Life Tried Me, But I’m Still Going
Thirty days into my 90-Day Run, and honestly, I could have never predicted what these first 30 days would look like.
When I started this challenge, I had goals. Make extra money. Stop unnecessary spending. Eat at home. Pay down debt. Take better care of myself. Build discipline. Create content. Basically, buckle down for 90 days and see just how much I could change my life.
What I didn’t plan for were the emergencies.
And there were A LOT of them.
Going to London Was NOT on my 90 Day Run Bingo Card
Early in the month, I had to unexpectedly get on a flight to London to help a close family friend through a medical emergency.
Obviously, an international emergency trip wasn’t part of my carefully thought-out 90-day run. But life doesn’t care about your plans.
Sometimes you have to show up for the people you love.
So I did.
Then I came home thinking maybe life would calm down.
Life said, “Calm down… absolutely not.”
Then My Basement Flooded
At the end of the month, the sewer backed up into my basement.
Four and a half feet of sewage water.
Just typing that still feels unreal.
I lost about 90% of my clothes, Holiday decorations, Photos, Memories, My sorority items, and Inventory for my seasonal business.
And so many things that can’t simply be replaced by going to the store and buying them again.
Because of the flood, I also had to stop my seasonal business. My inventory was destroyed, which meant letting go of income I had planned on making.
It was devastating.
But in the middle of cleaning up the physical mess, grieving what I lost, dealing with emergencies and trying to keep life moving, I realized something:
I was still doing my 90-Day Run.
Somehow, I Still Did What I Said I Was Going to Do!
Despite EVERYTHING that happened this month, I made an extra $1,500.
I ate at home.
I only went out once, and that was to celebrate my son having an amazing first week of school.
I stayed focused on my goals even when it would have been very easy to say, “Forget this. I’ll start over next month.”
And there were sacrifices.
I missed a friend’s purse-making 35th birthday celebration.
I missed another friend’s birthday dinner.
And probably the hardest one, I missed my son’s first day of school.
This month reminded me that discipline doesn’t always look cute. Sometimes there are real sacrifices attached to the life you’re trying to build.
But there were opportunities too.
I was offered a part-time personal assistant position, which was another reminder that losing one opportunity doesn’t mean another one isn’t waiting for you.
So, How Did I Do?
Honestly?
I think I did AMAZING.
Not because everything went according to plan. Actually, almost nothing went according to plan.
I’m proud of myself because I kept going anyway.
The old version of me might have used everything that happened as a reason to abandon the challenge.
“I’ll start again next month.”
“Too much is happening right now.”
“I deserve to spend money after everything I’ve been through.”
“I’ll get back on track when life settles down.”
But I didn’t.
And maybe that’s the real lesson from these first 30 days.
The goal isn’t to become disciplined when life is perfect. The goal is to become disciplined enough to keep going when life isn’t.
Days 31-60: Taking Care of Me While Taking Care of Business
For the next 30 days, I’m leveling up.
My goals are:
- Start therapy
- Make another $1,500 in extra income
- Continue paying down debt
- Do my own hair
- Do my own nails
- Do my own pedicures
- Handle my own waxing and beauty maintenance
- Work out three times a week
- Continue eating at home
- Create content every single day
- Keep unnecessary spending to a minimum
Month one was about surviving while staying disciplined.
I want month two to be about healing, rebuilding and intentionally moving forward.
Because after losing so much this month, I’ve realized that this 90-Day Run isn’t only about saving money or paying down debt anymore.
It’s about becoming the woman who can experience chaos without allowing chaos to take over her life.
30 days down. 60 days to go.
The basement flooded.
The business took a hit.
The emergencies came.
The plans changed.
But the run continues.
And if I managed to accomplish this much during one of the craziest months I’ve had in a long time?
I can’t wait to see what I can do with the next 60 days.
