Hi There,
I am Sofia mitchell
I started this blog because I wanted to inspire people. I wanted a way to share my own personal experiences as a way to help others who may have experienced similar things.
I always felt like I never fit in anywhere and therefore did what others expected of me and never felt happy in my life. Once I started doing the things that I truly loved again, everything in my life changed.
You know, the things you did as a child that brought you the most happiness. Those things.
This has been a journey of getting back to the old me, but better if that makes sense.
Think of me as your big sister, second mother, or virtual best friend that wants the best for you because babyyy, I’ve been there!
About Sofia,
I was a military brat growing up (Air Force). I grew up in different European countries as well as the U.S. My father retired in New York and I have been here ever since. Besides Spain, my favorite country that I’ve lived in was Germany.
I am a mom to a sassy young, little girl. Without her, I would not be who or where I am today. Motherhood changed me in unexplainable ways and there’s so much that I’m still learning when it comes to being a mom.
I am sober as of September 13, 2021. Alcohol slowly started to destroy my life in a short span of 4 years and that is something I never want to go through again!
Throughout the years, my understanding of spirituality has evolved and I have gotten closer to God. It has been such a bittersweet spiritual journey, but I would not be who I am without it. You have to give credit to the best and worst times.
You Live, you Learn, and you Grow.
Some Interesting things about me
I am bilingual and biracial.
My father met my mother in Spain and I was born there. I speak Spanish fluently. We still visit Spain mostly during the summer and it will forever be my home. I’m also mixed; my father is Black and my mother is Spanish.
I love nature.
Even though I am allergic to literally almost everything outside. Damn you allergies! I love the flowers and all the pretty birds out in nature. My favorite season is fall although I am starting to take a new liking to summer. I love going to the beach and yes I even enjoy the snow in winter! Living in New York is amazing because I get to experience every season and I just love it. Being in nature gives me a sense of peace that is truly pure bliss.
I am a creator.
As a blogger, I of course love reading and writing. My true passion is music. I love singing and dancing even though I don’t think I’m that good haha! I also love to draw and paint. Creating anything whether it’s content, music, or art makes me so happy.
Growing Up,
I was told that having a college degree was the only way to make it in this world. That doing the things I loved were just hobbies and I could never really make a living from pursuing them.
For years I believed that my worth as an individual was reliant on having a degree. So, I did what I was told to do. I went to college and in May of 2015, I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public health.
Once I graduated, I couldn’t find the job everyone promised I would have because everything required a master’s degree. So, I signed up for grad school. In the meantime, I did a year long internship working a literal 9-5 job as a financial counselor doing health insurance enrollments.
I quickly came to the realization that I HATED the 9-5 lifestyle.
I thought to myself that if I had to do this with a real job for the rest of my life I would rather not exist. Some people love the 9-5 structure, but for me, it wasn’t it. The repetition was so mundane. Yet, I thought this was the way it had to be in life.
While still in grad school, I had a baby and then shortly after I started working a full time job with flexible hours. I could set my own schedule, within reason, and I loved it. I was making more money doing that than I would at a job with a master’s degree!
I wanted to stop going to school, but I kept pushing through and wasting more money out of pocket on tuition because I still had this belief ingrained in my head that without a degree (another one), I was worthless.
Then came the Covid pandemic in 2020.
I watched public health officials plead with the general public to do something as simple as wash their hands and cover their faces when they sneezed or coughed. And I’m not even talking about wearing masks… Just decency and common sense to cover your mouth when you cough and people felt that was asking for too much of them.
It was at that moment that I immediately lost interest in pursuing ANY career in public health. If I couldn’t get people to do something as simple as wash their hands, how could I really make a difference in people’s lives through other public health changes?!
I never finished getting my master’s, and honestly, it was the biggest relief of my life to not be enrolled anymore. I truly wish I had never enrolled in the first place. But… you live and you learn.
While having a college degree is an accomplishment that you should absolutely be proud of, for me, it truly didn’t mean much of anything in the real world, unlike a career that requires a degree like being a doctor or lawyer.
But I didn’t want that life. I wanted something else, I just didn’t know what.
And then I realized….
People were out here living their Best lives, starting businesses, and Making Money doing the things they Loved, Andddd… Most of them, Not having a college degree.
That was when things started to Shift for me.
I realized I didn’t need a college degree to be successful or happy!
So, I took the leap and started putting my energy back into the things I love and really pursuing my passions. And while not all days are sunshine and rainbows, I am so much happier now than I was years prior.
My Blogging Journey
Let’s Take It Back To 2015
I had just graduated college and I remember talking to a friend about wanting to start a blog so I did just that! I started a blog as an outlet to share my thoughts with the world.
Having a blog seemed like a great way to share a story with multiple people at once so I was definitely intrigued by the concept of blogging.
In 2018, I took my first blogging course and I went from a free WordPress blog to a self-hosted blog with hopes of making it a career and monetizing it. The thought of never having to work a 9-5 job in corporate America sounded like a dream to me!
In 2019, I hit a mental slump and stopped blogging for a few years and didn’t reemerge with a new post until 2022. I knew in my heart I didn’t want to stop blogging, I just lost my spark and didn’t know how to get it back.
Fast forward to 2023, I enrolled in more blog courses and my spark for blogging reignited. It wasn’t until April of 2023 that I buckled down and started taking my blog serious and that’s where we are today!
