I am Ree!

Say it in your best "I am Groot" voice.

Deets About Me:

I am a single mom/solo parent to one child
My pronouns are she/they
Recovering perfectionist
Love "dad jokes" or puns - I will guffaw, not just laugh, every time.
My brain is made up of 85% Pirates of the Caribbean movie quotes, 80% song lyrics and other movie quotes, and 75% random facts and puns. (I never said the math would add up 😂)
The Crazy Decisions Mission: Help & support digital creators (no matter where they are in their journey) to make "crazy" decisions and supercharge their business with as much ease, simplicity, and fun as possible
Printable and Digital Products Obsessed (I can't seem to stop making either of them.)
Self-taught designer
Adore Canva 😍 (I have 2 Pro accounts - necessary and excessive)
I have created over 3,000 designs in Canva (at the time of writing this and that was only one account!!) 😮
Emoji Lover 😻 (...in case you couldn't tell, hehe)
I am all about showing up as your fantabulous, awesome-sauce self 🤩 (as much as you can because let's face it, its not easy and sometimes can be downright exhausting). It's quickly becoming one of my superpowers.
Have made a lot of "crazy decisions" in my life, but especially in the last decade and recently. Also a superpower. 🦸

The Craziest CRAZY DECISIONS List:

(If I listed all of them, I'd run out of room & breath)

→ Decided I wanted to go to a tech school for a very specific medical program that had strict requirements to get in. I had to get a certificate that I could put on the application. I didn't have the experience of working in this particular field once I was done with this certificate, so I knew the lack of experience was going to count against me. I had to have two references and had to write a letter. Apparently, it worked because I got into the program. And yes, I was the only person accepted who did not have years (or even months) of working experience.

→ I decided I wanted to live on my own in the biggest city in the area I live in. The rent prices were insane (and this was several years ago). I was able to find a great apartment in a central location close to my job at the time and local transportation. And miraculously, the rent was within my budget.

→ Made the decision to flee an abusive situation with my young child where we ended up in a homeless shelter. The day we fled? The first day of the Covid-19 Pandemic quarantine in my area. And I didn't even know the significance of the date at the time.

→ I wanted to create my very first Etsy store. I set up and optimized the entire store in days. I made the decision that I was going to get to 100 listings in the brand new store within a month (the particular month I started had 31 days.) I got to 100 listings in 25 days. (Not easy, especially as a single mom). By the 31 days, I had 136 listings.