Wow what a difference a year makes! Today is officially the one year anniversary for my blog. It started as a past-time to keep me inspired and engaged while I waited for the pieces to fall into place for my ultimate dream career. When I began I didn’t think that a year in I would have launched my business and be on my way to helping others follow their hearts to do the same. It’s been a pretty amazing journey and looking back I can see how creating this blog was the single step that built the momentum for the rest of it to fall into place.
When I began, I had this preconceived notion of how my dream would take shape. In my mind the path was logical, realistic, but boy did it feel hard. I thought that was how it was supposed to be. You always hear people talking about working hard, never giving up, and making sacrifices to live the life of their dreams, so I thought sure enough I was on the right path. The only problem was that the more I wrote, the more my desire grew. I wanted to feel like I was making progress, right now. I couldn’t figure out how to reconcile my passion with the idea that I had to save a large sum of money, invest 6 months of my time to do something that I have always been doing. Wasn’t the realistic way the only way? In April, I realized the realistic way is only one way to make something happen.
It was then that I took a leap of faith. By simply declaring (to myself) that I was going to create my own coaching model utilizing my experience, Masters in Psychology, and the many tools I have learned along the way, I took the seemingly small step that helped me create what I have today. Did I know everything at that moment? Of course not. But I set the intention and the flood gates of ideas opened and the pieces fell into place. Before I knew it I had created my coaching model and began working with two guinea pig clients who have made some incredible progress!
Am I still learning? Yes and boy am I learning a lot! I am learning the ins and outs of business. I am learning how to better serve my clients and how to grow into this new dream that I held so close to my heart for over a decade.
So what held me back all these years? I was bound by reality. Like the caged bird who knows only how to live, breathe, and survive behind bars, I allowed myself to be contained in the logical world. I thought everyone worked a job they hated just to make ends meet and that only the lucky/rich/free people were able to do the things they wanted to simply because they loved it. For many years my actions were driven by the need to fulfill my responsibilities in life. Bills, work, and taking care of my family were all reasons I succumbed to the idea that I couldn’t live with my head in the clouds any longer.
I was wrong. 
Today, one year into this blogging journey and only a few months into my business, I am excited for what the future holds. I am eager to help clients break free from their perceived limitations in time, money, space, etc. so they too can feel the freedom of living a life of passion while still taking care of all the other stuff too! You can have it all! The time, the joy, the family, the money, the career that sets your soul on fire…all of it! All it takes is one little step forward to get the momentum going. And I can tell you from where I stand in my own journey, it is an incredible feeling to be living my dream and while I am still growing, evolving, and learning, I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Don’t wait another minute to live the life you were meant to live, to use the gifts you have to give to the world, and to do what makes you happy. Life is too short to put your happiness off for another moment.
I would be honored to help you move along your journey to living the life you once dreamt. Interested in working with me and taking advantage of the incredible pay what you can deal from yesterday? Send me an email at lamisha@lifeoncedreamt.com or contact me here to get a free 30 minute coaching session to get started. I promise you won’t be sorry you did.