The Honeybee's Lifestyle

Tag: Goals

  • Q1 2020

    Hello Honeybees,
    Well it’s the end of Q1 and if you thought that this is how it would end then I need you to pick some lottery numbers for me. Cause we gonna be rich. Q1 was actually pretty good until it wasn’t.
    Here is a quick highlight of what happened:
    Gave up sugar/sweets for Lent. My skin is saying “what took you so long”. I also started meal prepping which saved me a lot of money & time. Ironic that now we are encouraged to go eat out (curbside pickups) to help support local restaurants.

    I also signed up to be a mentor at a middle school. It’s something that has been on my vision board for two years. I always thought that I would mentor older children but I follow the signs. Hate that it got cut short. I was so ready for this.
    I won two Instagram contest! Both from black Women entrepreneurs. I also intentionally supported some black businesses. This is a big goal of mine for 2020. Attended my first Mardi Gras ball (first trip to NOLA), spent a weekend in Chicago and an overnight in NOLA (to pick up my son).
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    Had my first three figure brand deal. According to the equation I should’ve only asked for a low two figures. This was a case of knowing your worth.
    Spent some quality time with my girls. We started the year off with breakfast and finished the quarter with an impromptu Sunday potluck.
    I can’t forget my three blogger events. Met some new ladies at the Blogger Xchange Galentines Day mixer and right before the shutdown did a Power40 class with my blogger boo Desiree @mochadivas at the Y. And I got to hang out with Elvis to help Wendy’s launch their new breakfast menu. If you haven’t tried the potatoes you are missing out.
    Whew, Q1 owes me nothing, well maybe these last few weeks. Yep, I’ll take those back. During this shelter in place I am taking the time to plan Q2. There are some personal goals that I really,really want and need to achieve and of course some blogger goals.

     

    Prayerfully, by the end of Q2 life will be back to semi normal and goals will be crushed.

     

    How was your Q1?
    Beewisdom- “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
    ― Albert Einstein

  • I Messed Up

    Hello Honeybees,

    Saturday I was a plus one for Audacity Fest 2019. My blogger boo @mocha_divas had a press pass for the fest and invited me to join her. I agreed to go without doing my due diligence on the event. That was a big mistake on my part. Y’all I messed up. Big time!

    The Audacity Fest is a festival that celebrates black travel and the fact that it was in Memphis was a pretty big deal. Seeing so many people of color come together to share their experiences & best practices was simply beautiful. There were sessions that catered to everything from culinary travel, adventure travel and luxury travel. Of course the highlight for me was budget travel. The festival was 3 days in various locations around the city. They showed Memphis a lot of love.

    I finally got a passport this year and started a savings account using my digit app for some international travel for next year. So I’m already in a travel mood. Had I been better prepared for Audacity Fest I would’ve been more selective in choosing which sessions to attend & being better prepared for retaining the information.

    Thanks to the power of Instagram I was able to see what I missed. My lesson learned here was to be knowledgeable about events before I attend them, even if I’m not obligated to post about them. I missed out on some great opportunities and possible connections because I didn’t do my homework.

    Next years Audacity Fest will be in New York. Maybe just maybe I’ll be able to attend on a budget using some of the information that I learned.

    Beewisdom- Adventure is worthwhile – Aesop

     

  • Position Yourself

    Hello Honeybees,

    Recently I was listening to Soledad O’Brien speak on a podcast about her leaving CNN. She spoke about how they never really “fired” her but they offered her a different position that she felt was not a good fit for her. To her credit she was able to walk away from CNN because she had financially positioned herself to do so. While working at CNN she was frugal with her money so that she was able to make better decisions based on what she wanted to do vs. what she had to do.

    We’ve all been there. And there is being somewhere because you feel like you have to. Being in a relationship because you feel like you have to. If I leave this relationship then I’ll be alone. If I leave this job then how will I survive? Because let’s face it, we all have bills to pay.

    Positioning yourself means giving yourself options. It’s a very helpless feeling knowing that other people literally hold your destiny in their hands. Hopefully they will have your best interest at heart but then again they may not. It’s a crap shoot.

    So how do you position yourself?

    Financially- living below your means. Have a nest egg so that if you need to make a decision you are making it from a point of substance and not survival.

    Skills- work on improving your skill set so that you have more to offer. If you only know how to do one thing, then one thing is all that you can do.

    Find your side hustle- this goes along with your finances AND improving your skills. That side hustle can help you to save. That side hustle can be your additional skill. This combination can be life saving.

    Network- get to know people outside of your circle, that includes having a mentor. People who know you & your worth. People who can and will advocate for you, even when you are NOT in the room.

    I encourage you to position yourself so that when you are ready to move, you can…..just like that!

    What part of your life needs a position change?

    Beewisdom-“Proper positive positioning is the key to experiencing miracles.” Edmond Mbiaka

     

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