A Bumpy Start to 2025

Let me just start out by saying, “Holy $#!?”....

These first few weeks of 2025 have been stressful, confusing, triggering, and exhausting, as well as, uplifting, loving, vulnerable, and hopeful.

What I’ve learned and continue to learn to accept, is that love cannot exist without fear, just as fear cannot exist without love. It’s in these big, life changing moments that I’m reminding myself to focus on what I want more of; love, peace, healthy relationships, and prosperity for my team, company, and guests. What I focus on grows. It’s been proven time and time again. When the unknowns get heavy and the world gets loud, I need to step into the light more and feel lighter and get quiet, so I can hear what I need. It’s in these moments that life tests me that I can seek isolation or I can seek community. And I’m finding that I need a little of both at the moment.

The isolation time allows me to get quiet and be with myself so I can listen to what I need. I need this time for me *alone* with no distractions, usually with my earbuds in, some meditation music, and a blank piece of paper to jot down my thoughts. It’s in these moments of solitude that I can connect with myself and really lean into what I need to know to grow and evolve into the next page of my life’s book.

Then comes the connection. I need to reach out to my people and connect to them. I do this through voice messenger apps, text messages, and phone calls. I need that back and forth with people to remind myself that I’m not alone and that everyone is constantly going through things life throws at us. We are all in this together, and making the time for these conversations and connections is what life is all about, in my opinion.

I’ve also taken a major step back from news and social media in 2025. It’s what my mind and soul need to avoid the overwhelm. What I know to be true for myself, is human rights are important and every human being on this Earth deserves to feel loved, seen, and heard. It’s my life’s purpose and mission to ensure as many people as possible leave my company with this feeling every day. That’s what I’m choosing to focus on and redirect my attention to. My team needs me, my company needs me, our guests need us, and that’s what matters. I’m continuing to do as much good as I can each day, while still taking care of my mind, soul, and body as best as I can. I think that’s all we can do; what’s best for us.

Until next time, keep being you and remember that you can’t pour from an empty cup. Fill it how you need to for you. You deserve it and so do the people around you.