The Shameless Brand

... O f myself. Well, allow me to add some context. Weeks prior to feeling absolutely, completely, and overwhelming exhausted with myself I was working in the field with my clients, jogging in perimeter and having girl time dates in the city. I was enjoying looking forward to the weekends and the errands that followed. I had found my rhythm in the hustle and bustle in these Atlanta streets and then all that I learned to cope with was brought to a harsh stop. A halt that jolted the nation and wrapped its condolences in something called the Corona Virus.

T his is the exact question I asked myself the first week of March 2020. Let us rewind and go back, November 2019 I was laying across my bed, something I rarely do. I was thinking, I was plotting ultimately, I was sad. I was sad for a variety of reasons, I just got my braces off, I traveled to Paris and I even remained celibate   I was turning thirty in a few months and the pressure of not being the vision that haunted me at night, was obviously getting to me. So, I laid there and created new visions (word to the wise, always create new visions). In my mind, I would be celebrating my birthday in some tropical place and drinking wine on someone’s island. I figured the middle of the month I would focus on eating clean and laughing with the girls. I saw travel, love and happiness all throughout the visions I created. People, 2020 was going to be my year. I declared it, I decreed it, I prayed for it, I tried to fast for it. Sis, was committed.

S ara Jackson also known as Sara J. is a writer, public speaker, entrepreneur and lover of pajamas. While she has seen many things in her life like most others, she thrives in the space of faith and forward movement. What Sara J has noticed in just her short years of adulthood and semi dreadful childhood is everyone is dealt some pain, some joy and a glimmer of hope. With that glimmer of hope, Sara J has done everything that she knew in her realm of capability to maximize and encourage others. With the pain, she learned lessons on forgiveness and seizing the moment, no need to live in the past. With the joy, she bottled it in her heart until it began contagious to others. She is known for breaking barriers of frustration and easing tension.