our story

i had every intention of going to college after high school. but, like most people, i found that the funds just weren't there. and so i told myself that i would take a year or two off from school to save up.

 

side note: do NOT do this . . .

 

before i knew it, i was roped into the world of retail. bills started to stack up, my savings from my graduation party had started to dwindle down, and i soon realized that college just wasn't going to be in the cards for me anymore.

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this took a MAJOR toll on my mental health. i mean, here i was, hoping to go to school for interior design and now my plan was being totally sidelined by this pesky little thing called "adulting."

 

nonetheless, it was the reality i was facing. and as such, i began to throw myself wholeheartedly into my work and focusing less time on my hobbies, like reading, writing, singing, etc.

 

covid came + kind of set into motion this idea that "wow, life's a whole lot better when you don't have a draining job to go back to every day." and i think that's what kind of inspired my move to a new job (not too far from my other one but a totally different dynamic. SO different, in fact, that i noticed a change in my mental health almost instantly).

 

within the first 6 months of being at this new job, i had started to ease back into healthier habits + finally decided to take the plunge and start a business. it had been an idea that i had toyed around with for a while but never fully committed to. and considering i needed something to occupy my free time + get my life back on a meaningful track, i really felt that i had nothing to lose.

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it didn't take long to decide that i wanted to do something with home fragrance, considering it had been so pivotal in my life up until this point. from having to smell every candle when i'd go into a shop to being brought back to a fond memory simply by a scent, it's just always been a part of my life.

 

and since i had found a newfound interest in living more sustainably within a year prior, it was really a no-brainer to make my brand sustainability focused in a way of sort of holding myself accountable, you know?

 

anyway, before i could talk myself out of it, i was launching my very own business + getting soooo much positive feedback within the first week that the stress and anxiety and depression from the last 2-3+ years sort of started to fizzle away, leaving me the happiest i'd been in a long time.

 

i know it sounds cliche to say that my brand saved my life but it truly has . . . i couldn't tell you the number of times that i was ready to throw in the towel, but finally finding my purpose in homebody hub? i felt like i could finally breathe again. like this is what i was destined for all along . . .

 

this business has helped to provide me with the comfort that i've craved after alllll the time i've spent feeling like things couldn't get any better + i do hope that it's able to provide you with the same.

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owner/maker behind homebody hub