2024 will go down as the year of journeys.
Every season of this year has challenged me in different ways and although we are ending the year full of happinnes, and optimisim, it doesn’t negate all things we’ve been through.
I don’t want this post to be all about negativity because in every experience I was able to find joy, strength, and resilience but I think it’s worth documenting for the sakes of blogging 🙂
Started off the year with discovering Fira’s GI disease and it took us months to figure out what exactly was happening, why she was losing so much weight, and why the vomiting and blood kept happening. My head was all over the place… I didn’t want Fira to be in pain and we despertely needed answers. By April, and many thousands of dollars less we were able to figure out what was wrong and a treatment was put together for her.
Everything was going well, she was having great results with her treatment so we were happy. We were planning a trip to Europe… 5 weeks away, multiple cities, the opportunity to go the Euro Cup, and then… BOOM! I was laid off my job.
Here’s the thing. I’ve always had a job. In 2021 when Luis and I started our business, I always kept my job and once we started making more money on a monthly basis than his salary, he went full time on the business. Yes, it was a lot handling my job and the business but after a while it became manageable because we started building a team. I liked having a job; I always saw it as an opportunity to continue learning and it truly was an upside for our business because we could implement things in our business that I was learning from much, much larger companies.
So, losing my job was surpsing and also it left a me in a state of not knowing what else to do. Yes, we have a business and it’s been running for 4 years but having that empty space of not having a 9-5 anymore, left me feeling a bit lost. Do I really like what I do? Do I want more of it? Should I change paths?
We ended up deciding to still go to Europe and just enjoy. Europe is always amazing and we enjoyed our time there while working EST times for our clients.
Came back to the USA and started applying to jobs that really called my attention. I REALLY, really wanted 2 of the jobs I interviewed for but at the end of the day I wasn’t the right fit. I found myself again in a hole. Why am I messing up so much? I really want these jobs, I pour all my energy into the interview process, the projects that they make you do and NOTHING. Not to mention each interview proccess takes about a month and then you are left with nothing.
At the same time, there was change happening in our business. We were ending relationships with some clients, others lost funding because of the economy, etc. I felt as if it all was coming to an end. Luis and I started a 90 day journey to get into a better mindset, and keep each other accountable of what we needed to get done to move forward.
Within 30 days of the journey, I found out I was PREGNANT! What?! I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t think it would happen so fast. Finding out I was pregnant the day before my birthday, a couple of days after I was rejected from a job, was a weird feeling. I was happy, and nervous, and excited but also scared.
Of course now that we knew we had a baby on the way, it lit a fire under us and we started doing more, and more.
Thank Goodness we’ve been able to continue with long-standing clients and start working with new ones. I was always grateful for our business but this year, I’m 1000000% grateful for all the incredible people we get to work with.
Although I didn’t continue sharing much more on social media about our 90 day journey, we completed it and in the end I realized… I will continue to apply for jobs and if I get called to an interview I will do my absolute best but I will also pour my heart and soul into our business and grow it into infinity… because why not? Because why not us? Other people do it all the time. We cannot act from fear, we must act from believe and the knowingness that everything is happening for a reason and we are right were we need to be.
Now, enter the Holidays and I’m missing my family and friends so much. I love living in Colorado but I’d give anything to have a huge New Years party, with lots of music, drinks, dancing, happiness. Also, my sister is giving birth on Friday and it would be SO nice to be closer together.
As we end 2024, I’m grateful for everything that has happened this year. The good, the bad, and the in-between. I’m also very proud of myself and also proud of Luis and I as a couple. When I’m down, he is my voice of reason, and strength and believe.
As we begin 2025, I just have to say BRING IT ON!
2025 will be the year we become parents and the year all of our work will result in many, many blessings.
I will be sharing a lot more in 2025 on my instagram, so make sure to go and check it out!
Hope 2025 brings you EVERYTHING you desire <3.
