Hi guys, welcome to a brand new blog post! Welcome to 2022! Whew, this was a super crazy year but I made it through. I decided today would be a good day to sit here and create my FIRST blog post of the year. I know, I know…ya girl is flaky BUT I want to do better this year. I think we can all agree that the past 3 years have not been the greatest but sometimes you just have to deal with the cards that you have been dealt. I can’t speak for anyone else but I am tired of sitting around while the world goes up in flames. Grant it, I am a pretty determined person and I have managed to reach most of my two year goals but there still feels like there is just so much to accomplish. I am a busy body at heart, and I KNOW when I am just doing “too much” but this time feels very different.

I don’t know why people never worry about time…..

I can’t tell if it’s the fact that I will be 32 years old this year OR if its the fact that 2022 has only been here for five minutes and I already feel like the year is passing me by. I don’t know why people never worry about time. I am constantly thinking about time frames. It’s literally how I make half of the decisions in my life. Everything in life has a strict timeline, whether you believe it or not. All of our days are numbered in some capacity and nothing made that concept more real to me than all of the crazy things I experienced in the last two years.

I am not the type to worry a lot, but I am the type to always “think” and question. I have always been the gal that would question my teachers, question my peers, heck… I’d even question a dog if it could respond back to me. Ha! I guess this is just a long winded way of saying that time means everything to me right now. I know 32 is still young but I am not necessarily a spring chicken either. Everyday I wake up with intention and a goal to knock off of my list and that’s what keeps me going…and that’s what keeps me motivated. Motivation HAS to come from within. It can’t come from other people, it can’t come from an influencer, and it can’t come from media…..it has to come from YOU and God of course!

What about life?

Well, life has been slightly interesting. First things first…let’s discuss graduate school. I saw a girl on TikTok say that “people only go to graduate school when they don’t know what to do with their life” and for me that could be further from the truth. When I first started toying with the idea of graduate school, I was about 2 years post undergrad and I just knew I was going to be a teacher. However, as I started going through the process I decided that this isn’t the route for me and decided to close my application and walk away from that idea. Graduate school is WAAY to expensive to be unsure about your major so I knew this was a great decision for me. It wasn’t until two years later I decided that I wanted to further my education but I wanted it to be centered around content creation and marketing. I decided to do a quick Google search and lo and behold I knew exactly what I wanted to go to graduate school for….

Business school. Yep, that’s right. I wanted to receive my MBA. It just made the most sense. Anyways, soon after that I decided to submit an application, and wait. Now, I ain’t gone lie….. I knew I would get accepted because I have always had stellar grades and I have always been a pretty well rounded student. So when I received my acceptance letter, that was only half the battle. Actually, it was just the beginning….

If you have been reading here since the beginning then you will know I have my B.A in Dance Studies…so my business background was….nonexistent. This is when things started to get REAL. That first semester of graduate school was HARD because it was centered around accounting, excel sheets and math! And we ALL know math is not my strongest skillset but I didn’t let that hold me back. I was able to stumble through that first semester with two A’s and one B and I have been smooth sailing ever since. Fast forward to 2022, and I am in my last semester of school and getting ready for graduation. I have found my purpose and I genuinely love the career change that I have made for myself.

Honestly, this career path just makes sense. I have been creating content since 2014 and now it has evolved into a career. Grant it, Marketing is a HUGE umbrella and there are soooo many paths that I can take but I am confident that the road I have chosen to take suits me perfectly.

So….what’s next?

This next phase of life is looking bright for me. I have plenty of plans and I can’t wait for them to unfold. The remainder of winter and spring will be geared towards finishing up a few certifications and of course graduate school. After that, it will be time to focus on the next phase of life! And you know what….? I am very excited about it :)

If you made it through this entire blog post then you are a REAL one. I know it was super rambl-y but that’s what a blog is supposed to do right? Anyways, I hope you guys have had a great New Year so far and let’s crush these goals!

Always Living and Forever Learning,

Sha’Carey Martin