Hello, welcome to or welcome back to Trinidad to Care.

If you're new here, hello, my name is Ashley.

I upload an episode every single Monday and I talk about literally anything I'm thinking about feeling,

going through. Sometimes I'll do an episode based off what you want to hear, but I upload every

single Monday and I've been doing that basically every Monday for two years. If you're listening

to this in real time, it's two years

on the 17th. Today is the 15th. This comes out, I think. So two years on the 17th, it's been two years

since my life has completely changed for the better. I still can't believe that this is my life

and this is where the podcast is. And I can't discredit how hard I worked

to get trying to care to where it is. But I will say, do think there's a little bit of a

combination between hard work and me being delusional. I truly believe me being as delusional as I was,

trying to add to care and got me to where I am now. So today I want to share my story and

why I think being delusional actually works and why you should be delusional too. Also,

if you hear looking next to me, my dog Isabella is sitting

next to me today on the couch. We're recording in a different area. But let's get into it.

Let's talk about being delusional. If you've been listening to Trinette to Care for a while or you've

been following me for a while, you've definitely heard this story of how I got to where I am and my podcast and you're probably

like, okay, we get it. We've heard this. But to anyone who's new here who's listening for the

first time, I do want to give you a little insight into how everything came to be. So basically,

I always wanted to do social media. At first, it was a hobby. I grew up watching people doing YouTube.

I watched Andrew Russet, Jen X-Pen, Nikki and Gabby, Shane Dawson, all the beauty gurus.

And I would watch them and I was so inspired by their videos and their lives. And I wanted that.

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