For People Like Me.

So, do not open if you're crushing it.

Hey there! Hosanna here.

That’s my signature intro on Instagram. But I’m not here to talk about my Instagram. I just wanted to start this newsletter like this because it felt right, and because I can.

So, hey there. Hosanna here.

I’ve got new subscribers since my last post of a little over three weeks now, and I’ve done the earthworm dance severally. I wiggle wiggle wiggle.

The truth is, I’m grateful for you. Every one of you for being here. I can’t express how much. You don’t have to, but you share, comment, like, restack, restack and restack and I just wanted to take this moment and say thank you.

Thank YOU very much.

You know I try my best to share my thoughts with you. So here’s one that has occupied my mind lately.

I want to change the world. Shake it up with impact.

Make people feel something, think something, become something.

I want to do work that moves hearts and shifts stories.

It’s been in me for as long as I can remember - this loud, restless desire to matter.

Because the truth is, I don’t want to be just a normal person.

A normal person walking the earth.

I want my life to mean something.

I want people to feel the echo of my existence, to say, “She was here, and she mattered.”

Maybe it’s pride. Maybe it’s purpose.

But I’ve realized that relevance helps.

Being known, not for noise, but for impact. It opens doors.

It gives your work a voice, your dreams a chance, your calling a stage.

And I won’t lie, I care about that.

Not for vanity but because it feels like being known can help me do more good.

I’ve always wanted to change the world - the whole world, or at least someone’s world.

I spoke to my friend two days ago and said, “I really want to change the world. I want to make impact, somehow.”

He said, “I believe that you can. If anyone can do it, it’s you.”

That warmed my heart but it also scared me a little because I don’t always feel like the girl who can.

Most times, I’m mad at myself when I see the weight other people are pulling.

The places they’re going.

The people they’re meeting.

The life they’re living.

The money they’re spending.

The impact they’re making.

Sometimes, I sit there asking myself,

Am I working hard enough?

Am I doing the things I should be doing?

Am I putting in the work the way I should?

What am I meant to be doing now that I’m not doing?

What excuse is left for me to crush?

Am I playing?

Do they have two heads?

But in-between the conflict, I realized something. Nobody tells the whole story. It’s easy to see someone’s highlight reel and forget that maybe they had help.

Maybe they had someone to push them.

Maybe they had a foundation, a platform, a safety net, a ladder.

Somewhere to stand before they started to climb.

And me? Hehehe.

The realization didn’t make me relax though. It made me give myself grace, a little.

I’m writing about it to encourage someone and also because, putting it out will fuel me to ditch excuses and get the work done.

It’s hard but I’m learning that slow doesn’t mean stuck.

That figuring it out is still forward.

The wildest part? Even in all my figuring it out, people still tell me I inspire them.

Every time I hear it, I’m like, me? Are you sure? You don’t know what you’re talking about😭

But that’s their truth.

The small strides I make, the honest tries, the imperfect consistency - it inspires them.

Maybe that’s how impact starts - with small, quiet courage.

With just doing the next thing you can do. With knowing that, regardless of how everything feels right now, everything will be fine.

My boss always says, “Everything will be fine” , my friends too and it always bursts my anxiety.

I know you have these thoughts too but everything will be fine.

Yeah, it’s slow, it’s unsure but if we continue at what we know how to do - with quiet courage and gentle strides, till we’re able to make big ones, we can change the world.

We just have to be insanely audacious to do that.

So, if you're like me, there, that’s your motivation!

Love,

Hosanna.🌸

(Always open to world changing conversations and even the seemingly silly ones. I'm here for it all. You can always send me a mail or message.)