Get to know me a little - my new journey

When I'm not at work I'm learning, honing my skills and doing my damn best to be the best!

I recently unfollowed a fellow artist, ok ok... competitor in my area for one simple reason - I was giving her too much attention. Whilst I love her work and go to her for inspiration my mind would wonder as to how she stays so busy and booked up so far in advance. This only makes my mind start to wander away from gaining inspiration to putting doubts in my mind. I have to frequently remind myself that I only qualified 8 months ago and to stop being so hard on myself. So she had to go and I'll be honest, as soon as I clicked that unfollow button a left a weight lifting. We all know how these algorithms work, the more you look at something/someone the more it shows you and they are always at the top of your feed. So while I wish her well I don't need to see it all the time anymore.

I owe that decision to The Beauty Growth Academy - the training helps beauty business owners with all aspects of running a business but along side that is the magic... the spiritual journey you go on is incredible. It wasn't until I started this journey that I realised what I always kinda knew, "you get what you ask for".

I'll give you a couple of examples. I'd been toying with the idea of moving out of my parents house for ages but never taken it seriously. I started looking and within a couple of hours came across a lovely little house that would be perfect. I didn't have any money, had zero savings and to be quite frank was borrowing money off my Mum every month (good old bank of Mum). Anyway, I dived right in and arranged a viewing and fell in love. It needed work, the whole house had wood chip wall paper and a fire place that would put hairs on your chest. It was an old fashioned plastic red brick surround with a 1960's fire *gip*. It was all I thought about so I arranged a second viewing and took my Mum with me. She hated it because she couldn't see past the wood chip and no surprise, she didn't want me to move out so was trying to put me off. Again, for the next few days I couldn't get it out of mind, I pictured myself living there, I knew I'd be able to afford it somehow (which was a leap considering I worked full time, had a part time job and still never had any money) but I just knew I could do it. I phoned the estate agents and we agreed on offer, not only did I save a little but they had a mortgage broker that worked there so they did everything, I literally had to sign some paperwork and a few months later I was a home owner. I was lucky, I got a 100% mortgage and £1000 towards all my fees... the market crashed soon after... fate, luck, call it what you like I did it!! I thought it and it happened. I'm still in that house and have lived here very happily for 15 years.

Another example, my love life... I was always very happy in my own company and partying with the girls. I was very head strong and independent *thanks Mum - it's all down to you*. All my adult life, well into my mid 20's I'd told myself, enjoy your life and don't rush. That mythical creature Mr Right will come when you're ready. In my minds eye I'd always envisioned being 30 when this would happen. A friend and I made a daft pact drunk one night that if we were both single when I was edging to 31 we would get married. What happened, I was 6 weeks off turning 31 and I met my fella on new years day. I'd gone up to meet my friend for a drink, she was the landlady and I'd worked behind the bar new years eve so on new years day I was hangover free and bored so went for a few drinks. Well they rest they say is history, 10 years later here we are. We aren't perfect but pretty damn close. He truly is my best friend, he knows what I'm thinking before I do and he can finish my sentences no problem. We laugh every single day and always give each other a good bye/night kiss.

What we think in life is 'coincidence' is actually happening for a reason. Karma is both good and bad and we get what we wish for and the good we do comes back to us, we just probably don't realise it. If you know you will totally get I'm saying if you don't, don't judge me.. I'm not a complete fruit loop, I haven't joined a cult, I'm just on a journey of self love, hard work and discovery. I now find myself practicing gratitude, meditation, affirmations and visualisation.

I don't watch the news because it's just doom and gloom and doesn't deserve my attention, it doesn't serve me to be sad about things I cannot control. Mother Teresa famously said "I will never attend a war rally; if you have a peace rally, invite me" - she knew. Hearing that really struck a cord with me. Where attention goes, energy flows.. If you take anyway away from this please let it be that. If you want to know more about my spiritual journey I suggest you start by watching or reading or both... The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Once you understand it, it crops up all over the place, There are so many celebrities that practice the Law of Attraction. Whilst they might not say it directly you can see it in what they say, what they tell themselves, how they have believed something so much they made it happen.

That fire place by the way... when I viewed the house there was, what I hoped would be a stone lintel on the chimney breast. It was covered with woodchip wallpaper... it only turned out to be a fabulous Inglenook fire place - it cost me a couple of grand and a lot of hard work to expose it all, get the chimney lined and wood burner fitted but my goodness, what a find it was and love it! I do love a bit of DIY as well so getting down and dirty didn't bother in the slightest. There was a beautiful moment as well, as I knocked out the internal chimney that had been fitted for the gas fire a butterfly flew out - in the middle of winter :) Was it some sort of sign... I like to think so

I've really enjoyed writing this - if you enjoyed reading it please let me know in the comments. If you didn't, keep it to yourself hahaha

Lots of Love V xxxx