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When I wrote Vegan Hippie Sol I was sitting at my desk of my job at the time and was like "hmmm I'm gonna write a book and I don't think anyone is going read it but I'm gonna write it." Now we're here. It's really crazy.
I started the book in February and had my first even to get the word out and then finished AND published it on April 6 and a few people bought it which was cool, but then like more people bought it which was cool but scary.
There wasn't really a lot of buzz around my book though, so I didn't think too much of it until more people bought it. I was like holy shit people are really buying my recipes wow. I decided that I needed a website and designed and launched it in less than two weeks all on my own
I cut out the middle man we all hate which is Amazon and started selling my book through my own site and now we are here. I am so grateful!
This seems like it happened very quickly, but it didn't tbh. I have been working on the brand 'Vegan Hippie' for two years. I have been making jams for over a year, but when I was in NYC I was so lost because no one would listen or give me a chance. Very few people believed in me
I even quit my very good paying job in NYC to focus on Vegan Hippie full time and it still didn't "hit." Everyone thought I was a joke. I was sooooo lost. I was dancing, sugaring, and working as a hostess part time to keep myself afloat. Surviving in that city is hard af. (cont)
I had a severe mental breakdown and packed everything up and moved back home to ATL with my mom btw after living on my own since graduating high school. I am just gonna be real...I moved back home from NYC super depressed and BROKE. I had maybe $200 to my name...MAYBE (cont)
I had no idea how I was going to bounce back from being so lost and depressed, but I knew I wanted to provide vegan options to the masses. I found a decent paying job and was ready to give up on Vegan Hippie, but my mom wasn't having it. She was like you have something special
and you need to work you regular job and continue to push the brand 'Vegan Hippie' I was trying to explain to her that I'd been pushing it for two years and it was never going to work and that it was time to be realistic. Once again she wasn't having that. Moving back home (cont)
literally saved my life. I kept working on my brand 'Vegan Hippie' and one day out of nowhere it just clicked and people started to believe in me and my brand. Y'all know I PUSH HELLA CONTENT out. LIKE A LOT and people started fucking with me and I am just in shock.
I told myself I would never go back to the strip club or sex work again if I didn't have to. Nothing against it, but it wasn't really funding my dreams anymore. I have been back home for 9 months and I have been able to buy a car, get on my feet, and launch a whole brand.
I made this thread to tell the creators out there never to give up. One day you're gonna wake up and people are going to BUY WHATEVER IT IS YOU ARE CREATING & you need to make sure you're ready bc when it hits it HITS! I don't care what anyone says...always follow your dreams!!
This is just the beginning for me, but I am so grateful. I will launch my food truck soon & be able to provide quality vegan food for everyone. This year has been life changing in so many different ways and I am so grateful. The work don't stop here though bitchessss. Love y'all!
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