Invest in You✊🏿

It's never to early for one to begin investing in themselves... for it is better to start while you're "young" right?!

Just at the age of twenty-three I have made the choice to invest in my present life just as much as my future.

Growing up I either experienced life without having the things I wanted. As well as often times not having all the things I once needed. Throughout the years, I have also witness others struggling to make certain "ends meet." Most of the times their situations were ten times worse than what I thought I was going through. Often times the struggle came from lack of resources and wise decision making or simply just because life was happening way to quickly for people to maintain.

I chose to create my own success story by making it prevalent that ALL 2018 it would be the year of investing in myself! Investing in every aspect of life whether it's financially, spiritually, emotionally and or physically.

Here are a few things that I have accomplished thus far...

• Understanding my 401K benefits

• Gathering Life Insurance quotes

• Joined a credit union

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• Car note and insurance (My first vehicle!)

• Increased credit score

• Began working out and meal prepping again

• Event planning

• Understood the power of saying NO

I definitely don't have it all together! Each day I take advantage of those who cross my path. It's interesting learning about others and their experiences. The key is to listen and take notes from more than one person to accumulate your own opinion so that you can have a greater life by the time you're they're age.

It's crazy seeing people's reaction when people hear how old I am, learning that I have a degree, no kids yet and I am so interested in "getting myself together first." They always wish their children would have focused more on themselves first before getting involved with a 'significant other' or making other life changing choices of their own trying to be "grown" not taking any advice from others who have already experienced the challenges they are ready to face.

As I build up my future for myself, I am just patiently waiting for someone special to come along and help contribute to my success made thus far. Then, we can collectively continue to do more successful things together. However in the meantime.... you can just find me some place working hard, traveling more and enjoying life!

Don't Let The Money Make You!

Work, work, work, work, work... WORK!!!

Working tends to bring on a since of independency. Although, you may not own your own business yet nor have others working with and for you, trust me that will come in due time. There's no better feeling than to make your own money and being on your own time. But until then you have to work those long shift hours in order to survive and invest in yourself....that way you never have to ask anyone for a dime.

Working seems like that's all I ever do!... I always say to people, "you have to work even on your days off!"

There should never be a time where you are not trying to advance yourself. Even on the days that you are not physically working out here "securing the bag" making those dollars by the hour. You should take the time out and find other ways to invest in yourself! Whether it's learning about how to get your credit score right, looking into ways on how to become a homeowner or just simply searching for other professional opportunities and ways to honing up on your skills.

The Life of a "Jamaican" Woman

The moment I announced another job people started referring to me as "Jamaican [man]," one he has several jobs.

So what was once just a job, turned into two and then eventually turned into having three jobs...

Yes! I am a three job working shorty. All being part time positions which makes managing them fairly easy.

My most recent job is working at the original Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen as a shift leader. I have a thing for sweets ... so, yes the temptation of not eating everything is hard to resist.

Second job, where I have been working there for a year now is a place located downtown known as Zoup. It's a franchise restaurant originated from the northeast serving you nothing but soups, salads and sandwiches!

And lastly, I work for WAVE 3 News. My early, early morning grind, this job is priority. It's how I go about scheduling my availability for the other two jobs. Normally working Wednesday through Sunday. Whenever I return to work on Wednesday's for some reason I always feel as if there's something I missed out on, due to it being the middle of the week which is my favorite type of day..."Hump Day." On my days off from this job I typical try to work at my other jobs more.

There are days where I go from one job to the next and other days where I work all three jobs within the same day BUT those paychecks though are bound to look real nice 👀👏🏾 however, my bank account as time goes on tends to be questionable. 🤔😎

I get it all the time people ask me "how do you do it?... do you ever sleep?!"

I get it all the time people ask me "how do you do it? Do you ever sleep?!"

Yes, it's simple just get up and do what you have to do! That's why whenever people mention how tired they are it always seems to be a joke to me. Like, "if only you all

knew?!🤔😴"

There's many days where I think about calling in, just so I can sleep my entire day away even on days that I really am not feeling well...yet I don't I just I thug it out!

The key is to not complain so much about it and remember why you're working so hard. 👊🏾

However, don't work to hard to where you don't make time for yourself, the things you enjoy doing and the people you love spending time with (other than your coworkers). 💆🏾✨

P.S. there are times where I don't get any sleep at all, yet those are the sacrificing I'm willing to make while I'm "young."

IronWOMAN strong💪🏾

People always ask..."I don't see nor know how you do it?!" 😒👀

Me either, I just do it!

Pleeeaaasssee... somebody tell me what in my right mind told me to work on a busy day. 👀

I am fairly use to working two jobs in one day, that's not a problem at all. It wasn't working two jobs in one day that bothered me, it's the amount of work and energy one job in particular required of me.

The Ironman Triathlon took place in downtown Louisville tonight. Ironman is a race that consist of swimming, biking and running. This is a major event that occurs in different places across the country and nationwide. People from everywhere came in town just to participate, there was a total of 2,750 thousand athletes ranging between the ages of 18 and 90 years old.

Beginning at 7:30 in the morning here is their route first up was swimming in the Ohio River...

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I was working at job number one during the time participants started their race. Straight from working at the news station I went to church like any other Sunday. Although instead of going straight home, or going to the mall or just hanging out with people I went home to take roughly an hour nap.

A nap that did not suffice to how tire I really am. Off to working at job number two I went... I had to be in at 4:30 PM. I was expecting for us to open at 5 PM but apparently 'we' opened the doors at roughly 3:30 PM due to the high demand of customers. A chilly day for a race whatever better food can one choose from other than hot soup?!

The day before I made a status on my Facebook and I could not ever imagine competing in something so vigorous.

Based on my long day it felt as if I had a triathlon myself. Although it's nothing I really train for, I just do in order to make a living.

Seeing and interacting with those who completed the race brought on a sense of inspiration. No, I am not inspired enough to ever compete in the Ironman race but knowing that so many people enjoy being participants and have spent days perhaps years training for this race is amazing.

I spoke with so many different people prior to the race as well as after. Each time I was amazed to know where they were from, what their goal for the race was and the logistics of how it all goes.

Zoup was very busy, busier then I have ever seen it during a normal lunch rush. It took all the iron 'out of me' bouncing back and forth from versus stations, cleaning up as the time goes on. There I was spending more hours standing and interacting with people, it was tiring yet refreshing.

Literally putting in work with very little energy. I have never been a fan of coffee, energy drinks nor bars. I just push through... I'm sure my iron level isn't where it should be but after tonight it just approved that anything is possible as long as you continue to push through.

I commend everyone who participated, tried and finished! Now rest up all, recover well and for I shall do the same because guess who has to be up in a few hours again for work?