09/12/2026
I debated posting this because some of these moments aren’t ones I’m necessarily proud of. But I’d also be lying if I said I don’t feel this way sometimes, or that this is the only time these moments have happened.
Last month marked seven years since I launched my business.
Seven years later, I still work a part-time job. People still ask when I’m going to take the business full-time, or whether it’s sustainable enough to do so. People ask why I don’t have employees yet, why I’m still making every piece myself, packing the orders, answering the emails, creating the content, and doing so many of the same things I was doing years ago.
And sometimes, I ask myself those same questions.
It’s hard not to compare yourself as a business owner. You see other people’s growth, sales, followers, teams, milestones and success stories, and start wondering if you should be further along by now. Unfortunately, I think we’ve become so obsessed with numbers that it can be easy to let them determine how successful we think we are.
There are days when my to-do list feels so overwhelming that I don’t even know where to start, and I end up doing nothing at all. It’s not productive, it’s not pretty, and it’s not something I’m proud to admit. But it happens.
Recently, I’ve felt like I’ve hit a wall. I know I’m ready for the next chapter of this business. I want to expand, take bigger risks, and eventually go all in. The hard part is that I’m still figuring out exactly what that looks like and how to get there.
But after seven years, one thing I do know for certain is that I found something I genuinely love doing.
I don’t have the perfect success story or a five-step formula for how to build your dream career. I’m still figuring mine out.
But I hope sharing the parts that aren’t always shown reminds someone else that you don’t need to have it all figured out to keep going. Find what you care about, work toward it with everything you’ve got, and don’t let someone else’s timeline convince you that you’re behind.
