Hey Girl, Hey
I’m sure you’re wondering who I am, what I’m talking about and why you’re even here. I can easily tell you that I’m a 34-year-old widow, a woman, sister, aunt and daughter, but who am I really? Am I the work that I produce as an employee of the Department of Defense or an educator as a Certified Financial Coach teaching people and encouraging them to debt freedom and legacy building? Maybe I’m the events I plan as the Co-Founder for Simply Able Events or the service I give as a Board Member for a non-profit. As a native of North Carolina, I received my bachelor’s degree in Business Management from North Carolina Central University. I later moved to Virginia and received a Master’s in Forensic Accounting.
While all of these things are what I do, they are not who I am. I am a woman seeking to live life to the fullest. Building and growing in knowledge in order to pass the legacy of knowledge and wealth to the ones that come after me. I enjoy family, friends, and a nice glass of wine. I’m sometimes (okay, all the time) an over thinker, doubting and failing myself before I even get started. I’m a woman that recognizes my weakness and works to change the narrative. I seek to encourage and empower, educate and elevate those that I can. I am a person that desires to make a difference and leave my footprint behind. One day someone will say I was introduced to Christ because I met her, I smiled on my worst day because she encouraged me, we ran up on my cheating boyfriend back in the day because she had my back (true story-lol). Who am I? I am Valencia Faulkner. I’m not what I’ve accomplished, I’m not what I do, but I’m who I’ve proving myself to be when no one else is looking. I’m loyal and a child of God.
I consider myself an introvert so even starting this blog took a lot of guts. I have learned throughout the past two years that I am worthy of everything that is meant for me. How can I be an heir of God’s kingdom and not realize that I’m worthy of freedom, wealth and happiness. Happiness, even when trauma has been part of my story. The purpose of starting this next journey in my life is to inspire others to start their own journey of realizing their worth through my life lessons, stories and stories of others. Are you willing to go on this journey with me?
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. -Dolly Parton
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