How come you're moving all over the place?

in the spring of 2016 i went through an ugly break up. lets call him “high school lover” because that’s what it was. so young and so in love and sooo much heartbreak. (story for another time) so with him and i being neighbors, lol yeah that was convenient at the time... it was hard to be around the same -smaller than i thought- town. 

i had just got accepted to go to the University of Utah to finish my bachelors and i was looking to move up to salt lake. signed up for classes. ready for the summer semester to get a head start on my degree. i got a new job as an assistant to an awesome realtor broker of her own brokerage, my (at the time) dream job. i had a good plan set out for me. with or without the break up, that was the plan. i was so excited for all this too. 

i saw some friends from high school living the life in key west, OAKLEY, JORDYN, AND AVREE!!!! forever grateful for yall introducing me to this. i asked them a billion and one questions about what they were doing out there and how they were doing it, like the questions i get now. (btw i love getting questions about it and sharing this amazing company with others) (( dm for any questions always)) i had sent in my resume to Delsol for a fall internship (August- January). just so you know, Delsol is a coloring changing retail store with a sister store called Cariloha. (that's who im working for in SF.) corporate sent an email the following day asking for a 2 minute video of me selling something. i recorded me "selling" my hairbrush in my bedroom totally winging the video with no script. and if you find the video on the web, yes thats how i really am sadly. self love though, right? i was in south carolina mid june visiting friends on a family vacation when I read the email that said they loved the video and wanted to do a first interview!!!!!! my family didnt appreciate that i woke them up at 8am screaming "I GOT IT I GOT IT I GO IT" even though i didnt even have it yet. typical me. Alyssa interviewed me. i was ideally hoping for key west at first but we got to talking about the sunburn on my nose i got on vacation... back home... aka South Carolina. She then mentioned they needed to send someone to south carolina asap rocky, to the myrtle beach location because a girl left suddenly. “I LOVE SOUTH CAROLINA”  not actually thinking she’d send me out. Because what? im applying for the fall semester. also im in school and had a new job. i really cant/shouldnt leave. its also my first interview after my horribly produced video. Alyssa says “would you being willing to go to myrtle beach?” “When ya thinking?” “what do you think about monday?” “It’s thursday”... thinks about it for almost a minute... “I wanna do it” 

next day got an email with my flight information and i moved 3 days later. 

i broke the news to my family. i went to the funnest jason aldean concert. i quit my dream job. i withdrew from my classes. said bye to my boys aka my dogs. hopped on a plane out of utah. did i think at the time 2 years later id still be doing it? no mam. i was suppose to be done and go back to school. be a grown up. lol im only 22 years old though, i dont need to be a grown up yet. some people think im insane for still doing it  (those are not my kind of people) and some think "thats so cool" (those are my kind of people). the questions i get now about my life are not "how are you and "high school lover" doing?" or "how much longer til you graduate?" its more of questions of "what is the favorite place you've lived?" or "where are you gonna go next?" 

my favorite one though i get too much “how much money do you make?” (Imagine me doing the biggest eye roll and giving you the most discreet answer) BECAUSE ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. i could work at a call center or be the CEO of a new start up company, it’s plain rude to ask someone how much they make at any job. it might be the way i was raised or at least never seeing my parents ask that or its a southern thing. who freaking knows. i get there are times where yes you have to ask.. if youre going to marry that person or the person trying to approve you for a loan. but bottom line dont ask me or anyone how much they make. dont be rude. 
now let me get off my high horse and continue...

so to answer the question how am i doing what im doing? im just doing it. 
i know it’s scary to quit everything right now in your life, to just literally leave. i understand it’s difficult especially if you have ties at home. a rent, a boyfriend, want a "good" education, a job that pays well, etc. all those are AWESOME things but not what i wanted. so because i really wanted to leave and go somewhere exciting, i did. i said yes. not because of "high school lover" but for me. even though it was the best way to get over the breakup lol. i had life advantages for sure. i got lucky with this gig. Alyssa took a chance on me and im forever grateful she did. i did have people in my corner helping. but anybody honestly does if they wanna actually set sail. i wasnt even suppose to leave yet or even thought id live in the caribbean or hawaii, hell even alaska. like what!!! am i kinda bragging? very much so. this was not part of my plan and it just happened to me. I AM SO HAPPY IT DID!! i found an opportunity. wasnt scared to say yes and left all the responsibilities behind.. so if you say you can’t leave, “I have school and work.” i’m not saying you really don’t wanna go, but why aren’t you doing what you WANT to do? you’re being bamboozled by yourself my friend. we only get one life and we are not guaranteed tomorrow. 


the "final" breakup was the best thing to happen to me even if it didn’t feel like it at the time. oh boy did it not. now nobody asks me if i’m dating anyone as an opener question about myself. maybe because im ugly now or maybe its maybelline. but you get the point. 

ps.
my youtube channel for people that asked :)