August 27th, 2017

A letter to the 26 year old me...

Dear beautiful scared young girl,

As I look at you, all I can do is smile. You were so nervous about wearing that dress. You were excited for Javi's third Christmas Party for work but you had gained weight and your small dresses no longer fit you🙄 You had to resort for the ::wait for it:: dreaded MEDIUM🤣 What torture that thought was LOL!

You hated it.. but little did you know, that weight gain was going to change the direction of your life forever.

Even though you weren't feeling confident you tried your best to rock that dress and the one thing that made you happy was that you FINALLY had boobs LOL!! Anywaysss.. That night you had a blast like always. You always have been the happy, crazy, spunky girl. That won't change as you get older. You'll soon find out, it's what will give you the "in" for connecting with thousands of people you don't even know yet😉

The path you're going on in life right now is looking up! You're 26, you finally got that BSA job you wanted and you and Javi are celebrating the best holiday of the year, Christmas and it's not just any Christmas, it's Christmas in your new home!!

Yes, all your prayers, hopes, wishes and begging to the universe paid off.

You and Javi bought your first home and it's simply magical. Life is going good and all you want is to be happy with Javi. You finally found your soul mate. All those past relationships didn't workout for a reason. Something you finally realized, and you found someone that met everything you asked for on your "list" of must haves for a relationship🤣 You had plans to enjoy life to the fullest, travel, eat good food, fix up your house and just chill.

​Luckily for you, what seemed to be a huge reality check would be the reality check you needed to make a decision that would change everything in your life.

See, you had a good job. THE job to be exact. Javi was moving up at work and was promoted to Fraud Investigator but something was still off. Slowly you started realizing that you had no life. What you planned your life to be like was nothing to what your reality was. You were about to set off into panic mode. Panic of what your future was going to look like.

You didn't know this yet, but this panic mode would allow you to open your eyes a little more to other opportunities.

All the complaining Javi would give you about being on your phone all the time is about to pay off🤣 The Instagram pages you kept following of Herbalife Coaches would serve to be life changing for you both, you just don't know it yet. Life will show you over and over that everything happens for a reason. It will show you that following your heart and being open to the signs will be the one thing that will serve you to be your gift. Being in tuned with reality.

You always strived to be happy and when you found yourself feeling drained the one major thing that attracted you to start Herbalife was the happiness you saw. The happiness and freedom on these Instagram pages would set your curiosity on fire🔥 You would analyze them and make sure that this is something you could do and my darling, you did good! You chose the perfect people to help you embark on this whole new life.

Your determination and desperation for change is what will push you past all the negativity you are about to experience. Many people will show you who they are in the upcoming months and years. Your excitement for a new life will be tested but you will make it through! After all, you have always been stubborn and for this, your stubbornness will pay off😉 Keep going!! You have no idea that all the sacrifices you are about to face.. the worry, the doubt, the fear, the hard work, will be exactly what you need to set yourself up in the future.

In 8 months, that banking career will be history.

You don't know that right now because you think your job is your world. It's all you've ever known since you graduated high school and making your own money means everything to you. You have no idea that soon, you will understand, that working in Corporate America isn't all it's cracked up to be. You will come to the realization that for 10 years you based your worth on what your boss thought you should earn. You don't know that you are worth so much more but better yet, you deserve so much more then you have right now.

Keep going crazy girl, you are flying on the right path. Once you experience what freedom truly is you'll see that everything you had to go through to get it was SO worth it. You are strong and I don't know where you got the balls to go against everything you know but, hold on to those balls hard LOL!

More changes are coming your way.

By the age of 30 you will be living in your dream apartment, by the ocean, with Javi by your side every single day, no more going to a job for a paycheck, you will be living with purpose, just like you always wanted. You will be traveling the world, meeting new people and changing so many lives for the better. You will have a beautiful team with others who are going after their goals and dreams and your life will seem too good to be true. It won't be though. It will be your reality, your truth and you will finally see that everything you worked for will pay off.

So I end it with this.. Dear beautiful strong young girl..

Keep going!! Stay true to yourself always, stay strong, and courageous!! You are about to earn the best life ever💚