BOSS UP!

I want to first start this post with a disclaimer!

This post is not to down or discredit anyone who works a traditional 9 to 5 job. This isn’t to encourage anyone to quit their job and to start a business without a plan. It is meant to encourage those who desire entrepreneurship full time or part time, to encourage those who choose your traditional careers and corporate careers to BOSS up!

As a child if you asked me, " What do you want to be when you grow up?" I, would tell you, “ I want to own a beauty shop and be a singer!” Yeah I wanted to be a singer! LOL! As I got older it changed. I now wanted to own my own beauty shop and be a lawyer! By the time I went to college it changed again. I wanted to own my own beauty shop and be a news anchor. Well that changed too, but the one thing that remained consistent was owning my own hair salon!

One on One color class

The only experience I had with hair was doing straw curl sets (using real straws and bobby pins) and $20 flat irons in my parents living room. I wasn’t sure if I was any good cause my only clients were my friends .

The only experience i had with hair was doing straw curl sets and 20 dollars flat irons in my parents living room. Wasn’t sure if I was any good cause my only clients were my friends . After years of flunking out of college I moved home. I made the decision, I'm going to go to cosmetology school!!! I saw that Paul Mitchell was coming to Memphis. Who had not heard of Paul Mitchell? That's where I wanted to go! I remember going to tour the school with my big sister. At that time building wasn’t done. Somehow, I knew that's where I wanted to be. Boy were my dreams crushed! At that time the only way I could pay for school was to get a personal loan or pay out of pocket! By this time Mom and Dad was sick of my shit! I had flunked out of MTSU! ( I cant blame them!)

I began to work in retail. That had become my life. I had no degree and no trade. I became the Fragrance Girl at Dillard's. I had all this talent and obvious greatness, that landed me to the career of working a $10.50 an hour job. I was a failure in my eyes, but I was still young I had time right? Eventually I got a new job working at ALSAC call center in sales! With the push from my co worker/ friend. I tried my shot at Paul Mitchell again. By this time they were now able to accept funding from the government. I applied for financial aid and started school! For a year or so my life consisted of work in the day school at night! I didn’t have a car so my parents and friends were helping me get to and from school and work. (that eventually changed)

Sew In

April 2012, I completed my 1500 hours of cosmetology school! That day was so amazing! I felt like I had got my Bachelors in Cosmetology! That day was also a sad one. I cried! I was scared! I had no clue what was next? What if I suck at this and have no clients? Then what? I have no back up plan! This was my back up plan! I hated college, I wanted more than working in retail! I jus wanted to do hair!

From that point going forward, I was end and out of the traditional work force and doing hair part time. Hair was only a full time thing when I was in between positions. I moved in and out of salons because I couldn’t afford the booth rent. I was sick of the industry. It was like nothing went right for me. Had I chosen a career that I wanted and God didn't? Do I suck? Am I any good? This went on for years and I never flourished in my career like I thought I would!

my ASM days at Sprint

I felt like a big failure. "No degree Cle" with a cosmetology license and not enough clients to stay afloat. I went back to work, his time for a cellular company. I was always at work. I gave that job so much energy that completely quit cosmetology. Until one day I get fired!!!! I’m pissed; not at my boss, not at the company, but ME! I let that job take me away from my own career. I got comfortable with those little checks. Was that enough to give up on a dream I had since a little girl?

I spent 6 month unemployed, made a few house calls to some old clients, but still wasn’t back working in a salon. I no longer had clients. they have now gone on to find new stylist. There was no way I could pay rent. My clients completely gone! Sooooo I went back to work only to realize that I hated it so much! So I just quit! I called a friend of a friend who has a salon told her I need to work!

So here I am rebuilding like I’m fresh out of cosmetology school! Starting completely over! This time I'm learning new techniques and staying consistent! No more jobs for me! I have a career as a stylist. It is difficult to say the least, but I have a support system that’s so strong! I get to live with my parents rent free while I figure out my 6 figure or more life and chase my dreams.(a real blessing) I have a sister and brother in law that always got my back. I have friends and family that always reminds me that "this is my thing and not to give up!" And I won’t!

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So with that being said....

This is my story. The short version! Maybe you want to start a business or seeking that promotion at work. Know that it will be obstacles no matter what. But giving up isn’t an option... Bossing up is! Take time to write out you goals and reflect on them daily! Know what it takes to get to where you want to be. ( I still don’t know but I’m figuring it out) take that leap of faith and just Boss up! Be honest with yourself but boss up! You make take some Ls along the way, but take them while you Boss up! In the end it will be worth it! I'm here to encourage you while I encourage myself as my "Worth It" is on the way!