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Today I Baked a Cake
It’s my mom’s 60th birthday today. Kind of a big deal. We’re doing a dinner for her and when I asked her what she wanted, crossing my fingers that I could pull off whatever it was, as let’s be honest my discipline for following a recipe is not the best, I held my breath waiting for her response and to my relief she said a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. What?!?! I just won the lottery!! But when I asked her why she said because it’s what her dad made every year.
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One of Those Days
Lately I’ve been in a bit of a funk. It came on after a few weeks of some really big wins both professionally and personally. It felt like things were happening, all the life changes I had made were panning out and giving me the confidence that I had made the right decision, that yes, this new journey of building, designing, creating a new brand, and career was all going to work out. And then everything slowed down, and over the past 2 weeks a few meeting were pushed backed, orders slowed, and the crazy business of the past few weeks had came to a halt. Which admittedly in the…
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Why I Left Corporate America
This is such a complex question but I’ll start with saying that I never in a million years thought I would ever leave the corporate world. Before I had children, it was just never even a thought that would have crossed my mind. I didn’t have the urge to run my own business, I was content with working the 5 day a week grind, and I was determined to climb that ladder. And I did, and I was good at it. Then I had kids, and my entire world changed. No longer was I content with my few short hours a day with them, time seamed so precious and having…
