Still chasing better days. August changed everything. September is just the beginning.

August was the month I kept manifesting as the turning point. And in so many ways, it was.

The future I want — helping people, encouraging others, sharing this journey — started to take shape in a meaningful way. The old life is still here, still holding me up for now, but I feel the shift.

September isn’t just another month. It’s proof that the door’s open, and I’m walking through it.

I hit 5,000 followers here. Time is the most valuable asset on earth and 5,000 people spent at least one second seeing me and deciding to follow along. I wanted to hit 10K by the end of this holiday weekend but it wasn’t meant to be. Life got in the way. But that just means September is going to shine a little brighter now when I look back on my life and what I’ve accomplished in 20 years.

If you’ve followed along with my journey, I appreciate you. If you don’t know me, my mission is to use my voice. My gifts that I hid for so long to do my part in making the world a better. Kinder. Happier place.

Here are a few photos from August with a few things I’ve learned in this new period of life.

Tell me: what did you learn about yourself in August? And what’s on your radar for September?

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