04/28/2026
This photo was taken almost two years ago. A lot has happened since then. I stopped working in the corporate world and used my savings to start my business. But you have to see that, I absolutely hated the new responsibilities they gave me, I would cry at my desk sometimes. It just was soulless. No amount of money is enough for you to be unhappy. I took out ALL my savings that I worked for 4 years to keep afloat and hire professionals to set up Casa M. And sure, it may not make ANY sense to do that in a financial position. But honestly if God has your back it doesn’t have to make sense. It does not have to make sense.
I am the type of person that needs to know all the details so I can see if things will go as planned. But then I thought, remodeling does not always go as planned. Life does not always go as planned. My therapist said worse case scenario is what? I go back and work for another company? She was right. Why not try and fail anyways.
Speaking of therapy, It’s taken a lot of self work to get where I am. It’s not easy to look inward and see where you need to make changes. It’s not easy to come to terms that you’re not as healthy as you thought you were and you need to make changes to your lifestyle. To change the environment, be an advocate for yourself to medical teams. It’s not easy to trust that things will work out. But looking back a lot of the decisions I’ve made under prayer - have not made any financial sense anyways. I’ve literally been asked “what if you can’t make the payments on this? What if you lose money?” Ugh so much self doubt from external people.
It’s true, it’s a possibility. But only one person can tell me yes or no. I prayed “I cannot use my old projects as my own credit because I worked for someone else - I wish to have a whole home designed by myself.” Within a few weeks I got a phone call - “Hey Linette, you remodeled my home in 2017 and we’re downsizing. Do you want to look at our new home?” Now it’s 2026, I have my first whole renovation project completed as of last week.
So, I don’t know who needs to hear this: Trust in yourself and invest in yourself, it will work out.
