I was just feeling a little bit like overwhelmed and just not quite in the spirit of things this season, and soon as I started putting some things out, I was like, Yes, I'm in this moment now.

So my advice is, if you feel like you're just not quite in the spirit of things this season, then start putting up some decorations and it just magically transforms everything.

Anyways, I wanted Thio tell you guys about some really cool new updates.

So the first thing that I want to say that's been really inspiring and motivating to me for honestly a couple years now.

Is this video by Steve Harvey talking about Take the jump.

Okay.

Do you want a success?

His thing you have to do who have to jump there is no way around.

You have.

So yeah, I'll be sure to check out the whole video.

I can link you guys too, if you just feel like you need to be inspired in that way.

Basically, what that video means to me is that there's all of these beautiful like dreamers out there who have achieved their dreams.

And you see them in his metaphor, hang gliding just floating around up in the sky.

But how did they get there like they didn't just start, they had to jump.

They had to get their parachute open.

And you can't do that from the ground.

You have to take the jump fall and then your parachute will open.

I think that I personally live a very cautious and measured life, like I like everything to be thought through.

It's almost funny sometimes, like how much I try to think in measure everything, and that could be really good.

But it also can be very safe.

Sometimes in life, you just have to go out there and try.

So hearing that message from Steve Harvey just really peps me up, and it's like having somebody in my corner like you can do this.

So I wanted to share that real quick, and maybe you find yourself in a similar situation where you just need somebody out there to believe in you end to just allow yourself to take the jumps in life that lead you to the dreams in your life.

So all that leading up to the fact that I'm going to be going full time now on dearly.

Bethany and I am so excited to do that, I probably will say I'm so excited in the rest of this video because it really is something that I've started as a hobby just from a place of trying.

Thio find meaningful friendships around center, topics that I really like and the other people really like.

And I'm just so thankful for you guys.

I feel very just blessed to be a part of creating content for you guys and then also to have your friendship in support behind me as well.

Any sad day, I can just, like, go online and speak with you guys, and it cheers me up.

So to do that full time is something that I want to try to.

D'oh!

So I'm hanging up my hat on my career as a designer.

I'm not taking any more client work for designs.

That chapter has been wonderful, but I'm so happy now to do something that I really love that gives me more work.

Life balance.

Honestly, I just did a video on what I would tell my 20 year old self and looking back on all that time since I was 20 I was just thinking, I've worked every hour that I was awake.

Essentially, if I wasn't asleep, I was working and that would look like a 12 hour day, a 16 hour day doing all different kinds of work, including work here on this channel, which I loved.

But also I would work retail jobs, mopping floors at night.

I would do office work like there was nothing that I would say no to.

There was no work that I felt like I couldn't do.

I'm thankful for work.

I don't really view work as a bad thing.

As much as it's a tool.

It's a tool that could be so good.

It could be something that you overwork and wear out.

So I'm just ready now to have more work life balance too.

So if I can prioritize more of my day, if I can be in charge of my day, then I also I'm looking forward to saying yes to more family, friends, events, activities because honestly, I've been saying no to everything, and I'm just ready to have a little bit of breathing room, too.

But there's so many like dark corners that I want Thio spruce up again here at dearly.

Bethany, which includes all of the little things I started but didn't have time to maintain podcasts.

Closet sales instagram more YouTube videos.

There's just so many things like, Honestly, I haven't done a podcast in months, and it's just something I'm aching to do again.

And I have some other future ideas that I'm still looking forward to as well.

Which brings me to the next idea that I have.

And I'm not really ready to tell you everything about it just yet.

Eso subscribe following on instagram because if you d'oh, I'm really looking forward to this as a way to say thank you guys for supporting me through some extra sponsorships I've had to take for this transitional time to be able to save up and take that cliff dive.

I'm just really thankful for the support you guys have given me, so I'm giving back in a way that I will tell you soon.

But it has to do with basically any time I do a sponsor post.

From now on, I'm going to be giving back in a small way.

Yeah, stay tuned for more info on that.

I just had to say Thank you, guys, because adding extra sponsored posts, not having enough content to really buffer it As much as I would like to dio, I just didn't have the time to post post post.

So I want to just give back and say Thank you guys for the support.

And just all of your positive comments have been really helping me along through that experience.

So thank you guys so much for just being a friend.

I'm also really thankful to, because Zach has worked so hard.

Like I've been amazed at all the things you can do with photography, videography editing.

And so I'm so excited to work with him full time, just on something that we love to do together.

Zach and I, ever since we met like we've always been creating together on DSO that's just kind of part of our communication with each other is like just coming up with things.

So I'm really excited to work with him again, like, really closely.

Yeah, it's just gonna be so cool to see what we can come up with here, so yeah, I just wanted to pop in, make a quick video for you guys and tell you about basically to summarize.

Expect more content from me.

Don't forget to follow on Instagram as well.

A cz YouTube so that you can be part of some surprises.

I have coming up.

And then finally, don't be afraid of chasing your dreams.

And I'm here to support you and be in your corner with that as well.

And that's it.

So I hope you guys have a lovely weekend and I'll see you.

The world may wait.