Greetings All and Good Brand New Day!
Today's tidbit is an exciting one for me. I am extremely excited. I am excited for everything that 2025 holds, for each of the goals, each of the ambitions that I have set. I am excited for the paradigm shifts. I am excited for the opportunities. I am excited about becoming an active contributing member to my local communities. I am excited for achieving things that many people of my skin color, of my gender, have been discriminated against or told that we can accomplish. I am excited for breaking the generational curses in my family bloodline. I am excited for changing the trajectory of future generations. I am excited for laying the blueprint for all of the amazing contributions that I stand to make this year, I am excited for all the blessings that have been bestowed upon me.
God has been fabulous and generous, and I love the dreams and the inspiration that He has given me. I love the motivation, the perseverance, and the resilience that He has armed me with in order to achieve these goals and these dreams. Today, while at my nine to five job, my mind has been a blur of ideas and projects that I want to bring to fruition and to see in this realm, in this reality. And it is not just aspirations of abundance for myself or prosperity based. Yes, that stuff is included, and it shall be a very real result of the work and the services that I provide, but being able to not only charter this course, but to teach others and share the information and knowledge that I obtained throughout this venture and journey; that is what gets me motivated. That is what fuels my passion, and with the numerous advancements in technology, we are seeing things in this day and age that may have existed during the time that I was growing up. However, traditionally these aids were inaccessible to the average individual, and certainly not accessible to a young African-American female born and raised in the hood. Therefore, I am encouraged and motivated to achieve and access everything that is coming to me, whether it is through dreams, or through brainstorming, there is much to share. Not only that, but the connections that I make, the relationships that are budding as a result of connecting with other entrepreneurs fills me with glee and anticipation. I learned how to be more open and expressive about my dreams and the goals that I set for myself. But what really gets my gears to moving is not just in the ideas, but much so in the actions taken. It has not been an easy journey for me, at all. Every single thing that I have in this life, I have had to fight for. Even the simple things, or what could be perceived as simple, have required insurmountable persistence and tenacity. Even as far as achieving and completing this journey through education has been wrought with stressors and difficulties. Each of the things that I have been blessed with has required an exuberant amount of effort on my end. I have encountered plenty of nights where my face and clothes were flooded with tears. There was a lot of pulling myself out of dire mental and emotional depression. There has been a great many days of feeling unworthy or having imposter syndrome because I continue trying to measure myself up against other people who have not had the same journey as I.
Even at this juncture in time, with me pursing higher education in the form of a doctoral degree, wading through this doctoral program, I find myself feeling that I do not quite measure up. When we introduce ourselves to the group and our peers, and discuss our achievements or where we are in life, career, experiences, hobbies, lifestyles, things of that nature and the like, most times I look at these other individuals and their accomplishments, and I feel like I don't measure up. And the truth is, is that I do. Just in my own way. As I stated previously, their experiences are not mine. My experiences are surely not theirs. There are some people who in this life whom have had easier roads than others. That does not make our individual journeys any less valuable, any less important, any less significant or phenomenal than another person’s journey. In learning to embrace myself and the journey that I am on, embracing the things that I've experienced, situations, good, bad or different, I realized that it all contributes to who I am. This day, every day, and each day, it is forever my intent to continue developing, to continuously push myself, to consistently push my limits, to decide not to be boxed in, and to do everything that I possibly can. As much as I possibly can. According to the vision that I have for my life and the things that I wish to accomplish. So, in saying all that, you know, I just want to make sure I encourage someone else. Keep going. Do not stop, regardless what your encounter. If ever you need, take a moment to sit back, to observe, to regroup, to refresh, to rejuvenate, to plot a different course. Whatever it may be, do that! But do not give up on yourself. You are far too valuable; you and your story are necessary. You never know whom you may encourage just by sharing what knowledge and information you have, even your light, your gifts, your passion, the things that make you smile. The things that make you excited and encourage you to get out of bed, that make you dance, including the relationships you make.
We never know the effect that our living experiences may have on someone else. Therefore, be you in all of your greatness and splendor. This is the focus for 2025 and beyond of which I possess. And no, I do not do New Year's resolutions. However, every year I intently improve upon myself. The transformation is not something that begins or ends at a set point in time, but it is something that I am continuously work on. So yeah, this year is going to be a great year for me. It is a pivotal year for a lot of things. I said goodbye to old seasons, old people, old haunts. Anything that does not align with the vision for this next version, this next level of myself, it has to go. I bid thee adieu. But it is what it is and will be as it shall. So, join me on this new adventure, I ask of thee. This latest and one of the greatest chapters. Like I said, I am excited, and I really hope that you are too.
Thanks for taking the time to listen to me, and I hope you all have a good one.
Best Regards!
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