Since September, I’ve posted 7 hours & 30 minute Since September, I’ve posted 7 hours & 30 minutes of content on YouTube. & GUESS WHAT!? Ya girl is officially monetized! 🥳 I knew this day would come and I’m so happy it’s here. @evaxalordiah told me back in January 2021 that I needed to be on YouTube and she was right! 
After I graduated and was living at my dad’s, I legitimately had $0 in my bank account for a few months (s/o ma dukes for holding me down + believing in my dream). Regardless of that, I decided to relaunch my channel because I knew I had a story to tell. I already had an iPhone, iPad & Macbook so I didn’t need to buy any equipment to create. I just needed to use my love for creating content & turn it into something physical. 
Financially, I’m not where I want to be yet and I’m still figuring it all out. This journey has shown me that I don’t need tons of money to create amazing + impactful content & that there is nothing wrong with starting where you’re at. 
I don’t want to live a life of “I wish” - I want to live a life of “I did”. This is your reminder to chase your muthafuckin’ dreams. 
Catch me on YouTube weekly and be sure to grab Atomic Habits for our April read. Click the link in my bio to watch my weekend vlog + subscribe to my channel 🤍
Lets gooooo!!! 💃🏽🥂
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POV: you just got a sneak peek of this week’s vi POV: you just got a sneak peek of this week’s video ✨
I had the realization a few weeks ago that if I want to embody being a full time content creator, I needed to start acting like one.
Tomorrow’s YouTube video is about how to be productive as a content creator and *actually* get shit done. While we love the final product, there’s ALOT of behind the scenes work that goes into being a content creator. 
Btw, my iPad + Apple Pencil, stand, etc. are linked on my LTK! Click the link in my bio to shop. Kee taught ya 😉 
So who’s ready for tomorrow’s video!? 👇🏽
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Can I be honest with y’all? I’m not feeling in Can I be honest with y’all? I’m not feeling instagram and that says alot coming from me bc y’all know I don’t focus on numbers too often.
I know a lot of creators have felt this way. Here’s how I feel collectively:
✍🏾 I hit 10k in May 2021 and have literally published so much content since then. However, the punishment you get for not posting every single day is ridiculous which brings me to my point. Sometimes you have to step into other places + go against the grain and I recommend that for all creators. I have almost 2k subscribers on YouTube but I wouldn’t if I never experimented! 
✍🏾 Instagram has become extremely curated & it’s a lot more work to be seen by NEW people if you aren’t insanely strategic (which is exhausting btw). Everyone screams “be authentic” but many people won’t admit that they don’t make space for that. I’ve always valued conversations on here & with this shift as a collective, they seems harder to have.
Overall, I’m optimistic af about growing my communities bc I’m built for this shit and I genuinely love creating content. I’ll continue to show up as me authentically regardless of the way these platforms shift. I’m getting ready to record some YouTube content as I write this.
Thanks for listening to my brain dump. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments 🤍
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Creating quality friendships is intentional work. Creating quality friendships is intentional work. Sometimes that might look like going to brunch, celebrating each other, & spending quality time together. Other times it might look like forgiveness, vulnerability, & meeting each other where we’re at. 
No friendship is perfect but if you’re willing to intentionally show up for each other, you’ve already won because effort trumps perfection. 
A year ago, we barely knew each other and there were times where we didn’t talk for a month or so but we never took it personal. One thing we did do is make space for change - in ourselves and within our friendship. We aren’t trying to change each other because we see and respect each other for who we are. 
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Spent today loving on myself & loving life 🤍 Lo Spent today loving on myself & loving life 🤍 Love is within me + all around me - especially in my relationships & in this community!
I hope your day was filled with love today bestie - you damn sure deserve it! Tell me one good thing that happened today 👇🏽
Robe is linked in my “LINKS” highlight & on my @shop.ltk. Follow me on there under keerose to shop all my lewks!
📸: @itsafnanidris
I woke up this morning not wanting to do what I sa I woke up this morning not wanting to do what I said I was gonna do. I could’ve made a million excuses of why I couldn’t do it but I would just be in my own way at that point.
Reading The Four Agreements & The Alchemist in the past month has brought me a new level of peace, trust & understanding. Life can get rocky and circumstances can be uncertain but my belief in myself can’t be.
Believing in myself starts with keeping the promises I’ve made - like writing a blog post every 1st & 3rd Monday. Today’s blog post is “5 questions to ask yourself when following your dreams”. Click the link in my bio to read and let me know what you think 🤍
What are you intentionally doing to follow your dreams? 👇🏽
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A year ago I was just starting #28DaysofReels, rel A year ago I was just starting #28DaysofReels, released my free Content Creation Guide, secured my first 4 figure deal & had relaunched my hair business then shortly decided to end it. Today, I received my license in the mail and will be practicing as a therapist soon ✨ 
The point is: things change. 
All of those things led me to this present moment and I’m extremely grateful. A lot of people have asked me why I’m not doing #28daysofreels and it’s because that’s not my mission right now - and that’s okay! 
Honoring yourself + your season makes room for bigger and better things. My creativity, happiness, peace and passion is what I’m focused on. The beautiful things that came from that will be shown soon enough. 
I hope your February & Black History Month is filled with many blessings & lots of love 🤍
January was the trial month. February we get back January was the trial month. February we get back in our bag. Here’s what you can expect from me in February: 
Mondays 👉🏽 Every 1st & 3rd Monday of the month, a new blog post will be published & my biweekly newsletter will be delivered right to your inbox! Click the link in my bio to join the list💕 
Tuesdays 👉🏽 Rounding up any resources for you including specific tips, instagram lives for chit chats & any links y’all need.
Wednesdays 👉🏽 New YouTube video! We’re on the road to getting monetized and video content will be posted weekly ✨ I have 1,200 besties and I’m so excited for what the rest of the year brings. 
Lastly, 1:1 Content Consultations + healing sessions will be available Wednesday - Friday. I’m ready to help you create the best content and/or assist you on your healing journey! Meet me in the DM’s if you have questions. 
Now tell me in the comments what I can expect from you in February or ways that I can support you 👇🏽
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After many trials + tribulations, I’m finally a After many trials + tribulations, I’m finally a LICENSED THERAPIST! 🥺🤍
Going to grad school in a city away from everyone was life changing. I’ll never be who I was before and I don’t want to be. If I took the safe choice and attended grad school in Maryland, I wouldn’t have blossomed like this. 
Although I mentioned that it was a lonely & painful time, God WORKED deeply on me. Sometimes you need to be alone to confront your true self, have spiritual awakenings and heal. 
My last semester was EXHAUSTING. It seemed like the closer I got to the finish line, the harder it got. My past therapist told me I had to let a few things go if I wanted to graduate. So I let my hair business & being a hairstylist go. I had a Graduate Assistant position that ended up not getting renewed. Letting go of things that weren’t in alignment with me anymore gave me strength to weather the storm and persevere through grief. 
All that I’ve went through is one of the reasons why I’m going to be a great therapist. I’ve done and am always going to be doing the work. It’s a lifelong journey. 
If you want a dream, go out and get it. It won’t be easy but it’ll be worth it. I’ve known I wanted to be a therapist since 11th grade and it’s here. So excited to learn, grow and thrive throughout this new chapter of my life! 
Signed, 
Keionna Rose, LPCA 🤍
*I do not own rights to this music*
Song: Novo Amor - State Lines
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LIFESTYLE · July 20, 2021

5 Ways to Find Peace In Your Waiting Season

The waiting season is when you aren’t quite who you used to be but you’re still waiting to grow into the new version of yourself. This season can be frustrating because you’re unsure of what your next steps are. You know you’ve outgrown many things but you don’t know what will replace what has been outgrown. As a recent graduate and someone who just switched careers, I am right in the middle of my waiting season. I’ve been pondering ways to make the waiting season work for me instead of me being a slave to the waiting season.

If there is one thing I’ve learned since I graduated, it’s that life doesn’t automatically get better in the presence of material items or specific opportunities. Sometimes we get those items and/or opportunities and we’re still not happy. Happiness doesn’t reside anywhere, it is created. We must be persistent about finding joy daily and making space to keep it there. I haven’t fully found what fulfills me yet so the best thing for me to do right now is explore instead of hyper-focusing on what I’m waiting on. If this resonates with you, continue to do your part and take control of your life right now. Here are a few ways to do so!

1. Find Joy in Everything

Finding joy on a daily basis is the main thing that has gotten me out of ruts. Most of us live life on auto-pilot and move throughout the day without realizing all the beautiful things that happened. Start finding the joy in everything you can. Be joyous about the small moments:

  • when someone asks if you need help with something
  • when a stranger smiles at you
  • when the sunset is a perfect mix of pink and orange
  • when you eat your favorite meal and it’s just right

All these moments matter and are worth the acknowledgment. 

2. Be Unapologetic about Celebrating Yourself

As a retiring perfectionist, I know how hard it is to be proud of what I’ve done when I know I’m not quite yet where I want to be. Getting out of this pattern took me over a year and I am constantly working towards letting perfectionism go. The thing about perfectionism is pretty obvious – it doesn’t exist. Someone once said this quote to me: “Perfection doesn’t exist but your idea of perfection can exist” and it changed my perspective on what becoming my best self looked like.

The first step to celebrating yourself is to acknowledge that you’ve already done exceedingly well. Period. We often talk about ourselves and add the words “but, only, or just” and that downplays what we’ve done. There is nobody that can tell you what is worth celebrating except you. You got out bed today? Celebrate. You chose strength in moments of discomfort? Celebrate. You didn’t react like you used to? Celebrate.

Give yourself the permission to be proud of you. If you offend some people in the process, that’s okay because their offense isn’t yours to carry. 

3. Release Resistance & Accept Change

Whew, this is a hard one! Sometimes we know an ending is approaching and we try to avoid it at all costs. We hang on to things that no longer serve us because we don’t know what is on the other side of it. Resisting change only makes it harder for to weather the change. It’s so valid to know that a specific change absolutely sucks and it still needs to happen anyway. We call that Radical Acceptance.

Releasing resistance doesn’t necessarily mean you like what’s happening, it means that you are no longer trying to control what you can’t control. When you accept change, you are making space for all of the new beautiful things that are coming your way.

4. Put the Work Down

Stop overworking yourself. Self care may seem impossible for you right now and I want you to know that your goal will not be further to reach if you choose to rest or take a day for yourself. Your goal will actually be closer because you are equipped enough to go through the process of accomplishing the goal. We delay our own blessings when we don’t rest. There is a time to grind and there is a time to rest. Learn to discern the difference. 

A great way to get in the habit of making time for yourself is creating weekly/monthly rituals that you dedicate yourself to. This could look like scheduling the 3rd Saturday of every month off, getting a massage every 2nd Monday of the month, taking 1 weekly yoga class and so on. When this day comes, put everything aside and take that time for yourself no matter what. (Unless there is a real life EMERGENCY) Scheduling days in advance gives you less room to change your mind. My current rituals involve a monthly massage membership and Mondays being the day where I have no meetings. It truly does make a difference!

5. Shift your Focus

Get a hobby! No seriously, get a hobby. Hobbies help shift your focus away from the things that are bringing you distress, decreases overthinking and allows you to simply enjoy a task. I recently started making mini vlogs on Tik Tok because they’re fun! I love creating them because my creativity comes out to play in the process. I also have some books on the shelves that I bought years ago and have yet to read! I’m currently reading the Mountain in You. Find what you love and do way more of it.

Above all, meet yourself where you’re at and remember that just because you’re in your waiting season doesn’t mean there is an absence of opportunity. Ground yourself where you are now and utilize this season to the best of your ability. The seeds you plant now will soon grow and flourish in your next season. Don’t give up, the best is yet to come. Have fun in the meantime!

Until next time,

Kee

In: LIFESTYLE · Tagged: accepting change, radical acceptance, waiting season, what to do in the waiting season

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  1. BriSizzle says

    July 27, 2021 at 3:47 pm

    Keep pushing Kee. You are helping so many people. Luv you girla!💓

    Reply
  2. Simone says

    November 29, 2021 at 10:25 pm

    Absolutely loved this! Definitely needed to read in this moment and could relate tremendously

    Reply
    • Kee Rose says

      December 1, 2021 at 8:27 pm

      Sending you all the love sis! Your season is right around the corner. Thank you for reading 🙂

      Reply

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After I graduated and was living at my dad’s, I legitimately had $0 in my bank account for a few months (s/o ma dukes for holding me down + believing in my dream). Regardless of that, I decided to relaunch my channel because I knew I had a story to tell. I already had an iPhone, iPad & Macbook so I didn’t need to buy any equipment to create. I just needed to use my love for creating content & turn it into something physical. 
Financially, I’m not where I want to be yet and I’m still figuring it all out. This journey has shown me that I don’t need tons of money to create amazing + impactful content & that there is nothing wrong with starting where you’re at. 
I don’t want to live a life of “I wish” - I want to live a life of “I did”. This is your reminder to chase your muthafuckin’ dreams. 
Catch me on YouTube weekly and be sure to grab Atomic Habits for our April read. Click the link in my bio to watch my weekend vlog + subscribe to my channel 🤍
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I had the realization a few weeks ago that if I want to embody being a full time content creator, I needed to start acting like one.
Tomorrow’s YouTube video is about how to be productive as a content creator and *actually* get shit done. While we love the final product, there’s ALOT of behind the scenes work that goes into being a content creator. 
Btw, my iPad + Apple Pencil, stand, etc. are linked on my LTK! Click the link in my bio to shop. Kee taught ya 😉 
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Can I be honest with y’all? I’m not feeling in Can I be honest with y’all? I’m not feeling instagram and that says alot coming from me bc y’all know I don’t focus on numbers too often.
I know a lot of creators have felt this way. Here’s how I feel collectively:
✍🏾 I hit 10k in May 2021 and have literally published so much content since then. However, the punishment you get for not posting every single day is ridiculous which brings me to my point. Sometimes you have to step into other places + go against the grain and I recommend that for all creators. I have almost 2k subscribers on YouTube but I wouldn’t if I never experimented! 
✍🏾 Instagram has become extremely curated & it’s a lot more work to be seen by NEW people if you aren’t insanely strategic (which is exhausting btw). Everyone screams “be authentic” but many people won’t admit that they don’t make space for that. I’ve always valued conversations on here & with this shift as a collective, they seems harder to have.
Overall, I’m optimistic af about growing my communities bc I’m built for this shit and I genuinely love creating content. I’ll continue to show up as me authentically regardless of the way these platforms shift. I’m getting ready to record some YouTube content as I write this.
Thanks for listening to my brain dump. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments 🤍
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No friendship is perfect but if you’re willing to intentionally show up for each other, you’ve already won because effort trumps perfection. 
A year ago, we barely knew each other and there were times where we didn’t talk for a month or so but we never took it personal. One thing we did do is make space for change - in ourselves and within our friendship. We aren’t trying to change each other because we see and respect each other for who we are. 
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I hope your day was filled with love today bestie - you damn sure deserve it! Tell me one good thing that happened today 👇🏽
Robe is linked in my “LINKS” highlight & on my @shop.ltk. Follow me on there under keerose to shop all my lewks!
📸: @itsafnanidris
I woke up this morning not wanting to do what I sa I woke up this morning not wanting to do what I said I was gonna do. I could’ve made a million excuses of why I couldn’t do it but I would just be in my own way at that point.
Reading The Four Agreements & The Alchemist in the past month has brought me a new level of peace, trust & understanding. Life can get rocky and circumstances can be uncertain but my belief in myself can’t be.
Believing in myself starts with keeping the promises I’ve made - like writing a blog post every 1st & 3rd Monday. Today’s blog post is “5 questions to ask yourself when following your dreams”. Click the link in my bio to read and let me know what you think 🤍
What are you intentionally doing to follow your dreams? 👇🏽
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A year ago I was just starting #28DaysofReels, rel A year ago I was just starting #28DaysofReels, released my free Content Creation Guide, secured my first 4 figure deal & had relaunched my hair business then shortly decided to end it. Today, I received my license in the mail and will be practicing as a therapist soon ✨ 
The point is: things change. 
All of those things led me to this present moment and I’m extremely grateful. A lot of people have asked me why I’m not doing #28daysofreels and it’s because that’s not my mission right now - and that’s okay! 
Honoring yourself + your season makes room for bigger and better things. My creativity, happiness, peace and passion is what I’m focused on. The beautiful things that came from that will be shown soon enough. 
I hope your February & Black History Month is filled with many blessings & lots of love 🤍
January was the trial month. February we get back January was the trial month. February we get back in our bag. Here’s what you can expect from me in February: 
Mondays 👉🏽 Every 1st & 3rd Monday of the month, a new blog post will be published & my biweekly newsletter will be delivered right to your inbox! Click the link in my bio to join the list💕 
Tuesdays 👉🏽 Rounding up any resources for you including specific tips, instagram lives for chit chats & any links y’all need.
Wednesdays 👉🏽 New YouTube video! We’re on the road to getting monetized and video content will be posted weekly ✨ I have 1,200 besties and I’m so excited for what the rest of the year brings. 
Lastly, 1:1 Content Consultations + healing sessions will be available Wednesday - Friday. I’m ready to help you create the best content and/or assist you on your healing journey! Meet me in the DM’s if you have questions. 
Now tell me in the comments what I can expect from you in February or ways that I can support you 👇🏽
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After many trials + tribulations, I’m finally a After many trials + tribulations, I’m finally a LICENSED THERAPIST! 🥺🤍
Going to grad school in a city away from everyone was life changing. I’ll never be who I was before and I don’t want to be. If I took the safe choice and attended grad school in Maryland, I wouldn’t have blossomed like this. 
Although I mentioned that it was a lonely & painful time, God WORKED deeply on me. Sometimes you need to be alone to confront your true self, have spiritual awakenings and heal. 
My last semester was EXHAUSTING. It seemed like the closer I got to the finish line, the harder it got. My past therapist told me I had to let a few things go if I wanted to graduate. So I let my hair business & being a hairstylist go. I had a Graduate Assistant position that ended up not getting renewed. Letting go of things that weren’t in alignment with me anymore gave me strength to weather the storm and persevere through grief. 
All that I’ve went through is one of the reasons why I’m going to be a great therapist. I’ve done and am always going to be doing the work. It’s a lifelong journey. 
If you want a dream, go out and get it. It won’t be easy but it’ll be worth it. I’ve known I wanted to be a therapist since 11th grade and it’s here. So excited to learn, grow and thrive throughout this new chapter of my life! 
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*I do not own rights to this music*
Song: Novo Amor - State Lines
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The season of life that you’re about to walk int The season of life that you’re about to walk into is going to blow your mind. You don’t need to know what it looks like before you receive it ✨
About a month ago, I changed my energy from waiting/chasing/desperate energy to receiving energy. Man.. that was truly one of the best things I could’ve done and my stress/anxiety levels have went down.
HOW? Detachment from the need to control the outcome. Sometimes it felt like if I knew what was going on, it would make things better but honestly, the more faith you have - the more you’ll like the surprises God brings into your life.
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