When you are a kid, everyone asks you what you want to be when you grow up. From pre-school to college graduation, “What do you want to do?”
I’ve had my fair share of career goals. I can remember saying I wanted to be a Radio City Rockette, a teacher, a baker, a lawyer (because I liked to argue with my brother), and an event planner. I went to college for Hospitality Management with a focus in Event Management. I did that for a little while after school and ended up making a bit of a change in 2020.
Fast forward to now, as the year came to an end and the new year began there was a lot of reflection. There always is at the beginning of a new year, as you come up with your resolutions and goals. As a society, it’s like the beginning of the new year allows us to have a do-over. I’m not here to judge, I’ve been doing the same thing…reflecting.
2022 brought a LOT of change. I found my rhythm in self employment, and then Keenan got the news that he was being relocated. So, we packed up all our stuff, rented our house to some amazing people and set off West to California. We got there and got settled, I found a new job and a few months later, left that job.
Now I’m not one to leave something unfinished or without a back up plan. But in this case, it was best to let it lie, protect myself and my health and step away. Unfortunately, I left this business right in the middle of the Holiday season; when companies aren’t exactly reviewing applications and interviewing candidates. (Poor timing on my part, but it was for the best.) Eventually, I found another job, did that for a year and then another new year came around with even more time to reflect.
2024 brought even more change and we started packing again to head to the Mid-West, this time to Kansas. Being close to Texas allows me to restart my self employment journey going back and forth for work. As we get settled in Kansas, and parts of my Texas business wrap up, it’s time to start building something new. My timing may not be the best, but copious amounts of time on Interstate 35 have allowed me to reflect and really think about what I want to be doing. Well, I’ve decided I want to be a blogger!
I know some of my family and close friends are thinking “Maggie is SUPER introverted, and she wants to share her life on the internet? With strangers?” Yes fam, that is exactly what I want to do. When I really think about it, I tried to start a blog in college in 2009 (thank you blogspot) and then I realized all I had to write about were drunken shenanigans. Honestly, I didn’t really want my mom to read those stories. And most of them I don’t remember (or want to). And then again in 2016, I thought I could start a blog about living tiny (which never happened, but is still a dream).
Now at the wonderful age of 35, I’ve decided to start again. Here you will find stories of my life. There will be a bit of child-free stuff, dog content, maybe some recipes, pointers for moving to a new state where you don’t know anyone, and some of our adventures. If I had to classify this blog under one niche, I would have to say it’s a lifestyle blog because there will be a little bit of everything. Really, I just want to share my life, whatever that entails. I hope you follow along to help my dream of becoming a blogger, a reality. Here we go…
Hey, I’m Maggie