Journey back with me to roughly thirty years ago.

We are in the year of 1995.

And we are in oldest city on The Mississippi River . . .

(a historical significance that adorns Natchez, Mississippi)

. . . where a free-spirited soul becomes our first-born baby girl on February 23.

To a mother and stepfather who raised her.

With a father who helped make her.

Now fast forward a few years with me.

Our pre-adolescent daughter is in elementary school.

Where she begins to hear that most infamous question :

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

But all of the adults in her life kept telling her that she could only be one thing.

And that her one thing should be :

• something safe

• something traditional

• something practical

Now fast forward a few more years with me.

We are in the year of 2012.

And our teenage daughter has graduated from high school . . .

(and early at the age of 17—by finishing through an online school)

. . . with absolutely no idea what she wanted to be.

So our teenage daughter decides that she would be nothing for a little while.

Not out of laziness.

But because she just feels so lost.

But since she had graduated from high school already . . .

(but had not yet moved out on her own)

. . . she was now expected by the adults in her life to grow up.

While still feeling so lost.

None of this made sense to our teenage daughter.

But she started to grow up anyway.

Into our adult daughter.

Who moves out a few months after her eighteenth birthday.

Now fast forward two years later with me.

We are in the year of 2015.

And we are a few miles away from home.

In a small town right outside of Vidalia, Louisiana.

Our adult daughter is 20 years old.

And she is homeless and unemployed.

What happened?

And all was well when all of it was new.

But as the weeks continued and —

• the work began to feel more repetitive

• the schedule began to feel more restrictive

• the expectations began to feel more repressive

. . . everything about who our free-spirited-soul-turned-baby-girl had known herself to be was coming up.

And it was coming out in conflict more than ever before.

With this constant demand for her to be only one thing.

So ultimately . . .

(to make this longer story short)

. . . she chose to remove herself from everyone and everything that had this demand.

Now fast forward back to this present moment with me.

We all want to hear . . .

 “and she lived happily ever after”

. . . as the perfect ending to her story.

But I cannot tell you that.

Not because her story ended badly.

But because the ending is actually still being written.

And yes—we all get to see how this story will end together.

But before we continue journeying with this unnamed woman . . .

(who we have followed for all of her life from birth to adulthood)

. . . allow me to finally introduce you to her.

We are in the year of 2025.

And we are sitting next to the waves of beautiful Lake Michigan.

Sometimes from the edges of Chicago, Illinois.

And sometimes from the edges of Kenosha, Wisconsin.

That is where we find our reborn daughter.

Writing the next chapters.

A brilliant resolution to what has been the story of her life.

Because I was finally able to accept who I am.

I am a Creative Lifestyle Entrepreneur.

Which means that I am someone who :

• designs my life

• styles my work

• embraces my magic

. . . continually and intentionally.

So that I can live and work and play in a way that allows myself and others —

• my right clients

• my right customers

• my right communities

. . . to know and to love everything that I am as a free-spirited soul.

And I launched this platform for anyone . . .

(for every individual who saw himself or herself in my own road to rebirth)

. . . who wants to do the same.

Welcome to All Things Adriannia.

Where we give ourselves permission.

To be all that we are—and to do all that we want.

Where we give ourselves perspective.

To see that who we are in our entirety :

• in our life

• in our work

• in our play

. . . can actually be our highest and best gift to the many worlds around us.

Where we inspire ourselves to inspire others.

Where we empower ourselves to empower others.

Where we love ourselves to love others.

With that being said, let's dive into the idea of —

Designing Your Life

To accept your innate role as the creator of your life.

For your experiences within and without the world around you.

I have a personal structure that I use for every part of my lifestyle design —

• the foods that I choose to eat

• the home that I choose to build

• the clothes that I choose to wear

• the money that I choose to spend

• the people that I choose to engage

. . . that you can learn more about in this space :

But I encourage you to ultimately come up with your own way.

Organize it into your own path.

Break it down into your own parts.

Systematize it into your own process.

Do whatever you need to get it done.

So that you can move on to the idea of —

Styling Your Work

To become more entrepreneurial in your service to others.

Realizing that you can take responsibility for defining and deciding :

• your purpose

• your processes

• your products

• your people

. . . and everything in between.

You can learn more about my approaches to entrepreneurship :

And still establish your own frameworks.

We all have different skills.

We all have different personalities.

We all have different abilities.

Build according to yours.

So that you can move on to the idea of —

Embracing Your Magic

To remind yourself that you simply are.

And that you are here and now to —

• express

• explore

• expand

. . . the truths and wonders that excite your soul.

I have my own system of beliefs and rituals for experiencing more of who I am :

And I hope that you find your own, too.

To do whatever suits and shapes your own unique path back to your Self.

Because you are the journey—and the destination.

Thank you for being here to watch the rest of my story unfold.

If there is anything that you found in this space that you want to know more about . . .

(or even if you have no questions—and you just want to share your story back to me)

. . . feel free to send me a message below.

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