For me, I was inspired by a pretty big bump in the road - in February 2013 our two beautiful dogs were tragically killed by a snake in their own backyard. This was one of those moments that ultimately changed the course of my life forever.
Before then I had been happy - I had just moved in with my partner, I had completed my degree and was working in a marketing job that I enjoyed. Life seemed to be ticking along a quite nicely, but the universe had other ideas in mind and decided we needed a shake up.... a big one at that!
I was absolutely devastated to lose my boys so suddenly like that - we literally popped out to the shop and came back to the worst case scenario. I know in years to come I will look back at that day, Thursday the 7th of February as a pivotal moment in our lives.
From then on, nothing was quite the same... my boys were taken at 3 and 4 years of age. Way too young by any standard. I realised that I had walked over that exact patch of grass, in bare feet, in the dark the night before. It could have just as easily been me. Life is SO precious and as cliche as it might sound we really really really do need to appreciate every single second because once its done, its done and its NEVER coming back.
It took me a while to get my head right again, and back into reality. And I realised that my reality wasn't fulfilling me in the way that I previously thought that it had. I was sat at a desk for 8 hours a day, in the car for 2 hours a day to make someone else rich. I had no control over my time and my life lacked any spontaneity. I was told how much my time was worth, when I could take my holidays, and when I had to come back from holidays. I was good at my job but it just wasn't doing it for me anymore. I knew there had to be another way - some people are happy working for someone else al their lives and I seriously wish them all the love in the world, but all of a sudden that wasn't me.
I started to look for a business opportunity - I researched and looked into as many as I could find, but none of them were right, I wanted time freedom so I didn't have to be tied to a desk or shop all hours or the day, the flexibility to work from anywhere, low start up costs, no staff.... it seemed like it was going to be impossible to find a business I could run that ticked all those boxes.
Then in May, 2014 I found network marketing, and I truly believe it is what I have been looking for.
When I was working, I hated Mondays. They robbed me of sunshine, time with my loved ones and freedom. The day I said yes to network marketing was the day I decided that's how I would spend my Mondays - with sunshine, happiness, love and freedom. There is no reason why any of us should spend a Monday, or any day for that matter unhappy - we are the only ones who have the power to influence our own happiness.
It's time for us to step into our power, take charge of our lives and change what we dont like. We never know how many precious days we have left - and I want to make all of mine Sunny.
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