on sacrifice
I don’t talk about it much, but aside from writing and Rhodes Wedding Co., I also do social media marketing and produce podcasts for women entrepreneurs. I used to have a ton of clients and man, Perry and I were living in abundance on the beach in California and traveling to Europe for months at a time. Plus I was able to help out my family—I put a down payment on a house for Dad so he could finally have a home of his own, put my stepmom through massage school... It was rewarding to be financially stable and to be there for my family, but over time the work itself became less fulfilling.
In order to open up space for finishing my book and for growing Rhodes, I shed all of my clients but two. It took a lot of faith, both in myself and the universe, to let go of everything I’d built up to that point. It felt scary to move through so much uncertainty and honestly it still does, but if I hadn’t stripped back I wouldn’t have finished my book and be on my way to pitching agents next month and I wouldn’t have doubled our Rhodes sales last year. What you focus on you create more of, so I chose to focus on the things that mattered most to me—my art and the community I’m building with Rhodes. And I am so grateful to still have those two clients, not just because of the money and stability, but also because working with women who are crushing it in every aspect of their lives fills my soul.
I’ve found that getting what you want out of life often requires sacrifice. Sometimes those sacrifices are painful and they don’t result in what we’d hoped. And other times they are just what we need in order to grow into a fuller, more true version of ourselves. We all make sacrifices. It could be choosing not to binge Ozark until 3am because you know you’ll feel like shit the next day. Or not sleeping in because those morning hours are when you get your most creative work done. Or not having the newest tech so you can put those funds toward your current goals. Or giving up your me-time to call a friend so they don’t feel alone.
What have you chosen to sacrifice in order to create the life you truly want? Did you find that it was worth the sacrifice?
