Bead Who You Are

I was already mentally on the way out in May 2025, but after watching @ZachHighley youtu.be/X0a_IJY85CI?si… I decided to give myself permission to leave. It’s been a little rough and I have days where I feel panicked over finances, but never panicked about my purpose.

I've been on Etsy for one year!

Positive thoughts on day 316.

Good morning!

@ZachHighley All is well in the pursuit of peace

@BeadWhoYouAre Hope all is well!

I was already mentally on the way out in May 2025, but after watching @ZachHighley youtu.be/X0a_IJY85CI?si… I decided to give myself permission to leave. It’s been a little rough and I have days where I feel panicked over finances, but never panicked about my purpose.

302 days in the medical dropout club. Coming up on that 1 year milestone!

Summer love is here! Single strand, endless necklaces that can be paired together. Currently only at local Craft Fairs.

2026 goals: Make my jewelry business journey a success.

@ZachHighley Aww what a great message

19 life rules: 1. Remember, you will die. This could be your last day alive. If you had one year left in life, what would you do? 2. Have the courage to listen to your own heart and intuition. You know what you truly want to become, everything else is secondary. 3. Speak less. Do more. Actions speak louder, and speaking louder rarely results in action. 4. Own it. Always say the truth. Who are you? Own it and you can never fail. 5. Good. Oh you hurt yourself? You have to run? To wake up early? Work hard? Good. It makes you better. 6. Say "hi" first. Put yourself out there. Life is too short. Trust the world. 7. Be genuinely interested in others. This will invigorate your life and their's. Not interested? Leave. 8. Keep your baseline. Wake up early, meditate, read, exercise, clean, eat well, don't drink, sleep, smile. You are the one drawing the line in the sand. 9. Stop complaining, criticizing, and condemning. Enough people do this already (caveat is jokes). 10. No one has any idea what they are doing, you can do anything, anything, anything. Anything. 11. If you follow the same actions, you will get the same results. Iterate, try, change, grow, be nervous, look stupid, no one cares. 12. Decide the "why" and the "how" will come. See rule #2. 13. There is no finish line. What track would you be ok running endlessly on? See rule #1-2. 14. Put the phone down, engage, smile, ask. Be in nature, let nature filter your brain junk. There is a lot of unnecessary attention being given out (by you) willy-nilly. 15. Master your performance, improve daily, don't compare. Kaizen. 16. Your days are your years are your life. Take time to think about #1-2 at least once a month for at least 3 hours. 17. Your environment matters. What are you optimizing for? People, nature, fun, money, creativity. 18. Craving is suffering, stop craving or realize you will suffer while you crave. Buddhism. 19. Don't take anything seriously, laugh, have fun, screw up. You can say sorry later if you need to. There are serious things in the world. Likely you are not a part of them, your life is ok, and you aren't that big a deal. That's ok. You're ok.

My second craft fair is coming up. Very exciting!

#handmadejewelry and love doing it

Wisconsin-based Bead Who You Are supports @waynehhsiung #savethedogs #kahu

Peaceful day in the Bead Who You Are workshop.

288 days on the medical dropout club. Elon Musk predicted robot takeover of surgeons in a few years... and probably medical providers as a whole. Better to get out now. #robot

Spread happiness and aloha. Bead Who You Are 🧡

See what's blooming this April.

Starting the spring craft fair season off strong. Yesterday was Bead Who You Are's first vendor event! #Wisconsin

Happy first day of spring! And 263 days in the medical dropout club.

Welcome the color this spring!