I’ll tell you a little secret. I type a lot of my Instagram captions, post midnight when the world sleeps. I feel my most vulnerable and at peace with my thoughts. I might be a full time content creator for a living but deep inside, there lives a bad writer in me. I starting making videos at the age of 29. Switching from a job of teaching to something so unstable and new was a scary territory for me. At a time in my marriage, when the society expected me to start a family and most people around me didn’t understand why I was talking to my phone camera in an empty room, I decided to try something my heart most wanted. I was more prepared for failure than I was for success, honestly. I had the moral and financial support of my husband, a privilege I am very aware of and forever grateful for. My goal was to create something I’m proud of, to listen to my heart and in the process of it, find financial independence. Three years later into this journey, as I turn 32, and I find myself being able to save and afford an international trip for myself, every time I look around me here in Italy, I pinch myself. I pinch myself AND thank myself for taking that chance of following my intuition, and not listening to the noise around me. And I secretly say a little thank you to the universe, to this guy next to me and to the 338K of you - for believing that I could. I hope that I don’t disappoint you, and if I ever stutter and do, I promise I’ll make it up one way or the other 🤍 - Hotel in Rome @hotelstmartin - highly recommended! Outfit details all tagged.