Happy August folks. So we are about halfway through summer and heading into a new month, new direction, new change, and new style. This can be anything; a fresh cut, job changes, leaving jobs, purchasing a new car, starting a new business, waiting for school to start back up, or just in need of a break from reality.

Each day, we are faced with those monumental moments (sometimes epiphanies) of major decision-making and changes in our lives. Most of them involving financially, emotional sanity, self-care, or just a renewed self. For the good, bad, and downright ugly, they help contribute and shape us. Whether you had that shitty year, dreaded your bitch of a boss, drank your sorrows away one alcoholic drink at a time, doing that same monotonous daily routine, or just being a lonesome fool, each obstacle is aimed to shape and help us to keep going. Sometimes though, it's hard to live by this, and this is coming from myself, the writer, my own worst enemy, and self-critic.

A week ago, I left a job after two months. Having spent the last semester of my undergraduate year volunteering at this job (i.e. a clothing factory twenty-five minutes from my house) for about four months, it led me to a full-time position in the company. So what made me quit after two months you ask? Lots of reasons: Low pay, work environment, bitch boss, the common stuff.

After working a variety of twenty-something jobs in the last seven years of my life, this was the first time I have ever put my foot down on a job. Most people when they work at a job either dip in less than one to three months without notice. Mine wasn't the case. Making that decision in quitting that crappy low-paying job was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Especially now that it gives me the chance to pursue other opportunities and start a new journey and chapter of my life.

Coming from a future self-starter and business owner, each step and decision you make is a step into the future. Whether you have no clue on what you're doing in your life or are just soul-searching to find your niche, each decision you make contributes a big part of your character, persistence, pride, dignity, and future. As the saying I live by, regardless of your situation, keep your head held high. Good things are coming.

"But those who hope in the lord will renew their strength. they will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint" Isaiah 40:31