n complete chaos
we find out who we
really are, and the
true meaning of the effort we put in.
During this pandemic, I personally have had many highs and many lows. Although I pride myself on being even keeled, I’ve had trying moments that have encouraged and challenged elevated growth.
Before the Pandemic broke out, I had quit my position to start a new career, which was halted as Chicago simultaneously watched the world stop. My mind started to go into extreme entrepreneurial drive which brought about emotions from my childhood as well.
When I was a child, I did not have the security of knowing I’d always have a hot plate for dinner or someone that would look after me. A pandemic was not far from my childhood reality of diving into survival mode.
I determined that this was going to be my incubation phase and not my situation. Turning a glass half empty into half full is what has kept me going today. Understanding that many others were going through the same thing quite literally all over the globe gave me freedom to interpret my reality earnestly.
First, I needed more time and now I had it granted to add more into business ventures, family and my future.
Before the pandemic broke
out, I had
been baking
up a storm in
my tiny
Chicago
apartment for
years. I came
up with a
line of baked
goods I hold
very dear to
my heart.
Every
ingredient and menu item I thought out in full creative form. From these items I was able to create a solid foundation and manage the production without having to rush. I began to have order requests from all over the country! The more I’d post items, the more people wanted a taste of my lilbaddies (lilbaddies.com)
Colorado, Atlanta, California, DC, Michigan, Texas, Arkansas and all over Chicago…I was selling my bakery items during a pandemic! I knew I had something worth giving to the world and they were receiving with the best intentions. I felt lucky. Lucky that I had a gift to share and lucky that I was motivated enough to deliver it in the way I wanted to. Still in the incubation stage of building the business I wanted, I made serious growth.
Next, I needed time for family. Work and life had a way of allowing me to never fully be involved with my family up close. Since Covid 19 had hit, I was given the opportunity to live with my older sister which has brought us to a new level of closeness. Watching my nephew grow up and not just being around for
Christmas expanded the way I connect with people on a daily basis. I now know how to approach families and situations in a more empathic and consistent tone.
As my life started to round itself out, I also started to look at my future more in depth. I needed time to dedicate to my lifestyle. I had never missed a day in the gym until now and when Chicago had a forced stay at home order, I taught myself to train my body at home with use of furniture, body movement and mostly stretching. I no longer was dependent on a gym to feel good. That was a huge relief after a twelve-year love affair with the gym.
I worked on my finances, spiritual connections, and my personal relationships. I finally had the opportunity to pour into all these matters I had thought about but was finally about to bring them into an incubation stage realization. Instead of letting it only become a situation of self-pity and sorrow I know that this time has presented an ultimatum to reinstate myself and other superior minds and souls.
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