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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& #39;m gonna write a book and I don& #39;t think anyone is going read it but I& #39;m gonna write it." Now we& #39;re here. It& #39;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& #39;t really a lot of buzz around my book though, so I didn& #39;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& #39;t tbh. I have been working on the brand & #39;Vegan Hippie& #39; 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& #39;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& #39;t having it. She was like you have something special
and you need to work you regular job and continue to push the brand & #39;Vegan Hippie& #39; I was trying to explain to her that I& #39;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& #39;t having that. Moving back home (cont)
literally saved my life. I kept working on my brand & #39;Vegan Hippie& #39; and one day out of nowhere it just clicked and people started to believe in me and my brand. Y& #39;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& #39;t have to. Nothing against it, but it wasn& #39;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& #39;re gonna wake up and people are going to BUY WHATEVER IT IS YOU ARE CREATING & you need to make sure you& #39;re ready bc when it hits it HITS! I don& #39;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& #39;t stop here though bitchessss. Love y& #39;all!
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