How many times can we reinvent ourselves? I personally think that the possibilities are endless when it comes to what we choose for our lives.

As newlyweds, my sweet husband and I decided that when we started to have kids (11 to be exact, so that we could have our own soccer team) I would stop working and raise them full time. We aren’t natural planners, we tend to go with the flow of life and take things as they come. One thing was for certain though, the stay at home mom life was going to be for me. After being married for four years, we had our first baby girl and I stopped working at the credit union.

It wasn’t easy, and it still isn’t. Financially speaking, we have always had to sacrifice in order for me to not have to work full time. I have had odd jobs here and there, things that were flexible but the pay was minimal. I have never had a career job, one that could fully supplement my husbands income in order to afford Hawaiian vacations and make two car payments.

But this isn’t a blog post about how to live off of one income as a family of five and although we live this life, I wouldn’t begin to be able to show anyone else how. I think what I am trying to talk about here is how often women are able to pivot in their lives in order to support their families and in order to fulfill what they desire.

I really don’t want to talk about how I ventured into the realm of multilevel marketing back in the day, but I can’t share my career journey without acknowledging the time I spent as a Jamberry consultant.

To be completely honest, it was one of the most fun times in my life. My kids were two, four and six years old at the time. The connections I was making with like minded women, women who also had gangs of children pulling at their heels, dinners to be made, car pooling and homeschooling to be accomplished, were priceless.

I was thriving, making a little bit of money and sharing fun nail art. How could that have been bad? It wasn’t. I never asked anyone to invest their life savings in order to join and I never pressured anyone to buy my products. Although I did earn some money, I wasn’t supporting my family with the income but the feeling of accomplishment those earnings gave me was palpable.

Being a Boss Babe allowed me to break out of my shell a little. I was able to travel, make lasting friendships, and find out what I was made of. I found out that I was capable of leadership and that I was TERRIBLE at sales!

So, as far as reinventing myself goes, I can say that I have gone from a college drop out (more on that later), to a young newlywed working at a bank, to a stay at home mom, to an MLM Boss Babe, back to a stay at home mom, to a homeschooler (more on that later as well), to jewelry business owner, and now I am sitting solidly in the lane of middle aged college student.

Recently I have seen some documentaries and YouTube deep dives on the scams of the MLM world. I watch them with a faint tinge of regret and unease. As much as I would like to hide the fact that I got caught up in a multilevel marketing business I simply can’t deny this part of my life. I fully admit that I had the audacity to sell nail stickers to friends and family and I liked it.

That version of myself is long gone. The Boss Babe business fizzled out and I moved on. I am curious if you, my wonderful reader, have any history with an MLM business? Were you a Boss Babe? Are you still? Leave me a comment at the end of this post telling me your thoughts on reinvention or MLM’s.

Sincerely Yours, Jen