Fueling your Passion

Hey y’all. It has been 17 days…. 17 long ass days since I last wrote to you all. I’m disappointed in myself, but even still I the space gave me the words to write this post. Fueling your passion. Just as simple as it sounds, and though this is not a topic directly associated with being plus size, it is what is on my heart to share so hopefully these words- as I use this blog as a template to motivate myself- will also be of inspuration to someine else. I will try (probably will) make this post applicable to the plus lifestyle with analogies and references but if not,I told y’all in the first blog post that a big part of what I want to do is inspire so don’t act! lol.

From the beginning:

I try to be very transparent in my post so here is the tea (as it relates to “Thickems Closet”: I am 21. I have a Marketing degree. I love business. I love clothes. I am thicker than your average. I am a unicorn (hehe) I HATE working for other people. I am very passionate about my story and the factors that have gotten me to where I am today. My last semester in college I had to do a capstone to prove that I actually learned something. We had to create a busines, with a full business plan and full marketing plan and afterthinking of all the things I could possibly create a business for, I decided to go with my gut and create a business/brand centered around plus size apparel. This blog is the baby of business, it means a lot to me and I fell in love with it. I have pitched my business to investors and won money. I have been told my idea is brillant, but more importantly I believe in the uniqueness of what I bring to the table….

The Reality:

Life is a bitch. Adulting is real as fuck. All your ideas are golden until you realize you have to juggle everything and still make sure you have the adequate time and energy to fuel passions. Everyday I dedicate 8 hrs to helping a company grow their company and the reality is, most days I am too tired to do anything else. I teach dance, am onthe board for a company, write for a magazine, etc. And yet, there are still only 24 hrs in a day (whyyyyy God). So yes, while my passions and dreams and goals are real… so is adulthood.

The Inspiration:

While scrolling down facebook (follow my fanpage: Thickems Closet), I saw a post that said: “Never dedicate more time to soonmeone elses’ goals then you do to your own!”

**insert epiphany**

Hands down, the best fucking thing I have read since I graduated. So I got to thinking, yes there are a million things going on (welcome to life), yes there are a ton of bills to pay (welcome to independence), yes I have to work to pay those bills (welcome to adulthood), but even in the midst of my current situation, I have to see long term. Do I want to be working for someone else forever orrr do I want to see me baby, my business, grow into everything I know it can be? (Well, duhh! I HATE working for other people!) So even with everything going on, I come back to my notebook, I make a plan, I write down what I want to do and how I want to do it. I balance, take a little bit at a time, accomplish small feats and find the joy in them. I smile through my frustration (mostly cry, lol) but I keep on pushing. I use what I know and what I have to cultivate something better. I reinvent. I pray.

Goals. Vision. Persistence.
Goals. Vision. Persistence.

I don’t make room for negativity and I don’t make room for doubt. I press.

With that being said, whatever your goals are, be it to become more confident in your body, test the status quo with your edgy plus size wardobe or grow a dream into a business, remember: you get out what you put in. No excuses. Just peace, love, positivity and persistence!

Peace. Ife Michelle.