Pop the Prosecco! LivLimitlessTurns One
It’s crazy how God speaks to us. What’s even crazier is what happens when we listen. A year ago I wrote about what happens when we say yes to new opportunities. It was my first blog post and I was fresh off of hitting “publish” for the entire LivLimitless site. You’ve heard me talk about this before. Or maybe you’re new here and you don’t know the story to how this platform was created. January 2020 I started to piece together old facebook posts and began compiling them into the notes section of my phone. At the time, I had no idea what I was going to do with them. I would use facebook to post long, sometimes controversial topics and I would get the most amazing feedback. Different people from different backgrounds telling me I needed to start a blog or even write a book (maybe someday). Although I was flattered, I didn’t even know blogging was still a thing. I started to dig into more research and learned that blogging is very much a real thing. But I questioned what my place would be in the blogging space. Knowing good and well while I love fashion, that wasn’t something I wanted to write about. Writing for me was always a release and has served as a therapeutic purpose for me more so than advertising or writing about products I love. I started to dive in and ask my counselor (we talk about everything lol) what her thoughts were behind this new possible venture of mine. She emphasized on how much she thought I should do it from a creative standpoint more than anything else. She also gave me the title and topic for my first post. What happens when we say yes . So I went to work. I got some marketing help, I bought the domain, and I bought a blogger resource guide because I had absolutely no clue what I was doing. Again, this was all going to be for creative purposes only.
Fast forward two months and our entire world shut down due to covid-19. It felt as if someone cut the lights off on normalcy so that I could dive into this new found passion of mine. And now, here we are! One whole year later and this blog has done so much for me, it makes me emotional thinking about it. When I look back on those early months as a blogger, I truly was writing to get through some of the toughest moments of my life. I was writing for myself and ended up impacting a whole lot of people in the process. So today, LivLimitless turns 1!! This isn’t a post to celebrate my own accomplishments or to toot my own horn. I want you to understand that none of this happened by accident. I’m not sitting here typing these words randomly. I’m sitting here typing them because I heard a voice that told me I needed to. Again, not having any idea how or what this would even look like. That’s the crazy part about asking for something. It shows up when we least expect it and ends up being more than we ever thought it would be.
Sometimes we don’t accept opportunities, or new ideas or new relationships because we think we need to know everything. We think we have to have it all figured out right away. We pass up on anything new because it stretches us and forces us to become uncomfortable. We say “no” because that’s NOT what we prayed for. Uh uh, no way I am NOT doing that. LOL. But what happens we do say yes? What happens when we chase that little voice down that keeps nudging at us to do something? I’ll tell you what happens.
People will start coming to you out of nowhere thanking you. When you didn’t even know they were watching you, people from different backgrounds will reach out and thank you for your contributions.
People will thank you for bringing clarity amidst chaos. People will thank you for bringing light to dark situations when in reality all you were trying to do is keep your own head above water.
People will thank you for your transparency. Women or even men will come to you and tell you they left a toxic relationship because you helped them see their worth. You will receive texts from people saying they feel healthier than they ever have; mentally, emotionally and physically.
People will thank you for writing about controversial topics like racism.
People will thank you for being vulnerable, yet empowering.
These are just a few of the messages I’ve received.
So today, March 26th, 2021, we celebrate your belief in me. I’m just a girl with a lot of thoughts and sometimes I have things to say. We celebrate getting through hard things together. We celebrate life together. We celebrate love together. We even mourn together. This blog, this platform would be absolutely nothing if none of you read it, subscribed or messaged me telling me how my words have impacted you. Thank you for believing in me, reading my thoughts and following my journey. I want all of us to experience what happens when we tap into our own potential, and truly learn to live out that little voice that keeps nudging at us.
I can’t wait to continue growing with you.
I pray that we all become as strong in spirit as we are healthy in body & mind.
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!
xo, Liv