How Did I Get Here?

bySaraFesky

90 followers

7 years ago

When I begin to look back at the life that I have lived, I begin to ask myself a series of questions; “why did I choose that path?”, “what direction was I attempting to find at that time?”, “what could I have done differently for a better outcome in that situation?”. Those questions, and many more, are really the stepping stones that helped me get to where I am now and how I made the decision to dig deeper into what WA is all about. Allow me to enlighten you! ????

I grew up “rough”. My parents weren’t very present in the first 9 years of my life and almost completely absent for the following 7 years. I have 3 older sisters and an older brother. So, needless to say, when attention was given...I got the best of it.

Growing up, for me, happened at a very young age. I didn’t know structure, so I kind of went with the flow of the world by the time I was in the 3rd grade. I made a decision early on that I wanted to have a family and that I would do everything in my power to be what my parents didn’t know how to be.

At 19 years old, I got married and at 20 years old, gave birth to my oldest son, Christian. Around 2 years later, Nikolai came into the world and about 2 years after that, my daughter, Kairi, was born. My life was complete...for a moment.

6 months after Kairi blessed is with her presence, my husband and I began divorce proceedings. 4months after that, my dad passed away. I was I. A dark place and wasn’t sure if anything in my life would ever get easier. I met someone while in this dark place and ended up spending the next 7 years fighting the emotional and mental abuse that made it almost impossible for me to work through all of the other trauma I had faced. Last year, I was finally able to walk away from that situation and take control of my life!

It took nearly an entire year to work through issues that plagued me, and sometimes I still struggle. But today, I take pride in knowing that everything I have overcome has made me so much stronger than I ever thought I could be!

In February of this year, I was forced to walk away from my job (I live in a small town and there were not enough hours available) and become a full-time stay at home mom. My ex husband and I have joint custody of our 3 kids and maintain a very healthy co-parenting relationship so he has been extremely supportive and has helped me more than he probably should!

Since I have been jobless, I have struggled with what my purpose is and what I could possibly do in this world to be successful, happy, and still devote my time to my kids. That’s when I stumbled upon Tim’s article about Wealthy Affiliates and knew that I had to see what he was talking about!! I made sure to do my research, or course, because I didn’t want to become a victim of a scam.

I argued with myself for about 15 minute, trying to decide if this was something I should invest my time and effort in. Then it clicked! I need this! I want this! This is something that I can be overly successful at! I thought to myself that if I didn’t take the leap, I never would. So I signed up!

In the following days I was shown the love and support that reassured me that I had made the right decision in joining! This morning, when I woke up, I instantly checked my emails. After reading the couple that I had from Time and Kyle, I knew that I couldn’t waste any time in becoming a Premium Member!! So I leaped!! And, honestly, it was absolutely relieving when I got the first Premium Member welcome email! I have never felt so secure and safe in a decision I have made to better my life and the lives of my children!!

I am writing down my 5 year plan today and posting it on my wall! I have never felt so in control of my future and I am beyond excited to be a part of a community with dreams and aspirations as big as my own!!

Much love

~Sara

"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

- Jim Rohn