Celebrate The Wins

by | Feb 9, 2016 | Throwback | 18 comments

Good morning.  This post is coming to you in real time.

Remember when I said 2016 was going to be a good year?  That I was going to push myself to do things I was scared to do?  Well, considering my New Year only started on Feb 1, I’d say we’re off to a good start!

I don’t have a normal Coffee With Joey post today, I’ll make up for it on Friday, but I did want to share a little bit of life with you today.

You all know adulting is hard.  I don’t have to tell you that.  But if you would have told me this time last year that I would have just bought a car all by myself, I would not have believed you.

I know that might not seem like that big of a deal, and it probably isn’t, but I believe in celebrating the wins in life.  And yesterday was a win.

We’ve had a rough go of it the last year.  Leaving football and exploring new avenues has left us keeping our heads above water, but just barely.  They call this type of situation a growing season in football.  When you have a brand new roster and everyone is just trying to find their place.  So for us, 2015 was one hell of a growing season.  Just trying to get our feet on solid ground long enough to take a deep breath before the tide pulled us back under.

I don’t know when exactly it happened, or how, but we’re standing on solid ground.

I’ve been working my butt off the last year.  And yesterday, it paid off.

Finally, I bought myself a car!

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18 Comments

  1. Buying a new car is huge! I just did this myself last year and I felt like it was huge for me! Cheers to 2016 starting off with a bang.

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  2. Congrats — You Deserve It! So proud of you!

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  3. So excited for you! (And really, it's so pretty!)
    Hard work does pay off and sometimes it just takes awhile to see it I guess. It's hard to tell ourselves that when we're in the thick of it, but I'm glad this worked out for you.

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  4. Congrats on the new car lady!! I'm happy for you. I'm glad that you're doing OK too. Sending hugs your way!! 🙂

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  5. Buying a new car is huge, I had to take that plunge a few years ago but it feels soo good!! Congrats!!

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  6. Woo hoo! I am so excited for you! Enjoy that car girly!

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  7. Congrats on the new car!!! You so fancy 🙂

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  8. Congratulations, friend! The car is a real beauty, just like you! 🙂

    xoxo
    Kat

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  9. Congrats! It is a big deal. Not every day you sign your life away on a purchase with that many zeroes!

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  10. Girl, that is awesome!! Congrats on such a big & exciting purchase 🙂

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  11. Late on this, but sooo happy for you, it looks amazing!

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