Oh boy, Mama.

If you had told me a year ago that right now I’d be living on a farm in Kansas and homeschooling my children, I’d have thought you were smoking cocaine.

SIDE NOTE: I do not actually know if cocaine is a thing that you smoke. 

But I definitely would have believed that you were on SOMETHING because this is absolutely a thing I could never have imagined a year ago.

And that’s the thing about a year, you know? You have no idea where it can take you.

We overestimate what we can do in a day, and we underestimate what we can do in a year, and here we are. We finally made it.

I don’t know about you, but I really could not have imagined this in my wildest dreams. 

And I know that this year has been devastating for many, but I want to take a few moments to focus on 20 things that made me extremely happy this year. 

Some of these are things that happened to me, some of these are things I did, some of these are things that we created in our community, and some of these are — well. You’ll see. Come along. 

1. In January, which was approximately 8 years ago, I went on a cruise with my family, hung out with Russell Brunson, and took a few minutes to celebrate this amazing community we’ve built. 
2. I earned a 2-Comma Club award, a major achievement for my business. It took me some time to be able to say that publicly, but I’m owning it. I’m super proud of it. 
3. When the pandemic hit, we created Free Mamas Unite, a huge, free event, where we came together and learned from some of the smartest people in the world. We pulled over 40 speakers together in a matter of days, and I’m so glad that we did.
4. When the world went crazy, we were able to Elevate Black Voices, because this community has ALWAYS been a place where Black lives matter, where BIPOC women are welcome and celebrated, and where we will always stand up for what we believe in.
5. We launched the Free Mama Squad to create support and accountability for women in our community.
6. My family and I went on an 8-week RV trip — a thing we thought we might “one day” do when we retired. We made that dream happen.
7. We got to see so much of this beautiful country. We had a chance to show our children how we live our values. We got to stand in the streets of Washington, D.C. and speak our truth.
8. When we were forced to suddenly change our plans, we had the ability to be flexible.
9. When we needed to be with family, we were able to be with family.
10. Over two dozen students told us they left their day jobs.
11. We launched Free Mama Radio on my birthday.
12. We spent time with our kids. SO MUCH TIME. 
13. We replanned Free Mama Live as a virtual event that exceeded everyone’s expectations. We brought together world-class speakers and spent two full weeks learning, growing, and doing. 
14. We planned a major move, packed up a house, and got it all done while I ran a 2-week live event from an AirBnB. 
15. We celebrated the first ever Free Mama Awards Ceremony. 13 Free Mamas shared with us their first $5k month in business in 2020. 6 made over $100,000. Some even made over $300,000.
16. We put a woman in the White House. A woman of color. IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
17. We got a dog.
18. We live near family again.
19. We launched the Inner Circle for Life and re-launched the Free Mama Squad Membership.
20. I got to wake up every day and serve you. 

It’s been a year but we finally made it, mama. And while I can’t say that I loved every minute, and while there were certainly dark days — for our country, and for the world — there were also a lot of really good moments, and I’m humbled that you choose to share so many moments with me.

Happy New Year.

P.S. Next week is our 100th episode of FreeMamaTV. Are you subscribed to the YouTube channel yet? You probably want to take care of that, because there just might be something exciting happening…

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