Last year at this time, I was 8 months pregnant. Trying so hard to get my business moving before baby #4 made her entrance.

I had just lost my biggest client!! $500 a month for 40 hours a week. (Yes… read that again. Your girl was not charging what she should’ve been.) It wasn’t a great deal, but it was steady. Until one random day I was removed from every chat and told they were done using me. Just like that. 

I was pregnant. No income lined up. Stress through the roof.

And then… bed bugs. Actual bed bugs!!!!!! If you’ve never experienced that, I hope you never do. It’s truly hell on earth!!

A year ago, I was in survival mode. Cold DMing hundreds of photographers. Offering FREE BTS sessions. FREE!!. And still hearing “no”. Or even worse, nothing at all. I felt embarrassed. Defeated. Questioning everything.

But I kept going. I kept revamping.

And this week? I booked a BTS session for $600… with a photographer who reached out to me!!!! The pride I felt in myself lasted all day.

The pride wasn’t just about the money. It was about the growth and the proof that showing up, even when it feels pointless, compounds!

Is this the final destination? NOT EVEN CLOSE!!

But it is progress. Real, tangible, earned progress.

So if you’re in the messy middle right now… this is your reminder: don’t quit.

Keep going.
Keep building.
Keep taking the small, unsexy steps.

Because a year can change everything!!!

I’d love to hear from you. What’s one thing that proves how far you’ve come in the last year?