JostWrite is One!

Tomorrow marks one year since I launched JostWrite and  "A Thousand Miles...The First Steps." I have been working on both in the background for months. I went from an anonymous blogger to a public blogger, and I also started freelance writing after thinking about it for years.

One year ago tomorrow on the 23rd of July, 2011,  I wrote my first post.

Two weeks after I wrote my first post, I signed my first client.

Three weeks after I wrote my first post, I left my job.

Exactly five weeks after I wrote my first post, I moved back home with my parents in Minneapolis, Mn.

Crazy season!

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A year after...

I have cried

smiled,

doubted, 

believed, 

wept, 

leaped for joy,

wondered if I did the right thing, 

landed many unexpected projects, 

met amazing people,

smiled at my bank account,

glared at my back account,

turned down a few job offers, 

traveled a lot,

tested different niches,

discovered what I love...

I am thankful for everyone walking with me on this journey

My family

My  friends

My readers

My clients

Everyone who text me, called me, left me a voice-mail, a Facebook message or an email letting me know they are rooting for me. 

Everyone who let me interview them for a blog post.

I am thankful for the strength I have developed in the past year.
I am thankful for all the people, fellow writers and bloggers I have met thus far.

I am thankful for the questions I got to ask myself 

I am thankful for the doors that opened and those that closed.

I am thankful that I can do this.

I am eternally thankful for Jesus Christ, the lover of my soul. You make me better. You call me out of my crap. You tell me I am a writer when I doubt it. You tell me to stop whining and conduct research for that article. You tell me You are for me and that You've got my back. I have seen You come through time without number and Guess what? I need You for the next year and every other year after that. Don't go walking away on me now...:) I love You.

I am looking forward to many more years to come, as I write more, blog more, become more open, get back on the job search wagon (yes, I fell off it for a while), travel more and grow.

Thank you all, and have a wonderful weekend.

Beloved, You are Loved Absolutely!