So in the next ten minutes. I want to tell. You the story about how. I went from overqualified unemployed military spouse to co-founder and chief operating officer of a multi-million dollar company but first. You guys to take a second and think about all the ways. That you define yourself so maybe that's your profession or that your spouse a parent a stay-at-home mom or even a student maybe you're not sure and then. You to take a second after. That and think about how would make. You feel to have to redefine. That so have. You ever had to move your home from. One state to the next or go from married - divorced or what about when. You make the transition from student to graduate to professional have a job in lose. One we often choose to define ourselves by. What we do and so. What happens.
That path is changed or those plans are altered and maybe. Even sometimes without our permission so those periods of transition can leave. Us feeling confused and lost and often. We consider those some of the most challenging times in our lives but I'm here today to suggest. That in those shifts and those paradigm shifts in our lives. That there's an opportunity to truly define ourselves so. I can tell that nobody experiences a life of transition like a military spouse with career long periods of uncertainty the constant relocation and we live in an age. Where an overseas deployment is not just a possibility but it's on a scheduled rotation the active-duty military spouse population is incredibly unique but we make up only 02% of the population so. What that means is our stories go largely untold sometimes those struggles and those issues never get talked about and so.
What I want to do today is tell. You a little bit about my story and eleven. I graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a master's in architecture. I was excited to say the least. I had a degree. That was hot off the press. I had a brand new wardrobe and I was ready to take on the world but I was also a brand-new military spouse and so the army had different plans my husband had just been relocated to a tiny mountain town in the North Georgia Mountains of about 5000 people so there's not a whole lot of architecture happening there. This was a transition. That I was resisting okay. This was a roadblock. This wasn't in my plans.
I didn't like. It right about that time. I was having this tantrum. You will I met my business partner Lisa and sure enough. She was going through the same identity crisis so in the weeks and the discussions. That followed. Us meeting we had. This two-part realization first. That as military spouses. We wanted something for ourselves. That we were going to have to make. It there is nobody coming to save. Us and second. That it wasn't just. Us there were tons of talented capable incredible individuals in our same shoes and so.
That path is changed or those plans are altered and maybe. Even sometimes without our permission so those periods of transition can leave. Us feeling confused and lost and often. We consider those some of the most challenging times in our lives but I'm here today to suggest. That in those shifts and those paradigm shifts in our lives. That there's an opportunity to truly define ourselves so. I can tell that nobody experiences a life of transition like a military spouse with career long periods of uncertainty the constant relocation and we live in an age. Where an overseas deployment is not just a possibility but it's on a scheduled rotation the active-duty military spouse population is incredibly unique but we make up only 02% of the population so. What that means is our stories go largely untold sometimes those struggles and those issues never get talked about and so.
What I want to do today is tell. You a little bit about my story and eleven. I graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a master's in architecture. I was excited to say the least. I had a degree. That was hot off the press. I had a brand new wardrobe and I was ready to take on the world but I was also a brand-new military spouse and so the army had different plans my husband had just been relocated to a tiny mountain town in the North Georgia Mountains of about 5000 people so there's not a whole lot of architecture happening there. This was a transition. That I was resisting okay. This was a roadblock. This wasn't in my plans.
I didn't like. It right about that time. I was having this tantrum. You will I met my business partner Lisa and sure enough. She was going through the same identity crisis so in the weeks and the discussions. That followed. Us meeting we had. This two-part realization first. That as military spouses. We wanted something for ourselves. That we were going to have to make. It there is nobody coming to save. Us and second. That it wasn't just. Us there were tons of talented capable incredible individuals in our same shoes and so.
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