ChallengedbyMe

What's the hardest thing you've ever had to restart? 💭

Not the biggest failure. Not the most dramatic moment.

The thing that required you to look at yourself honestly — and choose to begin again anyway.

Maybe it was a habit you kept breaking.
A version of yourself you kept abandoning.
A goal you started three times and still didn't finish.

That moment right there — that's not weakness.
That's actually where identity gets built.

Most people think the restart is the sign they failed.
The truth? The restart IS the work.

The old version of you avoided the challenge.
The new version becomes it.

We want to hear from you 👇

Drop your answer in the comments:
**What's one thing you've restarted — and what did that restart teach you about who you are?**

No judgment here. This community exists for the real moments, not the highlight reel. Every answer matters, and someone scrolling right now needs to read yours.

The weekend isn't a break from who you're becoming. 🔥

Most people use Saturday and Sunday to escape. To pause. To avoid the work they keep saying they'll start "on Monday."

But here's what nobody tells you — the version of you that you actually want to become? That person didn't wait for Monday.

They used the quiet moments. The slow mornings. The hours everyone else spent scrolling. They used them to get one step closer.

This weekend, I want to challenge you to do something different.

Not a full overhaul. Not a perfect routine. Just one honest question:

**Who are you becoming — and are your choices this weekend pointing toward that person or away from them?**

That question alone changed how I move. It's at the heart of everything inside *Challenged By Me* — the ebook built for the person who's done making excuses and ready to meet the hardest opponent they'll ever face: themselves.

The challenge isn't out there. It never was.

It's in here. And the weekend is the perfect time to start facing it.

👉 Grab your copy of **Challenged By Me** and use this weekend with intention. Link in bio.

What's one thing you're committing to THIS weekend? Drop it in the comments — accountability starts here. ⬇️

Monday hits different when you stop dreading it and start owning it. 🖤

Most people spend Sunday night dreading what's coming. But here's what nobody tells you — Monday isn't the enemy. Your avoidance is.

The week doesn't shape you. How you *decide* to enter it does.

There's a version of you that waits until conditions are perfect — until you're ready, until it's easier, until next week. And there's a version of you that walks into Monday like it was made for them.

That second version? That's who Challenged By Me was written for.

Not for the person who has it all figured out. For the one who's tired of losing to themselves — and finally ready to stop.

This week doesn't need a perfect plan. It needs a decision made before it even starts.

So make the call today. Not Wednesday. Not next Monday.

Today.

📖 Start your week with intention — grab *Challenged By Me* and begin the chapter where you stop letting weeks happen to you and start making them count.

What's the ONE thing you're committing to this week? Drop it in the comments — accountability starts here. 👇

Monday. The week is wide open. ✨

Before the calendar fills up, before the emails pile in, before everyone else needs a piece of you — what are *you* investing in this week?

That's the question I ask myself every Monday morning. Not "what do I have to do?" but "what do I get to *build*?"

Because here's what I've learned: the weeks that go sideways are usually the ones I started on autopilot. No intention, no direction — just reacting to whatever showed up. But the weeks I actually *moved forward*? Those started with a decision. A small one, sometimes. But a deliberate one.

Investing in Me isn't about doing more. It's about doing more of what *matters* — to your growth, your peace, your future self. Financially, emotionally, culturally. All of it counts.

So this Monday, I'm inviting you to start the week with that same energy. One small investment. In yourself. Right now. 💛

What does investing in YOU look like this week? Drop it in the comments — let's hold each other accountable.

There was a moment — not dramatic, not cinematic — just quiet and heavy.

Sitting with the weight of who I was trying to become and the exhaustion of pretending I was already there.

No blueprint. No mentor whispering the right words. Just the uncomfortable truth that the biggest thing standing between me and the life I wanted... was me.

That's where ChallengedbyMe was born. 🌱

Not from success. From the in-between. From the version of yourself that's done being comfortable with not growing — but hasn't figured out the next step yet.

This wasn't created to hand you motivation. Motivation fades. What lasts is identity. What lasts is the slow, unglamorous work of deciding — daily — who you're becoming.

Every page was written from that place. The real one. Where excuses sound logical, where old habits feel like home, and where starting again feels almost embarrassing.

But you start anyway.

That's the whole message. Not that it's easy. That it's worth it. That YOU are worth the challenge.

If you've ever felt stuck between who you were and who you know you could be — this was written for you.

👉 Drop a "📖" in the comments if you want to know more about the book and where to find it.

What was the moment YOU decided enough was enough? Tell me below. ⬇️

Someone asked me this question recently and I froze. 😶

Not because I didn't have an answer — but because I realized how uncomfortable I was giving myself credit out loud. We can list our flaws in two seconds flat, but ask us what we genuinely admire about ourselves? Suddenly we go quiet.

So I sat with it. Really sat with it.

And here's what I came up with for me: I'm resilient. I'm perceptive — I read rooms, people, and situations in a way that's saved me more times than I can count. And I'm generous, not just with things, but with my time and my honesty.

Now here's the part that hit different — I didn't just want to list them. I wanted to actually USE one today. Intentionally. On purpose.

So today I leaned into my perceptiveness. Instead of reacting in a moment that could've gone sideways, I paused, read the situation, and chose my response wisely. It felt like exercising a muscle I sometimes forget I have.

That's the challenge I want to leave with you today. 👇

Think of 3 qualities you genuinely admire in yourself. Write them down. No downplaying, no "well, I mean, kind of…" — just own them. Then pick ONE and find a real moment today to use it with intention.

This is what "Investing in Me" actually looks like on a Tuesday. It's not always a spa day or a big financial move. Sometimes it's just remembering who you are — and acting like it.

So tell me… what's ONE quality you admire in yourself? Drop it below. I want to read every single one. ✨

Okay, real talk — being hungry and broke at the same time is a spiritual experience nobody prepared us for. 😅

You're standing in the kitchen, the fridge is open, and you're staring into it like the answers to life are somewhere behind the leftover rice and that mysterious Tupperware from three days ago.

Here's what I've learned though: cheap food doesn't have to mean sad food. Some of my most satisfying meals have cost less than $5. A can of beans, some rice, a little sofrito, maybe an egg on top — that's not poverty, that's *culture*. That's resourcefulness. That's knowing how to make something out of almost nothing, and honestly? That skill is underrated.

When money is tight, the temptation is to hit a drive-through because it feels easier. But those "cheap" fast food runs add up fast and leave you feeling worse than when you started. Meanwhile, a pot of lentil soup or arroz con lo que haya can feed you for days AND warm your soul.

Being hungry for cheap food isn't just about saving money — it's about getting creative, being intentional, and refusing to let your budget determine your joy at the dinner table.

So let's hear it — what's YOUR go-to cheap meal that actually hits? Drop it in the comments, because somebody out there needs the inspo right now. 👇

You gave yourself permission to hustle. Now give yourself permission to rest. 😴

Here's something nobody tells you when you're grinding toward your goals — exhaustion is not a badge of honor. And that nap you've been putting off? It's not laziness. It's maintenance.

I used to feel guilty every time I closed my eyes in the middle of the day. Like somehow resting meant I wasn't working hard enough. Like there was always one more email, one more errand, one more thing to cross off the list before I "earned" it.

But here's what I've learned: your body keeps score. And if you don't schedule the rest, your body will schedule it for you — usually at the worst possible moment.

That 20-minute nap isn't a setback. It's a reset. It's you investing in the clearest, most focused, most present version of yourself. And *that* version? She makes better decisions. She shows up differently. She has more to give — to her work, her family, her goals.

Self-care isn't always a spa day or a vacation. Sometimes it's pulling the blinds, putting your phone face down, and letting yourself be still for a little while.

You've earned it. Not because you finished everything on your list — you never will — but because you're a human being, and human beings need rest.

So go take the nap. I'll still be here when you wake up. ☀️

Tell me — are you someone who naps guilt-free, or are you still fighting it? Drop a comment below, I want to know! 👇

This weekend, I want you to do something radical. 🌿

Put your phone down for an hour. Not to be productive. Not to check emails or scroll through someone else's highlight reel. Just… to *be* with yourself.

Because here's what I've learned after years of running, achieving, and people-pleasing my way through life — you cannot pour from a cup you never refill. And most of us are walking around on empty, calling it "being strong."

Investing in Me isn't a cute phrase. It's a practice. It's the decision you make on a random Saturday morning to ask yourself, *"What do I actually need right now?"* — and then having the courage to honor that answer.

Maybe it's rest. Maybe it's a hard conversation you've been avoiding. Maybe it's finally writing down that plan you keep calling "just an idea." Whatever it is, it counts. It matters.

Your life doesn't get better by accident, mi amor. It gets better by intention.

So this weekend — one thing. One small, honest, intentional act of investing in yourself. That's it. That's the whole assignment. 💛

Tell me in the comments: what's YOUR one thing this weekend? I want to know. 👇