Learn to say NO!
Carolina Beach
"Decide what kind of life you really want and then say NO to everything that isn't it."
This was my motto for 2024 and there will be much more I say "NO" going into 2025!! I have learned to take accountability for myself and it has given me a humble heart. With a humbled heart, I have learned to give forgiveness to not only others but most importantly to myself. It has been the most scariest but freeing feeling I have ever experienced. It has given me the peace that God speaks of that is beyond our own understanding.
This year has not come without its share of storms and trials however the place I am now mentally and spiritually allowed me to learn to love myself and it changed me physically. By choosing JOY every day, I was able to walk with God through all of those storms peacefully. It has become easier to accept and embrace my own worth and value which has generated confidence I never knew I could have both on a personal and professional level. With that confidence, it has made me believe in myself, to make it easier to narrow my focus and to dig in my heels to dive deeper for the discipline needed to obtain a better life and career, one that I truly want!
I haven't shared a lot on social media much this year and it was with great intention. I have been very open in the past about how social media gives me such anxiety and I feel extremely vulnerable. However, I feel God granted me this time to take a break, self reflect and to readjust.
I didn't have to post, advertise or anything to continue my business because over these past 8 years I have built my book of business with some incredible clients. I am so grateful for each and every one that has consistently used me each and every year for all of their milestones and of course their usual annual family session. My clients, who have become friends, have referred several new clients and now my client base has doubled this year without having to come back here to social media until I was ready.
This was all by the hand of God who was guiding and providing while he was working on me. He was working on the new version of myself that I could be proud of and happy to share with the world. Although I have accepted that I will never fully be comfortable here, my nervousness now is not from self doubt, but the good excited nervousness that drives my ambition to chase my dreams and to never give up!
As we approach the upcoming holidays and close out 2024, I can't wait to show what I have been up to this past year and what 2025 will be bringing in! Lots of changes....Stay Tuned!!
