Happy Monday and Happy April, ! 

It’s a beautiful time to start a new month, new week and new quarter. 

Im not sure if you had any goals you hoped to achieve in the past 3 months…

 I did and let me tell you: a lot of them didn’t get met.

2 of them being: kill a certain amount of debt, and remain consistent on all the platforms I’m available on. 

I took some time to be a little introspective, and asked God why it seems so hard to reach these goals. He hit me with the:

1. Everything you want is on the other side of fear 
2. You’re afraid to be clear with your goals because you’re afraid you won’t meet the requirements to meet them 

Sheesh. Happy April fools to me (insert nervous chuckle)!

On a serious note, I’d only be a fool if I didn’t listen. Faith is a substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). If faith is a substance (no matter what your belief is), that means it’s‘ something tangible to hold onto, while working towards whatever goal you set out to accomplish. On the contrary, fear is not only the opposite of faith, its “anti-faith”. Allowing fear to take root and fester erodes at faith and puts up a wall against any possibility of progress growth and prosperity there may be. It becomes something that consumes you and your chances of progress.

 I truly believe we’re in a time where what you feed is becoming blariingly obvious. 

For example:  I committed to doing a certain number of content pieces every week including these emails, videos, lives in addition to writing my next set of cookbooks. I succeeded in showing up in your inbox but failed at posting the amount of videos and releasing my next book. 

This was because a) I spent a lot of time consuming other people’s content (because it’s better) and b) I was afraid that I’m releasing my knowledge to no one who wants to listen. These are both false narratives rooted in fear. Faith however tells me that what I do will reach whoever it’s supposed to help AND I will be able to prosper in my area of purpose (see how that covered both my goals?) So how do I feed the faith? Keep showing up, writing, editing video, sharing etc no matter what. It’s that simple. 

I hope this encourages you to keep going in whatever you’re striving for in this new quater, month, week and even year. I have faith that you can do it. Feel free to reply to this email any one of those goals and I’ll be cheering you for yours on as we both work fear(less)ly towards our next milestone. 

Until Next time...

Arica