When I was born, my parents made somewhere between $9,000 and $11,000 a year.

When I was born, my parents made somewhere between $9,000 and $11,000 a year. They worked incredibly hard for everything we had.

(Can you tell I've been working on my perspective of my childhood – how to handle/talk about it as an adult?!)

Later, when I was working as a hairstylist, I was fresh off welfare and food stamps, and I never made more than about $35,000 a year. At the time, that felt like the ceiling. I could not truly picture anything beyond it. I did dream though :]

So every once in a while I have a moment where I stop and think about the math of my life and it feels… surreal.

Not because of the number itself.

But because of what it represents.

Opportunity.
Learning.
Risk.
Thousands of small decisions.
A lot of mistakes.
A lot of second chances.

And honestly, some of the best “spend” in my life has been the people.

The team behind the scenes who make everything work. The brilliant, thoughtful, hardworking humans who allow me to step forward as the face of what we are building.

Most of them are very private people. You will probably never see them on camera.

But they are extraordinary.

And every time I have one of those “how is this even possible” moments, a huge part of the answer is them.

I might be the one you see, but the truth is there is an incredible group of people helping carry this vision forward.

And I am deeply grateful for every one of them. ❤️

#gratitude #teamwork #entrepreneurlife #buildingtogether #grateful