Independent Women Part I

Que Destiny's Child & Independent Women Part I.

I turned down an amazing job this morning to go out on my own. 

What?

True Story.

This morning I was offered an amazing opportunity with a great PR firm and I decided YOLO over good benefits.. Does that make me crazy? Probably. Some of you are probably just going on to the next blog thinking this lady is crazy and going no where in her life, others might be happy thinking, "Great! More jobs out there for me!", and the rest of you probably are thinking, "YOU GO GIRL!" (yes I am talking to you, feminists: high five)!

My last blog I talked about doing what I love to do, so why not just keep doing that? I mean c'mon, I can't turn into a hypocrite within four days of my last post!

I've decided to take my talents to, well, I am not sure yet. Whoever will have me? Starting up your own company is scary, that is for sure! You really have to start asking yourself some serious questions like:

1. What is the company name going to be?!
2. How cute-sy do I make my business cards?
3. O-M-G I TOTALLY need a WHOLE NEW WARDROBE! One that screams I mean business, but that totally does NOT need dry-cleaned.

Okay, so those may not be the most "serious" questions, but I would be lying if I said those questions did not pop into my head!

Building a clientele is going to be tough, but that is where your drive, faith, and patience comes into play. You have to believe you can do it in order to do it. It will not happen over night (man, I wish it would though) and that is something you must keep telling yourself.

I have two clients right now- not too shabby of a start and I am ready to keep climbing!

Public Relations, Social Media, and Event Planning are three things that will never be going anywhere. You usually hire people to do those three things to get your business out there for the community to see and know who you are. In my case, I am that company that helps other companies get recognized. Do I hire a company to help me?

Kidding.

When I was up for the job, my fiance was extremely supportive, even though it was in a city in which we would have to relocate. When I told him I am thinking about not taking it and starting up my own company, he was extremely supportive.

I cannot express enough how important it is to have that support group when making such large life decisions. If the support is not there, it is tough to believe in yourself and continue. 

So thank you, my love. xo

This life choice I made could end in two ways: 

1. I could succeed.
2. I could fail.

It is a scary world out there in all aspects, but I am ready to face it head on. My father started two businesses of his own when he was my age, and they are still going strong. I guess you could say the "entrepreneurship" runs deep. Let's just hope the whole "running the businesses that work" runs deep, too.