It’s so funny how we are brought up in a way that makes us impossible to reach our dreams. Or, perhaps a way that saw me doing this job maybe at the age of 25 if I was lucky, not 21.
Here I am, in London as we speak and travelling around the world on a buying trip. I have my own brand and the opportunity to let my creative side be free. Everything is possible and this is something I never thought was possible for my age. However, with the opportunities I have gained lately as well as working pretty damn hard to get everything done – I have found myself here.
I am so stoked that I can officially say I am now a fashion designer. At 21? Yes. I’m serious!
The past year has been a whirlwind and I have had some pretty awesome opportunities come my way and I only have one person to thank. A good friend of mine started his own travel blog, studied a personal development course and absolutely changed my way of thinking. He became a mentor to me and helped me change my mood swings, my negative thinking and my negative network. I know that this had everything to do with me and making the change but had he not planted the seed in my mind – I would not be here. He taught me I can have anything I want. I want to show all of you how you can too.
I unlocked a part of my mind that would make anything possible and I started planning my own life day by day. It all started here:
I wanted independence. I wanted to shine and I didn’t want my emotions to get caught up on the guy I was seeing or how lonely I was. I was so distracted by the male kind and just wanted someone to be around to help me grow. Then I realised, I needed to grow myself. I needed to be me before I could be with anyone and I needed to learn how to be independent and not depend on someone to make me happy. I, to this day, and for the last 8-10 weeks have felt wholly content and I would not change this feeling for the world. I am happy, I have the most wicked job, I have an amazing circle of friends, an incredible family and I guess everyone would say there’s just that one thing missing. Maybe, but I don’t think I’m ready for it yet. I want to embrace this and find someone who is the same. All that will come in due time, whenever I’m ready. I could already know the person or be yet to meet them. The main thing is I’m so happy right now that it doesn’t even bother me.
Stay Peachy
With Love,
Court x
Thank you for sharing such honest thoughts!! I hope to be that open and honest one day when I write. Such an inspiring post!
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Wow! this is so inspirational! How did your friend help you change your negative mind set? I think I might need that….
Thank you! I’m going to go into detail over the next few weeks of my experiences and how I changed my mindset. Be sure to subscribe and follow along x
Exactly…… The main thing is to be happy while focusing on your dreams……. Best of wishes xx
I love following your fashion and reading this post was incredible to know where you are in your career! YGG for starting at 21! Can’t wait to see your success grow. x0-Danielle
Sounds like you’ve found a balance between pursuing your dreams and living in the moment- that is really hard to do! Thank you for sharing your journey.
Loved reading this; filled me with hope for myself too! Looking forward to reading more about your change in mindset, as well as your designs :)
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Well done, keep going. This gives me hope, I am 25 now and NOW I want to live my dream. I want to see what can happen. Go you🙌🏾🙌🏾
Absolutely love this! I feel exactly the same way; finding your own content with yourself is amazing! I love reading about other people on this same ‘self’ journey =)