Entering year 28 today and man has this year at twenty-seven felt the most heavy in all aspects of life, a year of so much growth and unexpected events that life throws at one. As I’m writing this I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t emotional loll but I didn’t think I’d feel so much in thinking back and sharing my thoughts of how it’s been as I used to be a little bit more open with y’all back in the days. But this year was a lot different for me, in the beginning of January of this year I wrote down and manifested a year of self love, to get myself out there a bit, a year of focusing on my mental and physical health which in past years didn’t understand that this is a journey and not an over night fix, a lot of discipline, a lot of time for yourself and doing things at your pace. In past years I’ve always put work before anything and everything but I decided to slow it down a bit this year. But with slowing down I found myself at one of the lowest points, months of self doubt, dealing with my anxiety, days of being so burnt out, days of being uninspired and exhausted because I felt I wasn’t doing enough creative wise while trying to keep my head high. I thank god day in and out for that strength while trying to balance it all out. As months passed I had to keep reminding myself to embrace my timing, that it is okay to take a step back to focus and to find what works for you, to be a lot kinder to myself, to not rush and to feel everything because of this I learned so much about myself. I found myself appreciating life a bit more. The past couple weeks I’m learning to enjoy exactly where I am and threw all the high and lows coming out on the other side is so much worth it. To my clients, family and friends new + old I owe you guys so much for believing in me, pushing me forward through all of it this year, the unconditional love and support it means the world because I get to do what I love the most every single day and keep at it. Although I have no idea how this new run around the sun will treat me all I know is I’m going in with so much love, patience and camera in hand for all the adventure it awaits on this wild ride, cha girl is ready for it all 🖤