, I felt at peace. I felt a sense of life-changing. I do not have proof, nor can I explain it exactly, but I knew something had changed. There was a switch that went off in my soul that day.
I had a massive book release for my first ever published book bundle earlier in the month! The next day after my 30th, I had my second book release for my book bundle: Everyone Has A Story. My book bundle includes a novel, planner, and guided journal. I was brought on stage and was sang to. There were people there that I hadn't seen in years!
It was like I was getting a star in Hollywood! The love and support was so real!
Then I had a final event, the pajama party. I ordered food, snacks and I even hired my friend to come and make frozen drinks for us. On the day of about 10-12 people canceled on me. About six people showed up. Again, there were people I didn't expect to show up, and of course, the people who always show up were there! We sat around and talked. We took pictures, and we drank and laughed.
When I sit back and think about the actual event of turning 30, I think about a true spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical change. From that moment, my life took a total turn.
I believe it took a shift because I changed my mindset. The properties started to come together; even though I am still working on them, the steps being made have been unique.
Fast forward to January, I became reacquainted with my new business partner. It started with a Facebook post, and then we had our first meeting. During our first meeting, we met for almost 5 hours. We discussed turning 30 and what that looked like! By the time we were leaving, the coffee shop was closing too. We noticed that we both went through some similar changes and thoughts.
With that being said, we started working on a new initiative, "Livingthirty30."
Because there was such a shift in how our life looked, we decided to speak on that.
There were so many expectations. When we turned 30, the question that came was, "what am I doing?"
As I walk into chapter 30, I have become an international speaker, taking my business ventures further than I could ever imagine. Turning 30 could have turned into something negative, but instead, it was the shift that I needed to be who I am meant to be. My business partner was everything I prayed for. I got more done with her in January than I did in the whole year of 2021.
There has been opportunity after opportunity.
The two struggles that I am working on are:
1.) My Love life and 2.) my social life.
I believe these two go hand in hand too. My life quote couldn't be more relevant than it is now. I am really focusing on myself and investing what I need! I will continue to walk this journey of 30 and pour into myself the way that I have poured into the world. As I always end everything: Always love you the way you love the world!
