Motivational Monday: How I Overcame My Obstacles to Live a Fulfilled Life

Happy Monday everyone!!! This week is such an AWESOME week for me because I am heading south to Louisiana and Mississippi to visit friends and celebrate one friend's getting married! Normally, for some, this would be a usual even but not for me. Last year, I was in a world of financial burden. A ton of medical bills that were unexpected, car problems and identity theft lead me to living tighter than ever. I never wanted to chance purchasing anything without truly thinking about it and making sure it was a necessity.

So how can I go from all of that on top of serious loan debt to traveling at my leisure while being two years paid ahead on my loans, free of a car payment and a credit card? All because I made the decision to take charge of my life, to do WHATEVER it took to succeed and conquer what was conquering me. It took taking the biggest leap of faith ever and just going with a feeling in my hear that I had found my calling.

After spending half of the year sick, dealing with surgeries and post op procedures I was tired. I was sick of working seven days a week and just over life at that point. I swore to myself that I would NEVER live paycheck to paycheck again. What started off as a decision to get my health and fitness right became a job that has bloomed into my PASSION. I love helping other people- as a therapist I do this everyday. Now as a coach I spend my life helping my patients and my clients to reach their goals, improve their health and live more fulfilled lives.

Being a coach was not my initial intention, I would have never thought I would say I am a Beachbody coach but now I saw it proudly because it saved my life. Being constantly surrounded by positive, uplifting people, truly changed my life. It made me realize that YOU CAN DO ANYTHING you set your mind to. You can ACHIEVE YOUR BIGGEST DREAMS and live a fulfilled, happy, healthy life without stress, worry and debt.

For me, it started with taking one small step. First, I decided to set goals with real, attainable dates. Yes my overall goal is to be debt free from all student loans within 5-10 years but if I continue to look at the large number that is before me I would continue to get upset and quit. So I started making smaller goals that were possible to achieve. I set out to pay off my smaller loans, the ones that simply paying $50 extra a month enabled me to have them paid off by the end of this year. 

Then I looked at my personal finances and realized that I could pay off all of my credit card debt by the end of August simply by making an extra $35 a month than I normally pay. I started transitioning my monthly expenses onto a Southwest card to earn points to pay for my potential vacation. These two decisions enabled me to not only cut up my old credit card but to pay for 3 TRIPS! Yes! I am going from not being able to afford vacation to going on 3 trips!! I honestly cannot believe this is happening. 

Do you know how this is possible? Hard work. Simply put. Easier said than done. But honestly, the best way to live. I committed to being a great traveler and being a quality Beachbody coach. From this I have been able to use the money I make from Beachbody to put towards my monthly bills and eradicate my debt. Because of Beachbody, at the end of this year I will not have any credit card debt, I will not have any small student loans and I will only be left with federal loan debt.

This was all possible because I DECIDED TO OVERCOME MY OBSTACLES. I took charge of my life, got my finances in check and this saved me a serious amount of stress relief. By getting my biggest obstacle, my financial situation, under control it lead me to conquer other obstacles in my life. Now I truly can say I wake up with a PASSION and DRIVE that I never knew I had. I am living my life by my OWN DESIGN. Working as a therapist and a coach because I WANT TO. 

I LOVE MY LIFE. I am so blessed and thankful for it that I want to share it with others. I want my friends to have the same freedom I have. I want others to know what it's like to not have to live paycheck to paycheck. I want to pay it forward and help as many people as I can.

Could you benefit from overcoming your obstacles? Could you benefit from financial freedom? Taking more vacations? Working less? THEN MESSAGE ME FOR DETAILS. I am personally mentoring 5 new coaches before the end of the month. WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM?