Making Some Changes for a More Productive Walk

Posted by LaTara on May 23, 2008

Last month I had to make some changes. Heck I have been in a constant growth and change mode for a while now. There is always room to evolve and I try to roll with the punches that come along with it.

A major decision that I had to make was to start a service based business in order to help my family thrive and not just survive, which we were barely doing. God has already been whispering “use your writing” for some time to bring in income and I ignored it like the plague.

You see for me writing is very personal because of the reasons why I even started doing it. It was my escape from a childhood of molestation, abuse, fights, and so much more. It was how I forget that is all existed. It was therapy and way for me to really connect with the God that I had yet to really know but knew all the while He existed because of my momma’s faith.

So I was not ready to take it to another level like that.

But GOD!

The first week I meet my income goal and now I am at a point of exceeding it. If only I would’ve heeded when I first heard that whisper. Ahhh…but no need to dwell on that.

As I started getting clients I started getting more freedom in mind. It was not as cloudy. With that freedom to think more clearly, I have seen the need for some changes.

I have been working hard at making Vegan Family Living profitable and while it brings in some money, it does not even make a dent. It is more like a scratch.

So I have been praying and hearing God as I move towards what is sure to be a definite change yet productive and profitable change in my life.

You see I don’t want to be poor; and while I may never be rich, and don’t know if I want to be, I do want to be more comfortable. Therefore I had to take necessary steps towards making sure that this was done. But I knew I had to listen to God first and foremost.

I have this stubborn streak in me that can be good and bad. For the past few months it has been bad. Night after night I was up until 1 or 2 in the morning building on something that I know will one day be profitable but for right now I need to think of in a different way.

I love cooking and sharing my knowledge about the vegan diet. I will continue to do this but on a different level.

This past week I took a mini-break from VFL and took some time to really see what I need to see.

I am seeing a whole new avenue open up for me online. I always felt the pull but goodness it is so Good to answer the call and finally stop doing it “LaTara’s way”. That is a song that I need to stop playing. Frank may have done it his way but I gotta do it God’s way.

I am making room for what He wants and accepting the changes that must be done. Some I am more stubborn about than others but that is when God gives me a gentle tap and says “This way my child.”

I just hooked up with a great VA who has no idea how much she will be helping me to be more productive.

Do I think that one day Vegan Family Living will accomplish the goals I have set? You bet your buns I do. But I also know that it takes a team to accomplish it and I can only burn the candle at both ends for so long before the wick burns out and I am not ready to fizz out just yet.

I am looking forward to this ride and to what God is doing with me. There is more to share with you like how I worked most of the last year and a half in a depressed stupor or how I forgot how to hear God and heed what He says. Or how as I say in the tub and prayed yesterday I clearly heard His voice tell me that it is time to dig out a book I started over 8 years ago and finish it up because now I have the experience necessary to add more wisdom to the message. To do, however, will take a while or better yet a small book.

Change is good!

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