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My girl was turnt at her wedding last weekend and I can’t blame her one bit. ⁣
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Congrats you gorgeous people. ⁣
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A LESSON ON SUCCESS vs. TIME⁣⁣
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To all you hustling entrepreneurs out there. Listen up.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
So...the year I hit my HUGEST financial milestone, I was disappointed. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
It didn’t feel like anything. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Actually, you know what it felt like? ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Pain, stress, constant anxiety attacks and mental breakdowns.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
A million massages and the therapist asking “can you loosen up, you’re quite tense??”⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I was always tense. My fists were always clenched.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I wasn’t a person anymore, I was merely a machine. ⁣Creating and working and being everything BUT in the present moment.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I decided to make the hard decision of closing my bookings early.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
I longed for more time with my hardworking husband and my sweet hyperactive daughter.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Money doesn’t buy happiness.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
It only buys THINGS.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
That’s it. And you work yourself to DEATH trying to SUCCEED without truly living.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The thing I truly wanted more than anything, was TIME.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I wanted time to dance in the kitchen with my daughter. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
I wanted time to watch movies and hear my husband play the piano. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
I wanted time to live in the now without working towards something that would only serve me temporarily.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Because stuff IS temporary.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I stopped buying materialistic things.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Quality over quantity.⁣⁣⁣ I have what I need, I have what I want, and that is enough for me.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Eventually, you have to come down from the sky. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Just because you can do everything doesn’t mean you have to⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I was watching a youtube video on this millionaire who spoke on his dad working himself to death. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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And he told his son, “I am dying and the only thing I want right now is time with your mother. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
When this surgery is over, your mom and I are going to travel the world while I still have the time.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣"⁣⁣⁣⁣
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He died right after the surgery.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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So please treasure your time with the people you love. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣You never know how much TIME you have left.

Here I go again ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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...with these black and white series moments. I just can’t help it.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Am I the only person that thinks black and white is so cinematic? ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Which is your favorite? ⁣
They each tell a story to me⁣
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Why do I even dress up anymore for photos. ⁣⁣⁣ This is literally my desktop screensaver. ⁣⁣⁣
⁣@Hungryhowies, thank you for making deep dish.⁣
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Seriously, smart choice.⁣⁣
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Btw, is this a good time to post or nah? IDC⁣⁣⁣
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Packing for NAYC for the whole week.⁣⁣⁣
Ken and I already need sleep, bless all the youth leaders out there. RIP⁣⁣
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📸: @northernnativemi⁣⁣⁣
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Sooooo to open with one of my new favorite families…⁣
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I am opening VERY few slots for family sessions! ⁣
My style is more documentary just to keep in mind...I am NOT a posey photographer,⁣
There are a million out there and I’m sure they’d do it amazingly lol⁣
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Also, can we talk about Evie and this pizza? ⁣
I love me a girl that can eat. ⁣
Swipe right fam.⁣
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GUESS WHAT, IT’S FRIYAY!!⁣
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I’m not really a romantic⁣⁣⁣
I don’t believe in soul mates or “love at first sight” kinda thing. ⁣⁣⁣
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If you want to be with someone, then you will.⁣⁣⁣
If you love someone, you will make it work. ⁣⁣⁣
Time and time again. ⁣⁣⁣
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Five years is monumental to me.⁣⁣⁣
We’ve known each other 20 years officially ⁣⁣⁣
We first dated ten years ago⁣⁣⁣
And it all seems like a fun memory. ⁣⁣⁣
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We were just kids. 19 and going to college.⁣⁣⁣
But, here we are: married and with a kid.⁣⁣⁣
In this crazy life, who would have thought? ⁣⁣⁣
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I love you more today than I have the day before.⁣⁣⁣
I appreciate you for everything you do to help lift my load.⁣⁣⁣
I commend you on being an amazing father to ella. ⁣⁣⁣
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I am so lucky. I am so blessed. ⁣⁣⁣
Cheers to forever, with you. ⁣⁣
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Hugs & snuggles under the willow tree.
One thing I always l say to my couples.
Give yourself some time on the wedding day to just enjoy each other. Try not to forget who this wedding day is truly for.
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