“Good things “happen” to those that HUSTLE.”

In this social media world we live in today, it’s easy to be illusioned into thinking you can have a certain lifestyle you desire without having to work for it.  We’ve all been there on IG asking ourselves why “@soandso” can travel all of the time and do all of these awesome things while I’m just sitting here watching and wishing.  Well…a few things….first of all, spoiler alert, not everything on social media is real.  Secondly, comparing yourself to others robs you of your time, energy, mental health, and ultimately, life.  And, thirdly, you CAN have the life you desire.  You just have to work really really hard for it.  And, you’d be fooling yourself to think you can get it overnight.  I can go on and on about a few different points that come up from this (i.e. social media, comparison, “woe is me” mentalities, the fact that some people really are born into wealth, etc), but today I want to talk about this thing called WORK.

We live in a culture that wants to work less and be paid more. Well, honestly, there is no substitute for good old fashioned hard work.  There is no such thing as “overnight success.”  The reason we call it an overnight success is because   we weren’t there to see those people with their head down hustling and working late nights, early mornings, weekends and sacrificing social events to get to where they are.  I wanted to use this quote to actually point out that good things don’t “happen” to those that hustle.  Good things are the “result” of hustle, time and sweat equity.  

Strong Girl, I know you have it in you to create and live the life you desire!  And with persistence, drive and all-out effort, I know you can make it happen!

Happy Friday! xoxo