START HERE! “I Wanted to Be So Many Things… and Maybe That’s Okay”

Let me start with this:

If you’ve ever dreamed of doing a million things, started five, paused four, and questioned yourself every step of the way — hi bestie, come in, you’re not alone. 🫶🏽

There was a time when I aspired to become a virtual assistant (VA). I had the tabs open, the free webinars saved, the Pinterest boards full of templates… and guess what? I never actually started.

Before that, I studied Travel & Tourism because I dreamed of working with an airline. I pictured myself all suited up at check-in counters, perhaps eventually becoming a cabin crew member, serving snacks at 30,000 feet like a boss babe in the sky. I applied so many times that I lost count.

The closest I got? A group interview where we all sat around a boardroom table, and I watched half the room jump at every question like they were on a game show buzzer. Me? I’m quiet. Friendly, yes — but not a jump-at-every-question girl.
I didn’t make it past the first round.

Did it sting? Yes.
Did it mean I wasn’t enough? Not at all.

I ended up working in customer service at the airport, and I loved the environment — the energy, the movement, the people. But it wasn’t the dream. And eventually, life happened. I had a baby, left, came back, then COVID hit in 2020, and everything paused.

Somewhere in between learning tech online (self-paced and nap-time-powered), getting rejections, trying again, and raising three little humans, I realized something:
I’ve tried many things. And not everything stuck.
But that doesn’t make me flaky. That makes me alive. That makes me search. That makes me human.

Now? I’m a student again.
I was accepted into a Health Systems Management program despite having no prior healthcare background. Just my story, my persistence, and some tech skills I taught myself on the go.
And you know what? I’m proud of myself.

This blog isn’t here to say “I figured it all out.”
This blog is here to say, “I’m still figuring it out. And maybe that’s enough.”

If you’re in your season of questioning, changing, shifting — I hope this post reminds you that your journey is still valid, even if it doesn’t look like anyone else’s.
You don’t have to have just one dream.
You don’t have to have a 5-year plan.
You’re allowed to change your mind.
You’re allowed to try again anyway.

And that… is kind of beautiful.

Until next post —
– SHU