Hey There Everyone, This is Julie MacKenzie
~Great Travel Business~
I want to tell you a little bit about myself. I grew up on a dairy farm in Washington. It’s the land that my great grandfather homesteaded in 1880. He came from Norway to find a better life, become prosperous and help support his family. He was a true pioneer in this area. It is amazing where I am from, the gateway to the San Juan Islands. I believe it is the most beautiful place in the world.
I am one of seven children in my family. My dad continued the life that my great-grandfather and grandfather had passed down. The life of farming, while it always provided for our family, it was always a struggle.
My parents paying for my college education was not really in the cards. I still went to college working 20-30 hours per week to pay for it. It was hard. Then after spending five long years in college, what did I do? Nothing! Now I am not knocking college, it was the greatest time in my life. I met wonderful people and life long friends. But it did not really teach me to support myself. I ended up doing exactly what I was doing before I went to college. Working as a waitress. Why, you ask? Because I knew I could make money being a waitress, while I explored my entrepreneurial life.
I had other thoughts on my mind. I had ideas for this and that. I had a new idea on a weekly basis. Now I know this is no way to live. It is rather arduous. My parents, family and friends never knowing if I was coming or going. Thank god for my husband. He is totally supportive. He stands behind me on my decisions. He sees that if I have a good idea, I am usually right. Be it with real estate ventures or a new business.
I knew that I wanted a life different from my parents and grandparents. I didn’t want my children to have the financial struggles that we had growing up. I wanted a life where I took vacations with my children and created memories that last. My parents did the best they could with us; I guess I could say that I never knew we were struggling except I could see it at tax time when my father, who was a very quiet gentle man, became very irritable.
My life is different that my parents. I still have all the wonderful qualities, morals as values that they instilled in me. I have just found a way to live my life without the financial stresses that they had burden them.
~Traverus Travel~
