I’m Shaunae & I believe in big goals and even bigger dreams.
Like really big, giant, juicy, crazy, sky’s-the-limit goals and dreams. I believe in dreaming so big, that people have questioned your mental stability. I believe that if you want something bad enough, you’ll work incredibly hard to get it. And I believe that all that hard work never goes unrewarded.
I set some big, crazy dreams and goals for myself by the age of sixteen. The dream – to run a successful photography business and give people the gift of having their memories captured on film to love for generations.
With this dream, I went to work on accomplishing the goals I set for myself. I graduated high school a year early to start college. At seventeen, I moved across the country to a place I’ve never been before, in a city full of people I didn’t know. Within a year I graduated and moved again. By the age of 20, I started my business. Some people said I was crazy, I literally had people ask me, “Well this is all fun and great but when are you going to get serious and get a real job?” But my goal was clear and concise – I wanted to be a photographer and work for myself. I wanted to give people the gift of photography. I wanted to create images that would live on past my lifetime. Now, at 24 years old, I’m doing exactly that and running my business full-time.
I dreamed I could run this business and I set goal after goal to accomplish those dreams. I never let anything deter me from my goals. Did I have doubts? Of course! It’s normal to doubt yourself, but I did not dwell on those thoughts. Instead I trusted there was a reason for this dream and I did everything I could to work towards that ultimate goal.
I’ll never stop setting new goals for myself. My goals keep me dreaming, keep me excited. Whether it’s a goal to travel more or eat better or spend more time with my loved ones, nothing is off limits. Goals keep us going and move us towards the person we want to be. They help us turn our dreams into realities.
What are some of your big goals and dreams for the future?
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