by Deana | Aug 28, 2018 | Goals |
Sometimes I look back at how my life was just a few years ago.. Pinching pennies, trying to save on every single thing I bought, celebrating a $1.95 purchase instead of paying the full $2. Truly believing that I needed to work hard, work often, work tirelessly, to make 6-figures (and definitely 7-figs and up). Reading personal-finance and frugal living blogs (including writing for my own!), soaking up how to save more money, which often meant cutting out things from my life that truly made me happy, just to save a few bucks a month. Hating the rich and seeing them as slimy, greedy, selfish motherfuckers that shouldn’t be trusted (I’ve since learned the complete opposite is true, and I love rich people - and am friends with a few of ’em and know first-hand how the stigma around wealth is total BS). Spending so much time doing shit I hated, just because I thought thay I HAD to, including cleaning my own house (say WHAT?!), cooking all my food (WHAT!! unheard of!), doing work I was no longer passionate about, letting people verbally abuse me and treat me like crap, because “they pay my bills”. I look back and I feel so sorry for that girl. I feel sad for her. For all that she believed was true about herself and the world, but that wasn’t. I feel outraged for her that she allowed others to walk all over her, abuse her emotionally and verbally, and suck all of her happiness out of her soul. I just want to go back and hug her and tell her that...
by Deana | Dec 7, 2017 | Blogging |
As I reflect back over the past year, it’s clear to me that the times I made the most money were the times I was having the most fun. Like that trip I took to Banff in February with my family. Where I saw the most incredible fucking mountains I’ve ever seen, where I rode a snowmobile for the first time and fell in love, where I watched deer and elk casually walk past our front window in the middle of the day, where my clients came over and we talked business, ate fancy food, got our hair & make-up done, and took photos: And that time I took my mom to Malibu for Mother’s Day and rented an incredible beach house, flew business class (her for the first time, she was so excited), walked up and down the beach multiple times, shopped at high-end organic grocery stores, ate at fancy restaraunts, drank wine and watched the sunset over the water from our back deck, and then hung out with Jason Priestley on the plane ride back (not really, but he did help my mom with her bag… we were pretty excited about that): And let’s not forget about my whirlwind trip in June with my husband to Nice, Paris, and Ireland, in under 2 weeks! We had the most incredible view from our hotel in Nice: We hung out with my sister and her boyfriend in Paris to celebrate her birthday (I’d have photos, but my phone was stolen!), and then went to an Ireland wedding, which was one of the most LUXE weddings I’ve ever been to, with some of...
by Deana | Oct 27, 2017 | Blogging |
Remember when you said you’d do anything to live the life of your dreams? Remember when you were so CERTAIN of what you were about to do? Remember when you ignored all the naysayers and did your own thing anyway? What happened to that person? Where’s the DRIVE, the CERTAINTY, the PASSION? ‘Cause we sure don’t see it from you now. Is it because you feel stuck? Lost? Confused? Is it because you’re tired and overwhelmed? Is it because you’re frustrated? Listen, I’m gonna give it to you straight (don’t I always??) – Too bad. Too freakin’ bad that you feel stuck. Too freakin’ bad that you feel lost. Too freakin’ bad that you feel confused. Too freakin’ bad that you’re tired. Too freakin’ bad that you’re overwhelmed. Too freakin’ bad that you’re frustrated. TOO FREAKIN’ BAD. If you want this life – The one of passion, freedom, impact, and abundance in all areas, well – Then you’ve gotta suck it up and keep pushing on. One step at a time. That’s exactly how I built my business - one step and one day at a time. Little by little. Bit by bit. I would work late into the night and early in the mornings. I would study sales and copywriting while my toddler napped. I would say ‘no’ to any invites or calls or ANYTHING that wasn’t going to either A) make me happy OR B) make me money/help me build my business. It was hard. I felt stuck all the time. I was overwhelmed and frustrated on the daily. And I’m sure I bitched and complained about that, too!...
