Our THREE YEAR Anniversary!!

I cant help but think HOW MUCH our lives have changed in such a short amount of time! When we first got married I was in about 200k of defaulted student debt, were paying for our own wedding on credit cards (in my grandparent’s backyard), were living LESS than paycheck to paycheck, spending most nights wondering how we were going to get by. RIGHT AFTER our wedding Andrew went off to OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL for the Air Force and I was left alone in NYC to pack up our apartment and finalize everything for our cross country move to CALIFORNIA. A place we had never even been close to, a place where we knew NO ONE, had no connections and I HAD NO JOB (which isn’t something that someone with 200k in defaulted debt can really do …EVER) I was trying to reinvent myself, trying to figure out what I wanted to do and I got THREE jobs, making minimum wage at all of them. THAT’S when I found Beachbody. I found someone who had gone through the same thing as me and CAME OUT on TOP and helped other people do the same. AT FIRST, I thought OH NO NO NO we don’t have money for a workout program to start a business! (WHAT most people say- HAHA) But I didn’t realize that I couldn’t afford NOT TO.

We made our LAST payment on it ALL a few months ago and we were officially DEBT FREE in under 2 years, because when we hit rock bottom in CA with no one we loved around, no one to help us out, and we figured out it was UP TO US…..we got to work. IT WAS NOT EASY! So many sacrifices, so much hard work, so many NO’s to extra things, living well below our means and EVERY SINGLE DIME we earned going to THAT DEBT.

Coaching has taught me SO MANY THINGS — It taught me that nothing comes easy, that if you take care of yourself and others yours goals come easy, that success DOESN’T have to be the normal, that you DON’T NEED to get a job you SEMI-LIKE and work it for 60 years until retirement.  It taught me that DREAMS do come true, that people really do care, and that sometimes the thing you’re avoiding that is staring you in the face is actually the thing that will save your life.

LOOKING BACK to when I was so hesitant about the opportunity, so scared to purchase a workout program that would change my body and spirit…I would say to myself “Bonnie, you can’t afford NOT to do this.”

As we celebrate our 3-year anniversary next week I CANNOT HELP but be so thankful. Thankful to the universe for putting not only this man but this opportunity in my path and giving me the courage to go after both. We will be celebrating our 3-year anniversary DEBT FREE!