Big, big plans

If you don't know already, I made a huge career move about 3 months ago and woo freaking hoo it was the best decision I've ever made!!!

It was...

Exciting

Scary

Ballsy

All of the above

Rewinddddd, I was doing a little bit of personal training while I was pregnant with Parker but as my pregnancy progressed I was 100% UNEMPLOYED, yikes. In my 25 years of living I grew to realize that I wanted to be financially capable with or without a husband. Well, there I was, about to be financially responsible for not only myself but for a child as well and was UNEMPLOYED, double yikes.

I was fortunate enough to have parents that allowed me to run back home when my world, as I knew it, was crumbling. So, I waited until Parker was 3 months old before I started looking for a job. My passion was/is fitness but starter jobs in that industry don't pay the bills when you're a single mama. I was a personal trainer for a few months to "get back on my feet" then I found a job sitting behind a desk doing something I didn't necessarily love BUT it paid the bills.

It was my responsibility to provide for Parker and to offer her the best life I could. I thought that in order to do that I was essentially "stuck" at this 9-5 that I felt like was sucking the life out of me. I was only 24 and s t r e s s e d because of the 45 minutes - hour drive to and from work just to SIT BEHIND A DESK AND PROCESS SALES.... Don't get me wrong (if my old boss is reading) the company and people I worked with were amazing - seriously - but I wasn't made to sit at a desk. Some people love processing sales and working with salesmen day in and day out but I sure as hell didn't.

One year later, I was presented with my ideal dream job. It was a job that would get me back into the fitness world and working towards my ultimate career goal. This job came exactly at the right time. Not too soon and not too late... like I've said over and over, God's timing is perfect.

Don't get me wrong, my desk job taught me some valuable life lessons like how I shouldn't be so young and so stressed over a freaking job. I mean I'm a millennial so I don't always want to be working for the man, ya know?

Soooooo, I leaped. Jumped. Hoped. Prayed. And thankfully didn't fall flat on my face because that was a definite possibility when I took this new job.

Side note, before I even considered this new job I analyzed the hell out of my life. The hours, the pay, the security, my happiness, Parker's happiness, my families support, my time with my boyfriend, like EVERYTHING. I had two family meetings that involved my parents, my sister's family, my boyfriend AND my grandparents. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't making a

huge mistake because this new job is a sales job.. and do you think I've ever done sales? Nurp.

I was hired on as the Fitness Director at my old gym I trained at right after Parker was born. My main purpose in this position is to feed clients to my personal trainers as well as manage the department. So sales and management.... never done it.

But you know what... SO WHAT?!?! We are on this Earth to use the skills God has given us to encourage, change, and help other people. My skill and passion is fitness. So if my job is to solely help change other people's lives when it comes to their health and fitness, why in the heck would I not jump, leap, stumble into something so perfect for me even if I had A LOT to learn.

And guess what people! I am c r u s h i n g it. I wake up every morning excited to live out my calling. Sales is stressful sometimes and managing employees is hard but the fact that I get the opportunity to change lives fills my cup up over and over. I've laughed, cried, and had hour long heart to hearts with some of my clients that I just met that day and it's just SO humbling.

So mamas, don't be scurrred! If you feel unfulfilled, make a CHANGE!

Also, check my next post on how I'm expanding my comfort zone to help reach more people so I can change more lives... I'm taking another leap of faith and going VIRTUAL to connect with some of my old clients and even new! If you're still reading this and want to make a career jump or want to start training with me, hit ya girl up!