What is your ideal way to relax?
I love a good glass of wine and since moving into my new apartment relaxing in my tub. I actually did that a few times last week, lit my Stress Relief Aromatherapy candle, put on a soothing playlist and took a long relaxing bath.
Divine! If I’ve had a particularly hard week I’ll treat myself to a massage; gotta make use of that Massage Envy membership!
Where is your favorite place to be?
Home. I love living by myself and relish in the fact that I can escape to a place that can be as quiet or as loud as I want it to be. I have days when I don’t want to deal with people and it’s nice to just spend a day at home.
Who do you consider your biggest role model?
Realistically? My step-mom. She did something that I don’t think I’d be strong enough to do when we came to live with her and my father in 2003. She’s sacrificed a lot for me and my siblings, became an instant mother to teenagers, helping shape us during our formative years and molding us into the women we are today. I don’t feel like my thanks are enough for her. I love her so much for what she’s done and continues to do for us.
What does your life look like in 3 years?
I don’t see myself living in Houston in 3 years. Hopefully I’ll have relocated by then to either Toronto or London and am excelling in the property management side of commercial real estate. It would be nice to be married or at least on that path by then, but I don’t know what God has planned for me. But most importantly I see myself happy. That’s how I see myself at every “checkpoint” of my life. My goal is to be happy in whatever I’m doing.
If you could go back and change one decision what would it be?
I would tell my mother that I loved her more. I would spend as much time with her as I possibly could before she passed. My middle sister was always the “momma’s girl” and I didn’t mind that at the time, but there are days I wish I would’ve spent more time with my mom while she was alive.
What is your biggest accomplishment in life thus far?
I probably should say something like finishing undergrad or getting accepted in the grad program I’m in, but I think my biggest accomplishment thus far is accepting that I determine my own happiness.
It took me a while to stop letting my happiness be dictated by what society thinks, and to take hold of my joy. It was like a burden was lifted from my shoulders when I did and I’m proud of myself for figuring that out sooner in life rather than later.
