200 Recipes Later…

Hitting recipe number 200 on my website definitely invokes a lot of feelings. In the process of those 200 recipes, I went from having no idea what I was doing to making it on TV, publishing a book and starting a business, and finally being able to leave my job. It’s fucking crazy how far I’ve come. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so proud in my life. Every day I try so hard to be positive and tell myself that great things are coming, but I’m forgetting that so many great things have already happened because I put in the work to make it happen. Right now, it’s bliss. My final trip with Delta is this week and I’m sure it’ll be emotional, but what I’m doing here is so difficult and takes so much, and it’s a constant battle against the doubters, haters, and even demons in my own mind.

            It’s hard to comprehend how much I’ve done, especially considering I started all of this from nothing.    I remember writing my first journal entries in my bedroom at my mom’s house back in 2011, and to think 11 years later I’ve done all this is a lot to wrap my head around. I’m still only 28. I promised myself in my early twenties that I wouldn’t waste any time because life is never certain. Your time here is never guaranteed. I’ve worked so hard, and I have so much more to do, and at this point, you’ll never convince me that I won’t get there. Everything that I thought was out of reach, too hard, required too much, or was unrealistic, I’ve made happen for myself. I took those dreams and made them realities. I did the damn thing. It sounds crazy to say that even still, I’m quite small compared to the big dogs in the food world but trust me when I say I will make my mark on the industry. Great things are coming. If I was able to make all this happen, you know I can make more happen, and I will. That’s my new promise to myself. There’s no holding back and it’s only up from here.