Don't Let Chaos Steal
the Vision

When life interrupts your purpose,
the answer isn't always to push harder-sometimes it's to pause, protect your peace, and pick the vision back up. Here are moments when I am completely focused on the vision. I'm working my full-time career, publishing C.O.B.S. Magazine, writing my next novel or play, developing new ideas, and
feeling excited about everything God has placed inside of me.

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When Life Interrupts

Then life happens bills increase, the money needed to build the vision feels limited, family drama arrives, or a death, disappointment, unexpected problem or sheer exhaustion demands my attention.
Suddenly, the work that once held my full attention is pushed to the side.
I've learned that life's chaos will sometimes test your faith and your focus. It will make you question whether you have the energy, resources, or capacity to keep building what you see in your heart.

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Purpose in More Than One Place

Being an entrepreneur while maintaining a full-time career can be draining, but for me, it is also rewarding. I genuinely love what I do in the corporate setting. I have opportunities to inspire my colleagues, work for a great company, and enjoy benefits and resources that help support the vision I am building outside of my career.
I don't see my job as something standing in the way of my dream. In many ways, it helps me build it.

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Reset and Refocus

Every now and then, I need to step away and remind myself: Trevi, there is still purpose inside of you. There are still dreams inside of you. There is still a calling on your life.
God has equipped me with the capacity to handle multiple assignments, but I also understand that without Him, none of it is possible.

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Guard the Morning

Before the emails, meetings, deadlines, magazine decisions, phone calls, bills, and demands of the day begin, I make room for meditation, quiet time, and prayer.

"And yes I go to God with bad breath. Why not? He is the One who gave me breath!"
After prayer and meditation, I jump in the shower, put on my meditation music, get dressed, sit at my computer, and read my Scriptures. That time centers me. It reminds me who I am before the world starts telling me what it needs from me.

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