I wasn't doing that well, meaning I couldn't survive off of modeling full time. I was actually

making more money working at the restaurant.

But I said to myself, you know what, this is an opportunity for me to take another leap of faith.

And there was a curiosity within me that said to me what would happen if I were to go all in on this

fashion thing because up until that point I was getting the occasional job and I was very much relying on my

waiting tables job to make my ends meet and again I wouldn't say I felt stuck in that job, but I felt comfortable in that job.

I could pay all my bills. I was really good at it, and I didn't hate it, right? But it's not something I wanted to necessarily make a career out of. So I was in that kind of space where I didn't have to get out of it, but I saw this as an opportunity and that lit me up inside and I thought,

you know what, I'm just gonna take the leap and see what happens.

Hello friends and welcome back to the Light Watkins show.

I'm Light Watkins and I love to interview ordinary folks just like you and me

who've taken extraordinary leaps of faith in the direction of their path, their

purpose or what they've identified as their mission in life.

And in doing so, they've been able to positively impact and inspire the lives of many other people

who've either heard about their story or who witness them in action or people who've directly benefited from their work.

And what I've found after conducting hundreds of these interviews with various luminaries who found their purpose

is that there was a moment where they hit

upon some sort of internal crossroads where they could either go in the

direction of fitting in or they could go further in the direction of being themselves and

99.9% of the time the people who end up finding their calling are the ones who

choose sometimes against all odds to be themselves. It's really that simple. And I think

we need to hear these stories over and over and over to build up the courage and

the confidence to do the same thing in our lives so that we can keep choosing to be ourselves

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