First Blog Post
Im finally doing it, I’m officially starting my blog. Ive been going back and forth for a while now if this was something I wanted to do. But something kind of came over me in the past week and I told myself I need to just do it, I have nothing to lose. Ive known for a long time that I wanted to have a career that involved fashion, mostly styling. However Kansas City is not the place for a fashion career. I don’t have any plans to leave KC so starting a blog seems like the best option for me.
To give you all a little background on my career, I lost three jobs in a seven month period. August 2023 I was laid off from my high paying job that I had been at for a little over five years. I was devastated, little did I know that losing that job was the start of what became the hardest year of my life. I started a new job in October and six weeks later I was laid off again due to the economy. Once again I was having to start over. I found a new job in a month and then was let go in March because I didn’t want to go work at my boss’ house. I won’t go into anymore detail but Im not surprised they let me go, my boss threw a tantrum that I didn’t want to go work at his house. To make things worse my unemployment ran out in May and I was left scrambling to figure out how I was going to get by. Luckily my boyfriend really stepped up and helped me in every way possible.
By June, I wasn't having any luck with finding a new job so I started trying to come up with ways to make money and quickly. I started learning about digital products and started my Etsy shop, Kiwi’s Cards. I decided that I wanted to start a permanent jewelry company but the problem with that is it costs a lot to get started. I knew I was going to have to wait until I had income to start that. I also tried starting my blog around this time but I let the fear of failure stop me. I also tried doing DoorDash for a little bit but soon learned that it’s not worth it, in my opinion. Finally at the end of July I landed a job. I was so excited to be employeed again, but the only downside of this job was it was only part time. I soon realized that I wouldn’t be making enough at my new job to live off of. A few weeks into the new job I get an email from Instacart saying that I was off the waitlist and there was a spot available. Yes, you read that right, I had been waitlisted for Instacart. I originally tried signing up in June, but it really couldn't have came at a better time for me.
Ive been at my new job for almost two months now and I truly do like it. It’s the most stress free job I’ve ever had and honestly I’m just very thankful to have a job. Since it is only part time I have quite a bit of free time. Im trying to get as many side hustles going as I can so that if I do find myself without a job again, I will still have income. It's not been an easy road by any means but I feel like things are slowly starting to get better.