Adam and I started this together young — I was barely out of high school, still in college, still figuring out what I actually wanted. Adam always says he was the dreamer of the two of us. I was the realist. If someone brought me a big idea, I could usually list every reason it wouldn't work before they finished the pitch.

So when we were first introduced to our coaches and mentors, I was skeptical — genuinely. But the more time I spent around them, the more I noticed something I hadn't seen offered anywhere else: peace. I was never money-motivated. I never chased the next big thing just because it made the most money. What actually drew me in was watching Brent and Brenda — the coaches who first got through to us — and the life they'd built with their own teenage kids at the time. They had a strong marriage. A genuinely peaceful home. A kind of family life I hadn't seen up close before. I remember thinking: if that's actually available to me, I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get there.

For me, that meant a lot of personal growth — and I was grateful I didn't have to figure it out on my own. I didn't have to scroll YouTube trying to piece together advice from strangers who didn't know a single thing about my life. I had people speaking into me who actually understood my circumstances, and who could help me grow in the exact areas I needed to grow in — not just for business, but for anything.

Honestly, that personal growth alone was enough to make me start believing there might be more out there — that maybe there were dreams and goals we hadn't been able to reach on our own, but could reach with the right people around us. And over time, we did start reaching some of them. But what excites me most, even now, isn't anything we've gained. It's watching someone else walk through that same process — someone gets connected with us, a dream gets reignited in them, and then through their own hard work and consistency, they actually get to walk into it. That's never been because of us. We just got to be the people who connected them to the opportunity, and that has been the biggest blessing of this whole thing.

Today, our life looks different than either of us imagined at nineteen — three kids, and the ability to build our days around what actually matters to us. We get to choose how we spend our time and who we spend it with. It's not a stress-free life. But it's a stress I chose, built around a calendar that's actually mine — and I wouldn't trade that for anything.