9/18/26
On a personal level, I am a daughter, sister, friend, student, and cat mom. I was born and raised in Reno, NV. I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in business management with minors in Human Resources and Entrepreneurship, I entered the corporate world.
I would like to share my story of my past few months and how I got to where I am today. A year ago, I was in a totally different place in my life. I was working as a stockroom lead for a corporate company. After work, I would go to the gym, make dinner, and watch a show or movie. I felt extremely unfulfilled.
I tried adding more time with friends, picking up new hobbies, journaling; none of it helped this emptiness I felt though. So, I reflected back on when I felt I was doing good in life and what could I add to work towards something. Going to college did make me happy in my undergrad years so that is why I decided to do the master’s Program.
I also began thinking about my stance in my workplace – “Do I want to grow in this department? No. Are they giving me opportunities to switch? No. Do I have an emotional connection or reason to stay? No.” I wanted to grow but they wanted to give me a raise to stay and then promote me to supervisor, but it was not what I wanted.
I did take the raise of course, but I started looking outward into other opportunities. I reconnected with some old friends and noticed that they had gotten married, moved out together, and had a baby on the way. They were doing something right. I asked them what they had been doing and they explained their financial consulting business. I saw it as a perfect opportunity. They told me how I would work as my own business, remote, lucrative, and offer mentorship. I said yes.
Before I knew it, I was working full-time, going to school part-time, and working part-time. The exhaustion got to me. Out of nowhere I couldn’t walk without feeling shooting pain down my entire left leg. I suffered from a pinched sciatic nerve for three weeks. I could not continue running my health into the ground, so I asked myself, “What is the least fulfilling to me?” It was my full-time job, so once my health returned to normal, I turned in my two weeks.
Since then, I have focused my energy on financial consulting and growing my business. I also created a clothing brand called Phyre Collective that I am growing as more of my creative outlet. I am still in Graduate school, and I have chosen to do it full-time. Sometimes, we just need to remind ourselves that the goal is not to prove ourselves to anyone but simply make decisions for ourselves.
I have learned how to encourage people to be open to learning more about their financial opportunities, to really think about where they are currently at with their current portfolio, and to recomend tailored solutions.
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