01/22/2026
Even though I’m mostly off the gram nowadays, I thought I’d jump in with a little 2016 post, because I’m nostalgic and it was a huge year for me.
2016 was the year that I started building the life that I now have, and I kicked it off with a cross country move to LA. It was a tough year, but I never had an ounce of regret — I love LA deeply, and the city blessed me. It really did.
At this time in my life, music was everything, and I struggled. I struggled with money, with relationships, with making it all work. My first job in LA was as a personal assistant to a YouTuber, and I was terrible at it.
But my dear friend told me to apply as a reader at a metaphysical store in LA, and I got the job. It was the first time I attempted to turn tarot into my full time career, and it worked. Something finally worked!
From there, over the next 6 years I had an epic break up during a Santa Anna wind storm, lived for free in a weird little carriage house with a bathtub in the kitchen, met my husband and started a family.
2016 was the pivotal moment where I took confident control of my life for the first time. I had finally internalized the lessons of my Saturn return (which as a Sun square Saturn person is imperative). I stopped asking for permission. I took big chances.
It’s interesting to write this back in Austin, the drama and excitement of my LA years behind me. 2016 was a hard year but one I’m eternally grateful for.
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