The Future of Allison Ziggy

I’m simultaneously rolling my eyes / laughing / shrugging my shoulders because every single time I find a hint of clarity within my company, the momentum causes a major external shift elsewhere in my life. I have written at least four of these “why I’ve been gone so long posts” but alas, here we are again ;)

I’ve moved again, this time to Old City, Philadelphia. The move happened sooner than I had intended (my lease on my old place isn’t even up yet..) but it was time for a change. All of my moves in life (going back to my first job out of college) seem to happen suddenly and without warning, even from my own perspective.

The move to Philadelphia was symbolic for me because my new apartment greatly resembled the one I felt forced to leave behind in Chicago. I still remember that apartment as one of my most painful losses, and this move felt like a full recoup of everything I lost during my personal mental health crisis (aka Saturn Return) in 2018/19.

When I dreamt up Allison Ziggy in my Chicago apartment, I never imagined the chaos that would follow. I didn’t realize my crazy dreams and temporary insanity would eventually prove to be my lifeline all along. Allison Ziggy moved with me and my furniture across the country, from dream Chicago apartment to spare bedroom in Waxhaw, from spare bedroom in Waxhaw to townhouse in New Jersey, and finally from New Jersey townhouse to new dream apartment in Philadelphia.

When I think of what Allison Ziggy means to me, it means allowing yourself to dream big, and doing things that scare the living sh*t out of you. It means ignoring all the mean things haters are saying about you behind your back and holding your head up high anyway. It means believing you are fabulous when the world has told you countless times you’re bat sh*t crazy. It means continuing to put yourself out there when you have been so catastrophically humiliated by love, and never giving up on the idea that your dreams are actually possible for you. It’s about remembering your dreams are your dreams for a reason.

 Allison Ziggy means getting the fuck up every single time you have been knocked down because the only way you can fail is to stop trying.

I don’t know what program I want to start with... yet. I don’t know what my first planner is going to look like... yet. I don’t know who my first paying client is actually going to be... yet.

What I do know is that I’m not going to give up… ever.

Here’s to the new future.

xoxo,