Hi babe,
Happy first day of May! I can't believe we are inching closer to summer (and for me, inching closer to baby!)
As you guys now know, HBFIT is no longer. It was an emotional month for me deciding if and when this was the right decision. With this new baby coming in just a few weeks and a large change up at work, I decided that ultimately this was the right time to close this chapter. It’s honestly so strange because so much of my career has been rooted in HBFIT. After all, it's truly my lifestyle and it was the starting point for so much of my online personality and storytelling. I found myself having similar but different emotions to when Beautified (my first start-up) was being taken down by a disgruntled co-founder and that felt really triggering. I was having thoughts like: Who am I without this business? Does this mean I’m a failed entrepreneur? Will people think I’m not capable of running a business? I know that it's totally normal for these feelings to creep in and that this time IS different than last time. I AM an established business person and I have created a very robust business out of being myself.
I’ve created a community and a network that value me, my thoughts, and my ecosystem. I broke into a new industry completely by accident and found out I’m really good at it: the world of venture capital! And I have also pivoted before, just without the theatrics. I haven’t DJ’d since the pandemic basically with the exception of one gig and just because I didn’t give some big announcement doesn’t mean it wasn’t also a huge decade-long chapter closed. For all of these reasons, I fought back on any negative thoughts about my self-worth and really honed in on what I was emotionally and financially able to give HBFIT at this time in my life. And it isn’t enough for it to thrive. So here we are moving forward - I have a few things up my sleeve for the rest of 2023 but honestly, I’m just hyper-focused on getting this baby out safely and hopefully naturally.
I shared on social over the weekend that we are having a GIRL! That’s right, Preston's going to have a little sister and we are so incredibly thrilled. It's going to be an entirely new experience that I'm really looking forward to, and when I have negative or sad moments creep in, this joy always gets me through. I'll say it time and time again: I can't thank this community enough for your love and support. I'm truly so grateful to have you along this journey with me.
Got to call out that today is the 1st Monday in May and if you're a Met Gala fan like I am, I can't wait to watch and debrief after tonight! Hope you have a great week and start to a new month.
Xx,
Hannah
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