welcome to divsdoingthings!
welcome to the blog :)! i honestly can’t believe i’m FINALLY writing my first post. first and foremost i want to thank you for reading, you could legit be anywhere else so i am grateful for you.
for context, i’ve been trying to write this “first post” for 6 years. i even kept a copy of the “about me” i wrote for wordpress; sometimes it motivated me and at other times it demotivated me to a point of severe procrastination (which i personally have decided is not a bad thing, but i’ll write a blog about that later.) at a certain point i almost stopped believing i would figure divsdoingthings llc all out; it felt like i would take 5 steps forward and 10 steps back. plus, combining yoga and business doesn’t even make sense to most people. it probably only makes sense to me. (for now😈)
but who cares! we made it. and i’m here to tell you that you will “make it” too. whatever it is that you are hoping to accomplish, the fact that you stumbled upon this page makes me believe you’re a dreamer - just like me. so my takeaway message with this first blog post is this: TIME IS BOTH YOUR FRIEND AND YOUR ENEMY. the more you embrace time, the more time embraces you. if you have a dream, keep working towards it, until time embraces it. because if you can dream it, you can do it. no cap.
here’s the abbreviated @divsdoingthings timeline:
2017 - created @divsdoingthings on instagram to share my passion for yoga
2018 - did my first 200hr Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, Indonesia and landed an interview with a local NJ studio, but bombed the interview due to learning a completely different style of yoga (that was new to me at the time, i had no idea how many lineages and options there were) [took a group yoga photoshoot]
2019 - spent 75% of my time on a plane, in a hotel room, or on a production floor because of my career. but i also started adding more Yoga Teacher Trainings to balance all the work [took my first solo yoga photoshoot]
2020 - registered divsdoingthings llc with the state of NJ and paid for the domain after finishing up my 500hr. i created a YOGA FOR BEGINNERS series on instagram with the intention of FINALLY putting my trainings to use. i also partnered up with a fellow trainee to start a yoga business. but i still wasn’t ready - the business failed because we could never get it off the ground and recording those classes gave me ridiculous anxiety + made me cry (in 2020 i still wasn’t a “crier” so that was huge) [took my second yoga photoshoot]
2021 - moved to the Dominican Republic to work heal the parts of me that felt unworthy of teaching and doing yoga, and also to get back to the dreams i had as a young Whartonite and social entrepreneur. at first i was working on setting up a retreat, in fact, i put my business credit through a lot of strain doing R&D. but it was a learning experience, and through that mission i put a downpayment on land in my hometown. i found the healing i was searching for and created the dream of one day (not today because i’m short ~$400,000 USD) hosting my own retreat, in my own house, on my own land ✨ don’t worry i’ll be keeping you updated through the blog 😘 [took my third and fourth yoga photoshoot]
2022 - hosted my first yoga retreat at Cocoon Portugal and recorded a #nataranjasana class with FigFlix. i still had lots of lessons and growing pains discovering myself this year, but i knew there was also no going back to the past version of myself. i decided that 2023 was going to be the year. i was going to get my expenses down to virtually nothing, and focus on making @divsdoingthings successful [took my fifth-tenth yoga photoshoot]
2023 - my year of love abundance, and celebration - setting an intention and matching it with actions this year has made the year a success. i was able to rest and dream, and also take time to put 6 years of thoughts and ideas together. i’ve lived life in the ways i like: through art, movement, food & drink, knowledge, and adventure. i have A LOT planned for us in 2024. yoga, business, and living life all year. it’s gonna be a good one 🫶🏽[FIRST OFFICIAL #yogawithdivs photoshoot for $free.99 2024 calendar]
my mission with divsdoingthings is to empower you to dream + do - how? by using Yoga and Business tools to align mind + body + soul + money. if you resonate, or have any feedback, questions, comments, or concerns please comment and let me know! till next time.
“el tiempo de Dios es perfecto”
-divs