Find Your Tribe
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
Community, team, tribe, sisterhood, family, whatever you may call it, surrounding yourself with people who encourage, support, challenge, and stretch you is incredibly important and powerful.
I've been a part of teams throughout my life in athletics, work, and other endeavors and never really thought too much about it. Team was a given. Whether self selected or assigned I was always part of a team in some way. It was only once I started traveling alone and thinking about starting a business that I fully realized the power that comes from surrounding yourself with a 'team' of people and building community. As much as I've always thought of myself as a self motivated, independent, and driven person I know that so much of that comes from always feeling like I was part of a tribe. Knowing that I have folks to lean on, bounce ideas off of, gab over a glass of wine, and hold me accountable gives me the extra umph to always move forward.
There's so much to say about the impact of finding your tribe and the connection, accountability, and drive that they bring into your life. I've also seen the good and not so rosy aspects of teams play out over the years. So stay tuned for more to come in the future as I reflect back on the role of 'teams' in various phases of my life.
For now, as the energy of the new year is still kicking I encourage you to look around, take inventory, and make sure you're surrounding yourself with the most positive, energetic, good vibe people you possibly can. It's hard to go a day on Instagram and not see this but it resonates every time... Find your tribe, love them hard.
xoxo
jessie