I just invested $2,000 in myself, and here’s why.

It all started back in 2013, when we bought Natural Plus Nursery. I started blogging, even though I knew nothing about it. I saw people who had already been blogging since 2008, so already 5 years ahead of me, and I was intimidated. I almost didn’t go for it. But, I decided that I wanted to document our journey (if not for anyone, then for me!) and over the last 7 years my blogging has changed a lot. To be completely honest, the thought of making my blog a career and earning income for my family was really appealing to me. Except I never made it happen. Life happened, I got distracted, I was busy trying to make Natural Plus work for us, and I wasn’t ready to go all in. Over the 7 years, I’ve learned a lot about digital media (email marketing and social media marketing) and I’ve applied it to our already existing brick and mortar business: Natural Plus Nursery. But I haven’t really gone ALL IN on ONE THING for me.

In fact, I’ve dabble and tried a lot of things….

I wrote an ebook: Lighten Up Your Cleaning Products

I started a personal blog: marysena.com

And I’ve been working on a book called Lighten Up.

I sold Tupperware for 3 years and had a very successful business in 2018, but I got tired of selling someone else’s product, and tired of having so much product on hand. BUT, I did discover my love for sales, marketing, connection, and learning through that experience. I feel like everything I’ve done in the past has led me to this.

This thing I’m going to create.

It’s my time. I’m ready. I’ve been telling Dave by the end of 2020 I’m going to be doing something for me AND it will be another stream of income for our family. I want to have freedom of time and money and I’m willing to invest and do the work to get there.

I invested in a program called the Knowledge Broker Blueprint. I decided on this particular program because it provides accountability, growth, mentorship, community, and collaboration. While $2,000 is a scary amount of money for us right now, I’m ready. I took a leap. I know if I don’t do this now, I will look back in a year and wish I had started a year ago. Looking back on my blogging days, I’m so glad I didn’t let that voice inside my head tell me not to start just because I wasn’t as far along as the people around me.

The time is now, and I’m doing it. I’m also writing this to hold myself accountable. I’m putting it out in to the universe (as scary as it is) and on to paper to make it a reality. I have to do it now, because you read about it here, and I can’t let you down!

Have you ever taken a leap of faith, or invested a large sum of money in to your education or something you believed in? Tell me about it, I would love to connect!