Creating Content

Follow my blog with Bloglovin So a few weeks ago I was like, "I'm gonna make more content!" Fast forward to today and I'm like... "Wait..what?" Haha! I definitely want to build and grow the MB blog, but I really don't know where to begin! If you ask me, then I am a very dynamic and wonderful woman. I'm smart, charismatic, cultured, funny, athletic, and beautiful. I have so many interests and care about so many things that happen in the world. I keep seeing this importance to brand and streamline blogs and I keep getting this queezy feeling that in order for me to have the success I want, a part of my life has to fall away. :( (Serious sad face.) I'm still getting around to it and I promise you that I sit with a calendar with hopes of creating a content calendar daily. If you have any tips, post in the comments below! Thanks for reading! Melissa.

GOALS ALIVE

QUICK GOAL UPDATE:

2016 goals:

❤ I spend 2016 discovering my ancestry and visiting my country of origin by NOV 2016 (And I visit Los Angeles for my birthday in April.)
❤ I move to New Orleans, LA by DEC 2016

CAREER:
❤ I own & operate a small business by MAR 2016
❤ I have a Pilates certification by AUG 2016

HEALTH:
❤ I complete a century ride or half-marathon by SEPT 2016
❤ I read 12 books by JAN 2017

 Currently:

PERSONAL

❤ I got the Ancestry DNA kit from my mom for Christmas.  My boyfriend and I have mailed off our samples and are waiting to get the results in 6-8 weeks.  It was cool to begin filling out my family tree on the ancestry.com website.  It helped to make me realize the legacy. (Buying a ticket to L.A. this or next month.)

❤ I have been talking to people about my move and SO many of my friends are excited for me.  I've even started to get job connections and the low down on the NOLA community.  I'm so grateful to work in such a supportive environment.

CAREER:

❤ I have been operating a new instagram account and am getting some great support from established businesses.  We have been talking about collaborating and contributing to one another, so I'm excited to see growth this way because it's so authentic to who I am as a person.

❤ An amazing pilates instructor came in to the store the other day and gave me some great tips on certifications and  what it takes to  move cities, etc.  I'm really excited to get started and get the certificate ASAP.

HEALTH:

❤ I am registered for the Lake Geneva TRIROCK Sprint Triathlon.  I saw my physical thereapist yesterday and he told me that I should just do the Olympic distance.  I told him I'm already registered, so he said to shoot for TWO races this year.  I'm excited that he has confidence in my ability and might take on the challenge.  If anything, I would definitely shoot for doing the century ride in Michigan because I know some amazeballs cycling coaches and would want to get to know them better through their craft.

❤ I am currently reading The Warmth of Other Suns:  The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabelle Wilkerson.  It's a HUGE book, but reads so easily and is full of information that's hard to forget.  I'm so glad to be reading this and discovering my heritage at the same time.  

In 2016, I'm kicking 'it' in to high gear.  My friend Audrey calls it my: year of 'yes'.  And she's right!  It's not so much saying 'yes' to everything, or to things that scare me.  For me, it's saying 'yes' to who I am.  To projects and opportunities that people believe that I am capable of being great at.  Saying 'yes' to the experiences that make me feel tingly, and lift my cheeks to a grin or smile. 

I wonder, what greatness have you been avoiding?  Will you say 'yes' to it in 2016 or this lifetime?

Melissa

Photo via @amberibarreche

Let's Get To The Point

I currently think that some important things have to happen on this blog.  

One being:  elevating like woah.  

I'm ready to build and turn up the content.  

Happy 2016!

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2016

Wow. January 1st of 2016 is in four days!  I'm so excited and sad to say goodbye to 2015.  It was a good year. 

I traveled to Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, B.C., and Trinidad & Tobago.

I made some very BIG and important  decisions about my personal life.

And I kind of started a company.

So going in to 2016 I've set myself up for a successful year by determining to keep things simple.  I have six, simple, goals that mean a lot to me.

Here they are:

PERSONAL
❤ I spend 2016 discovering my ancestry and visiting my country of origin by NOV 2016 (And I visit Los Angeles for my birthday in April.)
❤ I move to New Orleans, LA by DEC 2016

CAREER:
❤ I own & operate a small business by MAR 2016
❤ I have a Pilates certification by AUG 2016

HEALTH:
❤ I complete a century ride or half-marathon by SEPT 2016
❤ I read 12 books by JAN 2017

These goals mean that I'm up to something in life.  They show that I am trusting God and the talent he's given me.  It means that I have something big to look to when things get dark.

For me, keeping things simple means living in "the zone".  I do it with my wardrobe, so I decided, why not with my life?  These simple goals help decision making a cinch.  It's like, touch your savings for a scoop of expensive artisan ice cream?  Or move to New Orleans? #DUH.  And that really happens.  I have an allowance every week.. If I want even a scoop of ice cream, and I've spent all my " fun money" on concert tickets, I will grab $10 for a damn beer.  It's so wack!  lol

So with these six tasks in mind, the next step is making a map and getting in to action.  I'll talk about that over the next few weeks here on the blog.

I am looking forward to learning everyone's goals!  Share them in the comments.

Happy new year, folks!

Melissa T.

Follow me at MelissaBillions on every outlet that you think that I can think of. I there anything that you want to see on the blog that you didn't in 2015?  What do you want me to continue in to 2016?  Let me know!

XOXO

Photo via @greatist

Vacation

Currently blogging from Tobago on our way to Trinidad.  Such a beautiful view.  The trip has definitely had its hiccups, but that's the beauty of international travel--and life, in general.

Currently:  loving life at every level.

BRB,

Melissa