The Cards You've Been Dealt

1994- I was born

6th Grade- I became Class of Rep for Student Council, 

started drumming, great at drawing.

Freshman- High School now pretty smart for school, 

yet still in speech classes (low class for English). 

I work with one side of my brain from what I believe (literally)

Life turned upside down personally. Quit drums and drawing,

 got into even more of the wrong crowd.

Sophomore- Got elected in Student Government, 

and then Dropped out (I know makes no sense) 

got my GED, and started Beauty school.

2014 (20 yr old)- Stayed in the hair career, 

had a babygirl, became officially single, 

did all I could to keep bills paid.

Now there are plenty of horrible things I didn’t tell you. 

I pretty much just skimmed things off the top of my head to pick.

Also, unless you get straight out of beauty school and 

think “I’m going to make tons of money, you are just 

going to be lost at min wage salons relying on tips. 

Or if you are smart enough you will hit bonus, 

top the commission (if you know how) and hit a manager position.”

Which in one of my cases… I got offered a manager position 

and lets just say it sucked and I noticed how much it sucked, 

so I skipped the offer.

Right then and there I realized I need to manage myself.

They see the potential, I’m seeing it in myself as well and 

I have a great following of clients well…

 I call them my friends. I love you all.

Opening up my own suite and learning that this 

is what I want in life has taken 3 years of hard work 

and I’m sure every year I will be learning.

Attending college to learn the different sides that

 isn’t just working behind the chair.

The reason I’m telling you all this is. I wasn’t the best student 

if anything I ditched class alot and we wont talk about what else I did. 

I didn’t have anyone holding my hand and giving me stuff to pay bills.

I did it myself. I used the cards I was dealt and 

turned it into a winning hand.

I’m not saying anything is easy now. I work every day

 to stay above water where I am now.

It will never be “easy” EVER. But I would never go back

 to living at friend’s houses or off boyfriends ever AGAIN. 

Now I’m not a femeinst for becoming something in a men’s world.

 But I do have to say this..

“Letting someone open a door for me doesn’t make me any less independent.”

That is just rude if you don’t take an open door.

Something about me..

I get shit done, ask anyone who knows me well.

I will do whatever it takes to take care of any problem.

Sometimes I even take on everyone else’s problems

because I don’t “see” problems

I only see solutions.

I used to love to tell people I’m a GED with

running my own small business that you do not need college to do so.

But I am becoming an educational junkie.

I suck any and every information about anything in this brain of mine now. 

Let’s just say it’s my new HIGH.

Now before I go, you have probably noticed my grammar and

punctuation isn’t the best.

Just...

Remember I work with my hands 

I don't work behind a desk

But that isn’t going to stop me from blogging.

Now turn that deck into a winning hand.