Passionately Managing Life

Here's my story. I have been scared to fully share my story because I was afraid of feeling like a failure in this area of my life. Over the pass 5 years I have been trying to find ways to earn additional income and step out on my own in business. I've always had side hustles but I started trying to accelerate my earning potential outside of my full time job with the goal of hopefully exiting. I am a College Advisor by day. The job requires teaching, counseling and guiding 12th grade students in the college application and financing processes. It has a heavy emphasis on parents education in financial aid, scholarships and college choice. I provide direct service and support to all 12th graders and their families as they transition from high school to their next plan. This is a big job that so many more parents and students should benefit from. I started to provide individual consultations to those that would contact me outside of my job. Friends of friends and of my students bu...

I am feeling overwhelmed on so many levels. The threat of becoming ill and the world shutting down this spring due to the Corona virus global pandemic effected me deeper than I thought. Even before this pandemic I took time off work because I was mentally stretched. I was tired and unfocused and confused. I felt like I was operating in a fog. I couldn't get myself together. Maybe my mind and body were preparing me for a shift.  I am tired. I'm tired of being tired. These past few days, weeks, months have worn on my soul. Worn on my very being. I have been trying to release each thing only to be hit by something else soon after.  This pandemic has made me reevaluate my sense of self. I am a people person. I am good in person. I am not an online instructor. Technology has scared me for a very long time. I am completely out of my comfort zone. I am also failing at being a good home teacher for my baby. Her sleep schedule is completely off, she's not actively engaging in classw...

This school year has been hard. Jahiara lost her mom. We lost Suhail. Many of you lost loved ones. Science was a wash. We lost the end of the school year. We lost prom. We lost graduation. We lost celebrations. A virus took so much away. Racial trauma is continuing to plague us. Over and over again. I'm angry, sad, anxious, fearful, tired. So tired. Tired of everything. I do the work I do because our kids need someone to speak for them. My kids need an advocate, someone in their corner. I worked hard to secure my position, mastered my craft, built a reputation, gathered connections all so I could be a resource for my people. My youth. My kids. College advising is a way for me to help my kids realize they are bigger than their surroundings. A way to help them realize their dreams. A way to help them realize that they can do anything they want in this life. A way to visualize their futures. Sometimes it involves convincing them to do things they don't want to do. It's about...