Today I’m officially starting the Stay Wild Love blog over. I know, I know that sounds a bit dramatic, but it’s true.

Why?

Because here’s the thing, I have managed up to three different editorial calendars for my clients all at one time. That means every single day I’m writing about business education, money tips, and crafting messages for other women’s businesses.

I hands down love my job, but I felt like in order to be a “legit” business owner with a website and a blog I needed to make sure I had in my own two-cents about all things business. But when it actually came time for me to write for this little blog I found other things to fill my time with.

Why?

Because those writing topics don’t fill my cup up. Don’t get me wrong, I love doing them for my clients. But I didn’t want this blog to just be another resource of business education.

I want it to be a place you can go to to feel loved, seen and heard. To know that others in this world—whether you’re a business owner or not—are dealing with struggles just like you. Struggles like comparison, jealousy and rejection. I want to share my journey of motherhood and products I’m loving. I just want to blog again because I want to write again.

So instead of adding another “how to build a business” blog, I want to meet you right where you are through my own stories and encouragement.

IT ALL BEGAN IN 2014

I started my very first blog back in 2014 because I had a love for writing that my full-time job couldn’t fulfill. Every morning, I’d wake up early just to write. The funny thing about it though was barely anyone knew about my little blog because I was too terrified to actually tell people. The goal was to share my love for Jesus, healthy eating + exercise. And what it turned into was such a beautiful journal for myself. It was a place where I could process my thoughts and see the hidden beauty in everything that happened in my life. It was a way to practice daily gratitude while also writing down lessons I’ll need to be reminded of later.

“Where there is learning, there is always relearning.” – Erin Loechner, Chasing Slow

In my soul I feel this to be true. Where there is learning, there is always relearning. Blogging for me is a way to share about something I’ve learned and go back to when I need to relearn that same lesson. That old blog (don’t laugh friends we all start somewhere) I still use to remind myself of where I’ve been, where I’ve grown, and to relearn a lesson God has already shared with me years ago, but that I need to be reminded of right here, right now.

Which is why I’m so excited to be making a few changes to the Stay Wild Love blog over the next few months (and hopefully years!)

YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS

When I first started this business I went all in. I listened to every podcast episode and read every marketing email that came my way. I soaked up what I needed to in order to launch a business that could support my family. But what I found out shortly after diving into the entrepreneur land was this constant chase of more.

If you’ve been reading along on the blog this month, you’ve heard me talk a ton about less versus more and the journey of rest I’ve been navigating. 

You see, shortly after starting my business I found what fueled me up the most. It wasn’t marketing my own services and products, but rather serving other women inside their businesses. And since I thought that my blog could only be about business (after all that’s what the gurus said) I found it really hard to write. 

So I didn’t.

But here’s the thing.

Writing is my love language.

Serving and encouraging others fuels my heart in ways that my day-to-day business tasks never really will.

And although those are the tasks paying the bills, I believe with my entire heart that generosity is more than just money.

Generosity is also about the time and servant-heart you give to others. And that is the type of life I want to live.

Over the past few months, I’ve decided there will be so many changes around here. Although Stay Wild Love is still very much a business that my family needs to help pay the bills, it also needs to serve in other ways, too. 

I have so many dreams within me that I feel are an extension of the Stay Wild Love brand but that aren’t in the right timing to come to fruition just yet. 

So with that, I’m excited to watch as this little hub of mine transitions from what the “gurus” tell me I need to do to what my heart craves the most.

To become a place for others to feel loved, seen and heard. 

I need to get back to creating an online journal for those who need it (myself included)!

To creating a place that 10 years from now I can proudly look back on and be reminded of the lessons I learned “back in the day” that I needed to relearn even in my old age.

I want to create a place where little hints of that book I dream of writing can manifest into God’s calling for my life. 

A place for others to feel loved, seen and heard.

I don’t fully know the future of Stay Wild Love because do any of us know the future? But what I do know is what excites me and what makes me want to show up and serve those who I’m called to serve in ways God needs me to serve.

So here I am.

Grateful for all the writers before me who inspire me to share what’s in my heart.

And for the little pieces of gratitude the process of writing brings to my life.

xo,