2/12/2018

The definition is:

Entrepreneurial spirit is a mindset. It’s an attitude and approach to thinking that actively seeks out change, rather than waiting to adapt to change. It’s a mindset that embraces critical questioning, innovation, service, and continuous improvement.

Or that’s how Forbes describes it anyway…

How I got started on my own Entrepreneurial path was honestly something I started doing as a kid, around eight years old.

It started when I was stuck in after school care every day. I started making my own bracelets. They sold for around fifty to seventy-five cents each. Some days I made as much as ten dollars, and was pretty excited for myself. Of course someone had to come along and ruin the fun. This one after school counselor scolded me and told me it’s against the “rules” (I still believe she had it out for me). So once that got shut down I then began pimping out snacks for a dollar each… true story. Then I was back to making at least five or ten dollars a day.

This then continued into Middle School when I was thirteen spending my school days sketching up future t-shirts I wanted to create. I mocked up six different designs and my boyfriend at the time actually made a few shirts for me. But due to not having a job (therefore not having the funds), I never got to make all the t-shirts I was so dedicated to making.

Fast forward to High School I focused on my art and writing. I was more dedicated to building a portfolio at this time under the premise that College was my only answer in life. So I had multiple art pieces put in different art shows. I was on the Yearbook team as the Graphic & Design Artist/ Photographer/ Writer, this was where a lot of my work got published. High School was more about honing my craft rather than selling it.

Then College is where the pressure was on for me to “actually do something with my life“…

Pause for years of frustration. I felt trapped, and like I was wasting my time for the most part. But I honored the process, and forced my way through my Associates Degree in Psychology (while working two jobs to pay for schooling). During this time I spoke with a College Advisor about what I wanted to do with my life, and she outright told me I had no business being in school (like what??). Aggravated with her indifferent attitude towards my education, I declared that if getting a degree/stable job turns me into a person like her, than I don’t need school.  That when I proceeded to take a year long break focusing on travel, healing my body from Panic Disorder, and exploring different job options.

Long story short, after a year of working my butt off I decided I should finish school since I had already done more than half the work. But I was still suffering from the brainwashing of you’re too young to be a successful entrepreneur, to realize that I had other options (however I don’t regret getting my degree).

So once I finished my Associates Degree I began my leap into University to get my Bachelors Degree. After much diligent work of jumping through fifty different hoops to sign up for classes, I found myself face to face with a brick wall. Every time I solved a problem to sign up for classes, a new one cropped up. By the time everything was finally solved, of course, the classes were full. I was devastated. At this point in time I knew that my time was valuable and that I didn’t want to waste anymore time on not building my future.

So I decided to further my education in another path during those spare four months (since I couldn’t bare the thought of just sitting still). This was when I decided to embark on my journey (in 2017) of Yoga Teacher Training. Also a four month study, I was excited to dive into a spiritual science I was truly passionate about. At the end of it I was so excited to be a Yoga Teacher, and realized that I had been blocked from getting my Bachelors degree for a reason.

This was when the lightbulb went off in my head (for the first time in a long time), and I remembered that I am an Entrepreneur at heart. That building and creating my own business was what had always been the most fulfilling for me and never devoured my soul the way some jobs did. So I got back on where I left off, and decided to take The Higher Vibration more seriously. I got back into my love of writing, LLC my business, and the piece de resistance… trademarked once and for all. All on my own dime, but I don’t mind. To me it’s worth it.

So after some time working with clients and teaching Yoga, I began to realize a subtle shift.

That as much as teaching Yoga brought me deep joy, it drained me at the same time. My heart wasn’t as fully into it as I had thought after six months (I love to practice, but not to teach on a weekly basis). At the same time I realized helping people solve their problems and organize their lives not only rejuvenated me, but made me more happy than anything else.

I remembered my love of Coaching, and just helping people one on one in general. I mean, that’s the whole reason I was going to school in the first place was to get my Masters Degree in Psychology, so I could be a Therapist. But then I worked for a Therapist (during my time studying Yoga) and realized through working with him that I didn’t want to just focus on all the past trauma… I wanted to acknowledge it, discuss patterns, break them, and then help people move onward. That’s where Coaching steps in VS Therapy. It became suddenly very clear why it wasn’t working for me to start University… Why I suddenly got a job working closely with a Therapist… It all lead me to Coaching instead…

And it has been a wild ride since.

Thank you for reading my story on my Entrepreneurial background.

May you find what moves you most in this life,

Sara