Hey yall. I hope that everyone is well and thriving! . I just thought that I'd come and post a snippet of my journey. I started about 2 months back on this Themepage movement.
I was extremely excited to join and extremely motivated to learn. I felt like i had finally figured out where i fit in the world of making money online.
I had realistic expectations when i started. I was super optimistic, but I'm also a realist ( its the Virgo) in me. Lol. So i didn't really expect over night success.
However once i started seeing the pages pop up literally EVERYWHERE, and started to see people gaining major growth overnight, and over the spand of 2/3 weeks - which by the way Congratulations🥂 to you all!
Although super happy for your individual accomplishments, it made me re-evaluate what i was doing and where i was going wrong. I had only gained like 25 followers in a month. IT became a bit discouraging and i started to feel like maybe this too is not for me.
Not to mention that i also struggled with finding my niche and battling between what's popular and what's organic to me., how to tie my post into digital products etc. So i have started over 5/6times since beginning 😣
I had to take a step back to gather my thoughts. In that, although so much was happening around me, i still never missed a day of brainstorming, trying to find my lane. In chat GPT trying to come up with ideas etc.
Listen I didn't start this to quit. I started this because at the end of the day, i have struggled in silence for years. I had completely lost myself and all that entails. My creativity, my drive, my confidence in my abilities etc.
At the end of the day,THIS HAS TO WORK AND IT WILL. the life that I see for myself is on the other side of everything that I have been telling myself for years that I cant do. Its on the other side of being scared, lacking knowledge and just all of the negativity that I have been feeding myself for years.
Bottom line, when I read Keyonas message about why this community was built, it was just the encouragement that I needed to PIVOT. To pull myself out of the place I was in. It was even more validation that I, at this point in my life, I need community - which I've always known.
It was a reminder- like girl you are in a space where you're being given the tools and the play, you just have to show up.
This is me showing up. This is me engaging in the community even when I dont have any big wins to post but just showing up to support and extend encouragement to the family.
I am now starting over AGAIN, but im ready to put in the work. I dont expect this to happen overnight. I had to tell myself that just like I give a job 3 months to train me, I gotta give myself grace and give this system time to train me... give myself time to build something that works.
I give myself 6 months to see real growth. Not 6 months to take action but finally being patient with my own goals - and seeing it through for a change. I truly believe that 6 months from now, I will see the fruits of my labor 🙌🏾. I feel a sense of excitement when i think about my future self. 😊
I know this is a whole book, but that's that up at 3am thoughts.
Listen ya'll, Stay Encouraged 🙏🏾
"Everybody's timeline is not your timeline "
Stay consistent
Be patient with yourself and your progress
Most importantly- Start with your mindset- sometimes we have to rewire our own thinking to even make space for what is already yours.
❤️
Ps don't give up on me. I need this community. This has to work for me and I'm not too proud to say that I can't do it alone.