08/31/2026
DAY 3/8 — MASTER OF MANY ✨
i’M A MOM 1ST. A WiFE 2ND. AND A CREATOR 3RD.
i DON’T COLLECT HOBBiES. i COLLECT CAPABiLiTiES.
iF i CAN SEE SOMETHiNG iNSiDE MY HEAD… i BECOME ✨OBSESSED✨ WiTH FiGURiNG OUT HOW TO MAKE iT EXiST iN REAL LiFE. THAT’S HOW i TAUGHT MYSELF TO iLLUSTRATE. DESiGN. BRAND. PRiNT. PRESS. PRODUCE. TROUBLESHOOT. OPERATE EQUiPMENT. UNDERSTAND COLOR & MASTER SOFTWARE(S) & UPDATES.
i MADE iT A MiSSiON TO TAKE SOMETHiNG THAT EXiSTS iNSiDE OF MY BRAiN AND TURNED iT iNTO SOMETHiNG ANOTHER PERSON CAN PHYSiCALLY HOLD iN THEiR HANDS.
💗THAT’S MY FAVORiTE PART💗
i NEVER WAiTED FOR A DEGREE, A PERFECT STUDiO, SOMEBODY ELSE’S PERMiSSiON, OR A TRADiTiONAL 9–5 TO DECiDE WHAT i WAS ALLOWED TO BECOME “GOOD AT.”
i’VE NEVER CARED MUCH ABOUT COLLECTiNG TiTLES ANYWAY. BECAUSE i KNOW THE MOST iMPORTANT TiTLE i WiLL EVER HAVE iS — MOM.🥹
i FOLLOWED THE THiNGS THAT SET MY SOUL ON FiRE. THEN ONE THiNG SPiRALED iNTO ANOTHER.
FROM THE OUTSiDE? i’M SURE iT LOOKED MESSY. MAYBE EVEN A LiTTLE “KHAOTiC.” ESPECiALLY TO PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED A MORE ‘TRADiTiONAL PATH.’
SURE. THEiR PATH WAS DiFFERENT FROM MiNE, AND THAT’S OK.
i ALWAYS TEND TO FORGE MY OWN PATH, ANYWAYS. ❤️🔥
i’VE ALWAYS CELEBRATED OTHER PEOPLE’S SUCCESSES BECAUSE WHY WASTE YOUR TiME AND ENERGY BEiNG JEALOUS OF SOMEBODY ELSE’S REALiTY WHEN YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE YOUR OWN? 👀
OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, i FiNALLY LOOKED AT THiS RiDiCULOUSLY LONG LiST OF THiNGS i HAD TAUGHT MYSELF AND REALiZED — i BUiLT AN ENTiRE SKiLL SET!!
i’VE CREATED: LOGOS. STiCKERS. DECALS. BANNERS. BUSiNESS CARDS. HERO CARDS. APPAREL. TEAM GEAR. BRANDiNG SUPPLiES. SENTiMENTAL ARTWORK. CUSTOM iLLUSTRATiONS. PRiNTiNG. PRODUCTiON AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.
YOU NAME iT! THERE’S A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE i HAVE DONE iT OR MY BRAiN HAS LOOKED AT iT AND THOUGHT— “…i BET i COULD FiGURE THAT OUT.” AND USUALLY? i DiD.
MAYBE NOT THE FiRST TiME … AND PROBABLY NOT THE SECOND EiTHER. 😂
i’M A PERFECTiONiST WiTH A VERY DiFFiCULT TiME ACCEPTiNG FAiLURE AS THE FiNAL ANSWER.
FULL STORAGE TOOK SOME OF THE RECEiPTS OF WHAT i CREATED. TECHNOLOGY CRASHED. FiLES DiSAPPEARED. MATERiALS GOT RUiNED AND MY MACHiNES MADE ME QUESTiON MY OWN SANiTY MORE THAN i CARE TO ADMiT… BUT NONE OF THAT COULD TAKE BACK THE KNOWLEDGE i GAiNED WHiLE FiGURiNG iT OUT.
ONCE i LEARN SOMETHiNG, iT BECOMES ANOTHER ‘TOOL’ iN MY CREATiVE TOOLBOX.🧰
AND MY “OFFiCE”? 💻📱
iT’S MOBiLE. iT EXiSTS WHEREVER MY LiFE ALLOWS iT. MY KiTCHEN TABLE. MY DESK. MY COUCH. CURLED UP iN BED AND EVEN iN THE BATHTUB WiTH A CUP OF HOT COFFii OR WiDE AWAKE WHiLE THE REST OF MY HOUSE SLEEPS.
i’VE EVEN CREATED BENEATH THE MOON AND STARS BECAUSE iNSOMNiA GAVE MY BRAiN A FEW EXTRA QUiET HOURS TO BUiLD… WiTH A PRETTY iNCREDiBLE ViEW ABOVE ME. 🌌
i WORK AROUND MY CHiLDREN. MY HUSBAND…AND OUR LiFE. WHEN THEY NEED ME?
THE STYLUS GOES DOWN. 🫳
MY ‘SUCCESS’ WAS NEVER GOiNG TO BE BUiLDiNG A CAREER THAT PULLED ME AWAY FROM THE LiFE THAT i ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT HAViNG iN THE FiRST PLACE.
i WAS THE “QUiET NiCE TWiN” iN HiGH SCHOOL.
i WORKED iN NURSiNG HOMES AS A CNA AND LET iT EXPiRE BECAUSE i GOT TOO ATTACHED 💔
i HELD THE HANDS OF MANY PEOPLE AND HELD THEM iN MY ARMS AS THEY TOOK THEiR LAST BREATH.🌈🌉🕊️
i WORKED iN THE ACTiViTY DEPARTMENT OF THE NURSiNG HOME AND PEOPLE CONSTANTLY ASKED ME: “WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO HAPPY?”
MY ANSWER iS SiMPLE. i STARED DEATH iN THE FACE AND MY OWN LiFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES iN 2017. i WENT iNTO CARDiAC ARREST FROM SEPSiS AND SPENT A MONTH iN iCU FiGHTiNG FOR MY LiFE AND i HAVEN’T LOOKED AT AN ORDiNARY DAY THE SAME WAY SiNCE.
i WAS GiVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO—
💖BE BETTER💖
SO i REFUSE TO TAKE THAT CHANCE FOR GRANTED.
i BECAME “THE LiGHT iN THE DARKEST TiMES” FOR MY RESiDENTS AND THE STAFF WORKiNG THERE. i MADE SURE OF THAT.✨💡✨
i’VE BEEN RiDiCULED FOR BEiNG A SAHM, ESPECiALLY NOW THAT MY CHiLDREN ARE GETTiNG OLDER. MY DAUGHTER iS NOW THE SAME AGE i WAS WHEN i MET MY HUSBAND. 🫣
TiME MOVED THAT FAST. MEANWHiLE— BEiNG THEiR MOM iS STiLL THE BEST TiTLE i WiLL EVER OWN. ♾️
BEiNG HOME GAVE ME SOMETHiNG NO PAYCHECK COULD EVER REPLACE.
i DiDN’T HAVE TO MiSS THEiR FiRSTS. i COULD SHOW UP. i COULD PiCK THEM UP WHEN THEY WERE SiCK AND BE THE FiRST ONE THERE. i WAS BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THEM GROW AND i CAN PROUDLY SAY i HAVE NEVER MiSSED AN iMPORTANT EVENT FOR MY CHiLDREN.
THAT iS 💰RiCH💰TO ME. 🤑
YOU CANNOT PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON PRESENCE. YOU CANNOT BUY THOSE YEARS BACK LATER AND i THANK MY LUCKY STARS FOR THAT EVERY SiNGLE DAY. ⭐️🤩⭐️
i’M iNCREDiBLY GRATEFUL FOR A HUSBAND WHO HAS ALWAYS FOUND “A WAY TO MAKE THiS LiFE WORK” ALONGSiDE ME — SO i COULD BE PRESENT FOR OUR FAMiLY WHiLE STiLL CHASiNG THE THiNGS THAT SET MY SOUL ON FiRE. iT’S NOT BEEN EASY BUT WE HUSTLE HARD FOR EACH OTHER EVERY DAY.
i PLAYED MY OWN VERSiON OF THE “GAME OF LiFE”— AND i WON BECAUSE EVERYTHiNG i BUiLD FROM HERE… iS JUST A BONUS.⭐️
SO NO, i DON’T PUT MUCH WEiGHT iNTO JOB TiTLES. A TiTLE DOESN’T MAKE ONE PERSON BETTER THAN ANOTHER.
iT’S JUST A LABEL TO FUEL YOUR EGO.
WHAT MATTERS TO ME iS WHAT YOU DO WiTH THE LiFE UNDERNEATH iT.
THE PART THAT BLOWS MY OWN MiND WHEN i LOOK BACK: NONE OF THESE SKiLLS WERE RANDOM.
EVERY PROGRAM. EVERY MACHiNE i TAUGHT MYSELF TO OPERATE. EVERY PiECE OF SOFTWARE i MASTERED. EVERY DESiGN i CREATED. EVERY FAiLURE AND MiSTAKE i MADE. EVERY RESTART AND EVERY MiCROSCOPiC DETAiL i TRAiNED MYSELF TO NOTiCE — WAS ALL FOR A REASON.
EVERY SiNGLE TiME i SAiD, “i DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT… YET” … ANOTHER TOOL GOT ADDED TO MY CREATiVE TOOLBOX.
UNTiL ONE DAY, i SUDDENLY HAD THE EXACT COLLECTiON OF SKiLLS i NEEDED TO DO SOMETHiNG MUCH BiGGER.
A NEW TiTLE FOUND iTS WAY BEHiND MY NAME.
AN AUTHOR. ✍️
i’M BUiLDiNG L👀K UP!! FROM THE GROUND UP. 📖
i DiDN’T ONLY WRiTE THE STORY.
i’M iLLUSTRATiNG iT. DESiGNiNG iT. BUiLDiNG iTS ViSUAL LANGUAGE. CREATiNG iTS CHARACTERS… AND BUiLDiNG iTS iDENTiTY ALONGSiDE MY OWN. AND SOON iT WiLL BE BRANDED WiTH AN ENTiRE WORLD AROUND iT. 🤯
THE STRANGE PART? 🤔
i’VE BEEN BUiLDiNG THiS UNiVERSE FOR YEARS. iVE JUST KEPT iT QUiET BECAUSE THE PEOPLE i TRUSTED THE MOST, DESTROYED ME AND WHAT iVE WORKED HARD TO BUiLD TO KEEP ME SMALL.
i LEARNED THE HARD WAY AND ELiMiNATED THE PEOPLE THAT DON’T WANT TO SEE ME WiN.
THE PiECES OF WHAT i AM RELEASiNG NOW HAVE BEEN LiViNG iNSiDE MY BRAiN FOR AS LONG AS i CAN REMEMBER.
iT NEVER HAD TO MAKE SENSE TO ANYBODY ELSE. MAYBE ‘BEiNG A MASTER OF MANY’ WAS NEVER ABOUT REFUSiNG TO CHOOSE ONE THiNG AND STiCK TO iT.
i WAS COLLECTiNG PiECES ALL ALONG AND ACQUiRiNG THE SKiLLS & EXPERiENCES i NEEDED TO LAUNCH FORWARD. 🚀
THE “TiNY LiTTLE CAPABiLiTiES” THAT DiDN’T SEEM CONNECTED AT THE TiME — AREN’T SO SMALL.
UNTiL NOW WHEN i NEEDED ALL OF THEM AT ONCE. 🫠
MAYBE MY BRAiN WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO WORK THiS WAY.
MAYBE i WAS NEVER “TOO STUPiD TO GO TO COLLEGE.” 🥺
MAYBE iNTELLiGENCE WAS NEVER GOiNG TO LOOK THE SAME ON ME AS iT DiD ON SOMEBODY ELSE. i DiDN’T NEED ONE PATH TO PROVE WHAT MY MiND WAS CAPABLE OF.
EVERY FAiLURE PUSHED ME TO LEARN.
EVERY OBSTACLE MADE ME STRONGER.
EVERY TiME i WAS UNDERESTiMATED…
iT GAVE ME ANOTHER REASON TO
🌟SHiiNE BRiiGHTER🌟
AND MAYBE… JUST MAYBE… ALL OF THESE CAPABiLiTiES THAT i CARRY TODAY, ARE THE VERY PiECES OF THE EXACT SAME WiSHES THAT i MADE ON SHOOTiNG STARS AS A LiTTLE GiRL. 💫
i JUST DiDN’T KNOW HOW THEY WERE EVER GOiNG TO COME TRUE… UNTiL i REALiZED i WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN. i HAD TO BELiEVE iN MYSELF ENOUGH TO BECOME HER FiRST.
⭐️♾️⭐️
