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Friends and family, I would love to chat with you. I want to bring you in and explain to you why I started the journey of blogging and influencing in 2017. Will be going into detail from all the late nights to the overthinking. I will also let you know why I decided to push through.

When I would meet friends for lunch they would tend to ask the normal questions like, Ericka what’s been going on? What’s new? And all I can say is everything is good. The kids are getting bigger and life is just really crazy. But inside me, I’m melting away because I feel like that’s the only thing that I can say. I quickly knew that I needed to change something in my life.

Yes, I’m a mom and a wife and trust me I know that’s a whole lot of work too. I love my family and I will go above and beyond for them. But for me as a person and someone that loves to feel in charge of something else other than my family was slowly feeling like I was losing myself. So I knew I had to do something to change how I was feeling. So I immediately started researching on what I was going to do.

One day I called my husband and told him how about if I got a job, like a part-time job? He immediately said to me what’s going to happen with Bella. I told him I would have my mom take care of her and then I thought about it and that wasn’t going to work either because my mom lives almost 1 hour from us. That just didn’t make sense for us. So back to square one I went.

One day I thought what about writing about me and my family and share it with my followers on my daughter’s page at th time. I started her page in 2015 and just shared pictures of my little girl and the clothes she was wearing. Her account grew quickly and I was already at 9,000 followers by 2017.

So again I called my husband and told him all my goals and he said ok that sounds good babe. Of course, he had no clue what he just agreed to. He just thought I was going to continue sharing on Instagram but what he didn’t know is that I was going to start a Blog and start writing all my ideas. So I went ahead and changed all the Social Channels that I had to Love Ericka Castanos. Along with it my tagline, Anything Is Possible. Here is why I chose my name and tag lines.

I chose Love Ericka Castanos because I want to be able to spread as much Love as I can while in this world. My tag line Anything is Possible because I want to show my kids that if you believe it then it can happen. Goals will turn to a reality as long as you work hard and stay positive.

I knew that I was going to need a support group so I researched events that can help me become a better leader or just keep me motivated to continue on. I know that if you want something in life you have to work hard for it. A business needs sweat and late night researching. So that’s what I did. I came across an Instagram account that encourages Latinas to better themselves and to strive to be the best of the best. We All Grow Latina has been elevating the voices of Latinas since 2010 and spreading as much positivity. Encouraging that you can do it! Si Se Puede!!! So I was hooked and I told myself that I was going to be attending this event one day.

So I gathered every piece of information and I started my journey. I really don’t want to sit here and tell you that everything is easy peasy because it isn’t at all. I would stay up till 2 am and wake up at 5 am to work. There were also days when I would go blank and had no clue what to do anymore. I would even doubt myself. But my mom has always told me that if I loved what I was doing then continue working on your dreams. Was I tired yes, but I felt the fire under me to continue on because this will one day pay off. Another reason why I never gave up is that I had two little ones watching me. I couldn’t and will not give up.

So attending We All Grow Summit isn’t just another event for me it was a goal that I worked for. I’m happy to be sharing with you guys that I’m no longer feeling like I was losing myself in the mix of raising two little ones and being a wife. It may seem silly to others but for me, it was a goal that I had and I accomplished it.

Cheers because this is only the beginning!

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