The title of my post? That there is my mantra.

Forgive me if this post seems like bragging. I'm truly not. I am acknowledging the truth of my belief.

I look at where I'm at today and see the reality of dream I had for myself unfolding. It's happening a heck of a lot sooner than I'd planned, and that's OK. I'd envisioned this to happen starting 01/31/15- the day I planned to retire.

I even had a countdown here on my blog. That is until I was laid off on January 29th, 2009. ::ahem::

I had plenty of notice before that date, and so had plenty of time to think about what I wanted to do next. I'm not exactly sure when I decided to pull the trigger on my business, but once I made that decision, I never looked back. Not even for a second.

I could probably look through my posts, but I think it was in May. I got my first client (a company specializing in lending training) in May, client number two (a bank) in June, and am about to sign a contract for a client number three (a HUGE client- someone I'll bet every one of you have dealt with.)

On top of that I'm getting another big project from client number one and three projects from client number two. Client number two's education director also referred me to her friend at another company. I also am nudging my way into another HUGE company, hoping to get a contract from them. I don't have the time to service all of these people, but that's beside the point. I have people in mind to help me get the work done. In fact, I have some training time set up for my *minions*.

The best news is that I'm getting repeat business and referral business. For someone like me who is always worried that my work might not be good enough, that's a huge deal. A company that's willing to give me more business, refer me to their friends and not question what I'm charging them, tells me that I'm doing something right.

As soon as the contract is signed with client number three, I'll be making WAY more money that I made at my previous employer, however that's not what this vision is about. Anybody that knows me knows that I don't care about money. I care about having a home and food on the table, but I don't care how much money I make other than that.

This vision is about the ability to do what I enjoy doing, all the while sitting in my home. I've come to the point where I simply couldn't even dream of working 40 hours a week in an office somewhere, even if there was only a small commute. I had to do something that allowed me to be a stay at home mom (ha ha ha- to a dog.)

I'm so thankful that I was born with an adventurous, and for the most part fearless spirit. This enabled me to feel confident to pick and choose what I wanted to do in my past career and then go for it. All of the experiences I've gathered in my 'job hopping' have given me a skill set that is unmatched. I'm 100% positive that there is nobody in this world that has my skill set, and so I don't have any competition. I just need to know what company will benefit from my skill set and target them.

So far, my aim has been 100% right on.

(get it? target? aim? ha! I should be a comedian)

I will continue to look forward, just as I have with my head injury journey. Looking backward serves very little purpose unless there are lessons that haven't been learned from those past experiences. I've been working on this over the past few months. I think I'm ready to say that I've mastered this idea.

Onward!