Are you a recession proof woman?

Why, hello there, Instagram. Hello there, Facebook. This is April Mason, your favorite dating and feminine lifestyle strategist. And tonight I want to talk to you ladies about something very, very important. As you know, I talk dating and relationships and, and all everything feminine is what I teach. However, I've realized that so many women that have been in need, or some would say need because I get a lot of ones that say need, or desire a relationship, have not handled some other important business. Now, as you know, I do believe in love, and I teach you all how to date and all those wonderful things. I'm the founder of the Teach Me How to Date VIP Academy, as well as the Feminine CEO, which is all about becoming a woman that is self-sufficient, but she does not operate in the masculine to be self-sufficient. She operates in the feminine. Two different ways of generating income. So as you know, we're going through this crisis right now in our country, and I've been getting bombarded with women wanting to coach with me. My day today— this is my last, uh, video of the day because I was in Zoom coaching sessions all day today. And the thing that I noticed that what's been in common with all of the women that I been coaching over the last 2 weeks is everyone wants to know, Miss April, can you give me some business ideas, some things that I can do to make some extra income? So I was like, okay, let me take on a couple coaching clients. But once I realized that the issue was pretty much the same across the board, I decided to do something special. So for those of you that are new to me, hey! And for those of you that my regulars, hey girl, hey, and hey fellas, how y'all doing? Because the fellas definitely support and I love you for your support. But for those that are new to me that may not have known what my story is and my background and how is she teaching feminine lifestyle and dating, but now she's teaching women to be recession-proof. Actually, I started out teaching business. Part of my story is I started my very first business with $50 from a welfare check, homeless with 3 children living in a shelter. Long story short, I ended up moving to Georgia because I'm a Bay Area girl. Go Warriors! Bay Area girl now living in Atlanta. And I moved to Georgia and I opened up an actual gift basket retail store. Once I decided that, you know, I didn't really want to do the store anymore, I did— I created my very first digital product, which was an ebook in 2014. So before creating digital products was very popular amongst people, I did it in 2004 and then did my next book, ebook, in 2006. My background is in commercial finance. I know how to build business credit without using your personal credit. So I wrote a book about it. So once I wrote that book, that's how I entered into the speaker space in 2006. And I started getting booked all over the country to come teach people about business credit. It allowed me to grace the stages of Dick Gregory, Thelma from Good Times, in the same space, events with Russell Simmons. And I was just all over the place teaching this business credit that I knew. And the thing about that is I had just went through a divorce, lost my 8-bedroom house. It was actually— had just had back surgery, living in one of my closest friends' basements. She's probably on my Facebook Live right now, but living in her basement. But at the same time, I had this image of I needed to go make this money because I had these children to take care of. And so I wrote that ebook and that ebook allowed me to generate income, enough income to move into my own home, buy my car again, because I lost everything after my divorce. Once again, I had that surgery and wiped me completely out. So what I'm getting ready to share with you is not from someone who had a silver spoon or someone that doesn't know struggle. I know struggle. I know scrubble. I don't know struggle, I know scrubble. Okay. So I want to encourage you tonight and also let you know that what I'm sharing with you is something that you can do as well. So many women come to my Teach Me How to Date VIP Academy and say, you know, Miss April, um, I don't feel like I should be dating because my money isn't right, you know. So they joined the Feminine CEO and we help them get their money right, figure out what it is that they can do. As a matter of fact, tonight we taught our April's masterclass, which was how to create your profit plan, pretty much how to create how much money you want to make every day, every month, and every year, you know. So I taught that tonight right before I'm doing this video. And but the, the— a lot of the theme, you know, that I find is no matter how much I share with women how wonderful and amazing dating is and that someone will love you for you right where you are, the biggest issue is I don't feel like I have enough money, or why should I have a quality man that brings money to the table and protector and provider, but I don't bring anything. Now, you all know I do not believe that a woman's value is based upon how much money she brings to the table, because that's not where a woman's value comes from. We, we view men in that manner. Men don't view women based upon how much money she has. Alpha men, visionary men, they don't view women, their value on women, on that. They don't view women as, oh, she has X amount of degrees, Her value is that we're just not wired the same. Society has made us believe that we are supposed to have the same exact things as a man, but men are natural protectors and providers, not males. Men are natural protectors and providers, you know? And so as women, we've been made to believe that the harder we grind, the harder we work, um, the more we can prove we can do what men do, that is what equals our value. So when women started coming to me for dating, I'm start— I started sifting through and got an opportunity to see that, wait a minute, they believe that their value is coming from their ability to provide. That's a man's— that's what a man does, and that's what he's wired to do. You're wired to be a woman. But I do understand that your confidence skyrockets when you got more money in your pocket. Howdy. I do understand you walk into the room differently, darling. I do know you don't go to the car lot where they say you can have what you, you, you can get, can give you, but you go get what you, you know, you want. Totally different vibe, right? So I said, you know what, April, what can you do to help women in this particular time and help them pivot? So yes, I'm still the dating, the dating coach and the feminine lifestyle strategist, but part of being a feminine woman is learning how to be the feminine CEO of your life. So I said, what can I do in order to help the ladies get out of this scarcity, this lack? Because the way you're dating is also showing in what your money— where your money is. So if you have lack in your money, you're going to have lack with the type of men that you attract, because your, your self-esteem you will date and you will make money, you will accept jobs, you will even have friends based upon your level of your self-esteem. So I totally understand women when they say, who am I to say I want a man that's a protector and provider and I don't have no money? I don't subscribe to that because once again, I know women— a woman's value is priceless. You cannot put a dollar amount, a degree, or a good credit score— you can't put none of that on the value of a wise woman, okay? But in saying that, I do understand why you could feel that way. So what I decided to do, I sat back and got quiet. And if you're on my email list, you know that I sent an email out maybe about 3 weeks ago, and I was saying, you know, um, I wasn't led to do what I see a lot of people doing, putting all of their information on sale. They're, they're making, um scarcity moves, you know, they're, they're making lack moves. Everything is $5, everything is, you know, $10, everything. I wasn't led to do that in my business, okay? So I had to sit down and I got quiet. And if you're on my email list, you got this email when I said I've been quiet about what's been going on in this country, which is why I haven't sent you all out an email, because I needed to know which direction Spirit wanted me to go. Spirit didn't tell me to put all of my stuff on sale. That ain't what Spirit told me to do. So I had to sit down and be quiet and say, Creator of all things, who do I need— well, how do I need to proceed to help in this particular time to the tribe of women that you have so graciously given me access to, to help guide and bring wisdom to and help in their area of need? And so it took me about a week after, after I sent you guys that email. And if you're in my Asset Women Unlimited Facebook group, I, um, I put it in there too. And you guys noticed I hadn't said anything. And so I had to really sit back. This is why being a wise woman and being in alignment with spirit is so important. So you won't make just moves just because everybody else is making moves. And I was getting bombarded with emails from people, you know, offering all of these discounts and all of this stuff. And, and I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, that's a lack mentality. I cannot have my women, my tribe, those that, that, that follow my leadership operate from a position of lack. That's not what we're gonna do. April's not putting everything on sale. That's not— that, that's a lack mentality. So I said, okay, God, what do I do? How do I help the ladies? Because they coming to me in droves, you know. There's so many are trying to coach with me, and you know, that's really not, um— I didn't want to set my life up as a coach. And the coaching clients that I did take, I have 2 more spots left, and after that I'm cutting it completely off because coaching is not what I— how I wanted my business to run. When my children graduated high school um, when they started to graduate in 2012, 2013, I started asking myself, what do you want your life to look like, April? Excuse me. And I wanted my life to look like, uh, it looks right now. I can do what I want to do, go where I want to go, work when I want to work, don't work when I want to work, but I'm still able to help those that need my assistance and what I— and what I have to offer without having to trade time for dollars. You know, so I took on 20 coaching clients. I did something special for you all because I don't really take on coaching clients. I do my Magnify where you can call me by and pay by the minute and we can deal with your problem right then and there. But that long drawn out coaching and those, you know, uh, 12-week programs. Now I may have a 6-week one, but it's specifically geared towards something. But all of that, that's just not how I wanted my business to run. And I had to ask myself, you know, what part of this business do you like? I like creating solutions one time and constantly selling them, which is called evergreen. So what I decided to do after sitting down for about a week, week and a half, I think maybe about 3 weeks when y'all got that email, I sat back and I said, let me be quiet. But as I sat back, y'all were still coming, Miss April, Miss April. And all of my coaching calls today, coaching sessions was all about How can I be more of a recession-proof woman? I heard what you had to say in your free masterclass. What do I need to do? I need some ideas, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. They didn't know I had already been working on it. I had already been working on it. And so what I created was a 3-day Become a Recession-Proof Woman 3-day virtual boot camp that's going down April 26th. I'm giving myself a rest on the 27th because you guys know my voice. So rest on the 26th, uh, 27th, 28th, and the 30th, right? And I'm charging $97 for all the courses. What I'll be teaching, number day 1 on the 26th, is how to make $1,000 now. Now this particular course is for the woman that is not really necessarily— she may not want to be a full-time entrepreneur because, you know, she likes her job, but she's looking for extra ways to make extra income. And, you know, she's not really trying to go full-fledged, but she can do some things on the side. So I'll be teaching how to make $1,000 now on day 1, the 26th. On the 28th, I will be teaching you how I built my, uh, digital product empire. Like I told you earlier, I created my digital products starting— my first one was in 2014. Y'all Instagram asking, what "Where do I go to sign up?" Hold on, hold on. Let me put it right here on Instagram. You can go to recessionproofwoman.com to sign up. I think— can I put it on Instagram? I'm sorry, Instagram, I didn't turn my camera around, but I'll make sure I post it before this is over. Okay? Okay. So I created a digital product empire starting in 2004 when I created my first ebook. And y'all want to see what it looked like? This was my first ebook, Everything You Need to Know to Start a Homemade Gift Basket Business. Look how cheesy, look how cheesy that look. But guess what? I sold these ebooks and I taught a course on it for $97 back in 2004. Look how cheesy that was. I did it in a Word document. It. So I'm saying that to say— and if you can't see me looking, that's because I'm looking at my screen looking at your comments. I said that to say it didn't have to be perfect, but I did it. That was one. Um, what else did I have? Oh, I created— I had a whole bunch of these positions, just positioned for love. I created my own, um, CDs, y'all. I even— let me see, I didn't even open this. I don't even know how long it's been. Look at that, look at that, look at— look at y'all. I have my own, um, 2-disc CD burner, and I bought me some little, uh, uh, cases, honey. And I printed these out with Avery, and, uh, the little inserts did that. Um, I have— before there was Teach Me How to Date— well, well, no, for those of some of you have been with me since this one What's in your hand? It was an ebook first. These are all products of my digital product empire. I created this in 2011, and some of you still have this one right here. You guys know my background is in business credit, so I did a book for business credit for ministry when I was heavily involved in the religion. I did one, and I used to travel all around the world going to churches teaching Ministry Credit Secrets Exposed, and I had another one called Business Credit Secrets Exposed for businesses. I don't know where that one is, but this is— I created this back in 2012. Then there was Single No More. This was created in 2011. So no, Ministry Secrets Exposed was created in 2009. This one was created in 2011. This is where Teach Me How to Date came from, Single No More. And I did a big conference and everything on this. But what was it? It was a digital video and the ebook and the audio. And I turned that into an event. My first audiobook, which now we're getting ready to put on Audible, Are You an Asset? 11 Keys to Being a Woman Who Brings More to the Table. 10 keys, 10, 11, one of them. More to the Table Than Her Appetite. My very first book, Broken But Not Bound. It came out in 2010, came out as a digital product as well. This book, Are You an Asset, was actually a bestseller on Amazon. It's digital and comes in a digital format as well. And so there's a lot more that I have, but I wanted to show you that to let you know that things do not have to be, uh, perfect, and what you need is in your hand. So I've been doing this longer than a lot of these new folks been around, and I love to see what they're doing. It's amazing. That so many people have finally get it. Now I can actually sell the knowledge that I have. People will buy what I have. So that's on day the 28th. I'll be teaching all about how to take what's in your head, what's in your hand, and turn it into your digital product empire. Let me give you— share you what you— what this little secret is, right, right, real quick. This night I'm going to go more in depth on it in the course. Let me tell you something. This book right here is my real estate. So this book right here, the proceeds from this goes to a particular thing, um, in my life. The proceeds from this book— I still make money off of this book— goes to a particular thing. All of my digital products have a destination, okay? And I'm gonna go deeper into that, um, in the course. So on the last day Day, uh, 3, which is April 30th, I will be teaching how to create a $10,000 a month membership. How do I know how to do that? Because I'm doing it. We have the Teach Me How to Date and we have the Feminine CEO that generates well over $10,000 per month up on the online courses— I mean, excuse me, in the membership. So for those of you that are in the comment section, y'all already know what, uh, Teach Me How to Date is all about. Um, okay, y'all already know, uh, what the Feminine CEO is all about. You can read the comment section. There's ladies in the comment section will let you, um, will let you, uh, see, you know what I'm talking about. I'm sorry, I'm reading, I'm trying not to— I'm reading the comments as well too, but I have that as well too. So I'm going to be teaching you how to create a membership site that sells. Okay, I'm going to show you how to do that because Teach Me How to Date was created in 2017 and Feminine CEO was created in 2000, the end of 2018. So I run two fully functioning, successful, thriving, income-generating membership sites. So by teaching these three courses, how did I come up with— why, April, why do you want to teach these three? Because everyone that wanted to coach with me, these are the questions that they were asking: How do I become a recession-proof woman? And the thing is, when you understand that when you're in the feminine flow, um, your creativity starts and you start thinking outside of the box. And we're going to talk about that, uh, on day 1, the importance of being in the feminine flow. Because no matter what I tell you, If you're still operating in panic, if you're still operating in lack, if you're still operating in survival mode, none of it's going to work because you're so concerned with what's going on around you where you need to be understand that circumstances don't matter. You create the life that you want. Okay? So for those of you asking, you can go to recessionproofwoman.com or go to aprilmason.com and click on events and it'll take you directly to the registration page. So as an added bonus for those that join, the first 200 that join— now if you're on my email list and on my text list, y'all been, y'all been ordering and subscribing all day. I'm more since I sent that and it was crazy because I'm like, whoa, this must have been what the ladies is waiting on because you guys have been registering for this in droves. As an added bonus to the first 200 people that sign up You will get my Business Credit Secrets Exposed: How to Finance Your Business with Business Credit Without Using Your Personal Credit ebook absolutely free. That normally sells for $97, but I'm going to give it to the first 200 people. And what's also included inside of that book is what samples of articles of incorporation look like, operating agreements, things that you need for your business. Okay, so you'll be getting that absolutely free. So I wanted to come on and here with you tonight so I can let you know that this is going down on the 26th, the 28th, and the 30th. Become a Recession-Proof Woman 3-day virtual boot camp. You have no excuses. You've been asking me, Miss April, what do I do? What do I do? What I do? I'm giving it to you. I'm going to pour out everything that I know on these 3 days. Like I said, day 1, if you're not really ready to be an entrepreneur but you need to make extra money, make sure you join me on that particular day. Will the replay be available? Absolutely, for those that register. I will not be hosting this or doing this ever again, okay? This is what, uh, spirit led me to do, so I said let me do it this way. After this is over— now this is the $97 is the early bird. Once this, um, the— this complete— this is completely over, each course will run between $197 and $397 because I'm dropping some heat, um, in, in, in, in these courses. So if you want to be a part, go to aprilmason.com and click on events and register. If you do not register, I don't know what to tell you. This is the— this is what I'm doing, um, for you. Okay, because I, I get these emails and my heart goes out to the ladies and I'm like, God, all they need to understand is number one, what their value is. Number two, know that they're enough. And number three, understand that they have the ability to create. Ladies, we have a womb, okay? If you have a womb, even if you didn't have a hysterectomy, you got a womb. You gotta understand the energy of that. If you can create life, you can create money on demand. You can create whatever you— whatever it is you want, because you gotta remember, you have the power to create life. Anything outside of life is, is less than, okay? So if I as a woman have the ability to create life, there's no reason why I should ever be living in lack, be broke, or be struggling. The only reason I'm doing that is because I don't understand the power that I have as a feminine woman, as a creator. Okay, so I wanted to share that with you before I head out, that this is going down. First 200 ladies, you will get my book ebook for free on business credit. And on the 26th, it's How to Make $1,000 Now. On the 28th is How to Create Your Own Product Empire. And to be honest with you, I'll share this with you. You can do that in 24 hours. If you're in my Feminine CEO VIP Academy, you already know that I've taught you that you can create products in 24 hours. There's some other steps that you need to take. You can create the products, but if you ain't got nobody to sell them to, you gonna be pissed off. So I'm gonna show you how to find your tribe, find those that are looking for what you have to sell. And then on day 3, it's all about creating a membership. I pretty much have my own Netflix, um, and we're building something out right now to really, you know, have it to where it's like, wow, you can get April on demand, you know, whether it's from business courses to, um, my, my dating and relationship stuff, or if it's that inspirational thing that y'all know that I do, that motivational thing, if you need a little jump start, you know, for the— for your day. So we're creating that right now. But I want you to know that don't— no matter how much things are going on, and I see the numbers of people that are, that are having to file for unemployment and losing their job, that don't have to be you. It doesn't have to be you. You, my dear, have the power to create. You've created your life thus far. Where you are in life is an indicator of what you've been using your mind to create. If you don't like where you are financially, you have to change what you're creating. You have to move those belief systems and those blocks. Okay, Instagram, move those blocks that's keeping you from thinking like, oh my God, now that the world is going on with the world, you don't have to adjust to the world's system. You can create. I heard a quote that says, you will be paid in the— to the proportion of the problem that you solve. Let me say that again. You, you will be paid to the proportion of the problem that you solve. I solve problems. That's what I do. I solve problems. I teach women how to have self-esteem. I teach people, women, how to be confident. I teach women how to date, and I teach men how to date as well too, because this is, this is essential need for people. People want to feel loved and connected. I just teach people how to get connected and how to do that. I teach women how to pretty much take something and turn— take what's seemingly nothing and turning it to something. I solve that problem. You will be paid in proportion to the problem that you solve. Many of you solve problems every single day, but you do not think of it as a big deal. 'Oh, I don't really do that. Ain't nothing that I'm really— that ain't, that ain't really nothing that I do.' When actually it is. If a person will come to you for your advice or come to you for, uh, to solve a problem, that means they value you. Okay? Yes, you don't— the world will adjust to your system, but you have to You have to create what you want your system to be. Okay. Somebody says, I want the Single No More. Single No More is Teach Me How to Date. So if you want that, you have to join the Teach Me How to Date VIP Academy because Single No More is no longer available, but everything is inside of the VIP Academy. Okay. So you guys are asking for the link. Hold on. Oh, let me, let me get you the link. Let me get you the link. So I hope you, you are going to join me on those days. Once again, you can go to AprilMason.com or you can click the link. Hmm. Oh, I'll get Let's see. There we go. I just posted the link inside of the, the chat on Facebook, pinned that. So once again, if you don't like what your life is looking like, stop adhering to someone else's system, how they say you have to do it. I'm just a woman that took $50 from my welfare check because I felt like I needed better for my children. Homeless at the time. What you see now is not where I started, but I had to make a sacrifice and a decision. People who do not get far in life is because they have a— they have the inability to make wise decisions very quickly. They're not decisive. They procrastinate, and they always procrastinate on things that can take them to the next level. Your subconscious mind is going to always try to reel you back into what you know. You're gonna have to really push against that because you got to create new grooves. You got to change your motherboard. Your motherboard is keeping you broke. Your motherboard is keeping you dateless. Your motherboard is keeping you emotionally eating. Your motherboard is just keeping you in a place that you really don't like, but you keep using the same information trying to get a different result. If you don't change the information that you're putting in, I promise you, you will always create the life that you currently have next week, next month, next year. That's why so many people don't really change when the new year come and they go through the same stuff over and over again, because they're trying to use the same information from before to make a move. Your mouth can say anything. This gonna be my year, you know, I'm gonna be a millionaire. Oh, that's wonderful, great, that's cute. But if you're trying to do those things using the same playbook, you will lose every single time, okay? So think about it, make quick moves, be decisive. And I'm going to pour out everything that I know to help you. Because like I said, I only have 2 coaching spots left, uh, and I'm thinking about shutting those down. But what I didn't want to do is shut taking off— taking coaching clients down without giving you another alternative, okay? Because my assistant is like, you get emails, these emails are coming in, and all of the ladies, I would say about 99% of them, want to talk about How to make extra income, how to be recession-proof. And so if that's what I'm getting, instead of constantly trading time for dollars, let me do this masterclass for you all in the areas that you continue to ask me about. And I create it one time, and once I create it one time, I now have 3 new products that I can constantly resell over and over and over and over and over again. Okay, uh, Let's see. Any— I'm reading the board. I mean, I'm reading the questions. I'm reading the questions. How do I sign up? You can go to the, uh, the website is right there on the screen if you're watching on Facebook. It's right there on the screen. You go directly to recessionproof.com or you can go to aprilmason.com and register. Once you go to aprilmason.com, make sure you click on events. Click on events and you can go there or go to recessionproof.com. I have dropped the link inside of the comment section on Facebook. For whatever reason, it won't let me post it here on Instagram, so I don't know. But it's aprilmason.com to make it— for those of you, make it easier, it's just my name. Click on events and then it'll take you directly there, okay? You receive it good, good. Oh, that's one of my master class ladies right there. Okay, uh, let's say Miss Mason, Miss April, you are the best at giving advice and I love your book. Thank you so much, darling. Y'all made it a bestseller. Y'all made that book a bestseller. Thank you so much. Um, let's see what else. Any, any other questions that I have here? Personally, do you— okay, like, you are, you are— I am a problem solver. I did not need it. I didn't think it was a big deal, but thank you for today. You're so welcome. Thank you for writing that down. I am just AprilMason.com. Yes, you do have the power, ladies, to create. You have the power to create. Will this be a live on those 3 days? Are those pre— nope, they're all live. Y'all know I— y'all know I do live. Y'all know I do live. I, I pull from your energy when I do lives because I don't really do pre-recorded well, um, because when I'm— I can— when I'm in front of you, even on camera, I can feel you. And what it does is it pulls more out of me. That's why I'd like to do my courses, um, live when I have the opportunity to, because once again, your questions— I can, I can feel your vibes, you know, through the internet, um, and through the camera. So I, I, I just do better, um, live, and I like connecting with you and, and being in real time is what I like. I— so you gotta also know, you know, how you function. I function better that way. Thank you so much, Um, for, um, writing that, Kelly, to be on my mailing list, to, to be on my mailing list or my text so you can get it first, because my ladies that got the text, they've been on it. You can text me, you can text AMASON to 844-800-1350, okay? And I'll make sure I drop that in the comments section, uh, right now as well. This is how you get on my text list. So those that are, that get the text, they get access first. Okay, I'm not even sure if we met our 200 quota yet for the free book. I haven't even checked. Um, okay, so I hope that, uh, you all join me. You guys say you appreciate the lives. Yeah, I hope you do. You know, I hope you do because I like doing the lives and I'm just— I'll tell you something, I'm just in a place where I do things the way April wants to do them. What's comfortable for me? When I became a coach, and I used to coach all the time, almost 30, 40 hours a week, right? I thought that was the only way that I could help people. I thought that was what we're supposed to do if you're a coach, not realizing that's the part of the business that I don't like the most. Now, if I had to do it, yeah, but I noticed that when my now what, 24, 25-year-old son. I think he, how old is the boy? 24. When he was graduating, when he was in the 10th grade, 10th or 11th grade, and you know, and I had my youngest that was in the 9th grade at the time. I started realizing I was only coaching and taking on all of that because of the kids and I had to take care of the kids. And I had to really sit down and say, hmm, how do you want your life to run, April? What do you want your life to look like? And I had to sit down and design my life. And it's just amazing that I am actually living the life that I designed. I said I wanted to take clients when I wanted to. I said I did not want to trade time for dollars. I said I want to wake up every day and not, and not have anything to do if I don't want anything to do. And that's the life that I actually created. Um, I did, and I'll explain all of this inside of this, this part. I'll explain in depth in the day 2 on the 28th about I had to take a hit in order to take the time to create some, some products. Right? So I'll go in depth about what that means, but I knew what I wanted my life to look like. So when you, when you understand and you really take the limits off and you say, this is what I want my life to look like, and you start designing it— for those of you that joined me in 2017 for my Redesign Your Life Tour, and I think it was a 7, 8 city tour, you know exactly what I mean, all about redesigning your life. And as my children start graduating, I became— becoming an empty nester. I'm like, you don't have to work hard like this. You didn't put your time in. People, I don't understand. Most people that become an overnight success, or that you think, oh, she just doing it, girl, you doing it. No, I've been doing it. It's take— it says it takes 10 years to become an overnight success. What did I tell you? This right here Where'd it go? Was my first ebook in 2014. I mean, excuse me, in 2004. So this is not new to me, creating products, creating, um, digital products as well as kits. And all— I got all kind of stuff in that closet back there, y'all. Um, this isn't new to me. This was 2004. Women still ask me about, April, how do you start a gift basket business? And what do you think I should do for my gift basket business? 2004. Okay, so people, when they think that, okay, you know, they're— you're new, you're not. Now what the— what the rapper say? I ain't new to this, I'm true to this. Okay, so I just want to be able to share with you what I've learned, how I went from living in a shelter. And I was, matter of fact, I showed my daughter, I said, when we lived in that shelter, um, you know, I ended up, you know, getting some money and I bought a car. She was like, mama, what kind of car you buy at the shelter? Shelter? I said, girl, I had $500 and I bought a 1979 green Dahatsu. And he's like, what? I said, go Google it. 1979. I didn't know nothing about getting no tags, no plates, none of that. I just drove it off the lot. The man knew I ain't know what I was doing. Gave him $500 for that 1979 car. And when I pulled up to the shelter, the ladies were like, oh my God. They were out there clapping because they was like, oh my God, you haven't been here that long and look at what you've done. Okay. I was determined to get up out that shelter, and I went from the shelter across the street to the transitional house. Out the transitional house, I got my first $10 an hour job in credit and collections in San Francisco, and it was only uphill from there. So if I was down at the bottom and picked myself up by the bootstrap with 3 kids that were all 2 years apart You can do the same thing. Living in the shelter— I lived in my car at one point— you can do the same thing too. But it's all about what you're willing to invest in, as well as what are you willing to do, meaning the time that you're willing to put in. How bad do you want it? What you see now is not what it was. It's not what it was, but I said it had to be more than life, to life than this. Certain people shouldn't be the only ones that can live a cool life. You should not be stressed out during this time of transition in the world. This, this right here is honestly a time for you to reset and think about your life. If you are an essential worker and you really don't like having to be an essential worker, this is the perfect time for you to say, I need to do something different with my life. Okay, headed out. Well, make sure you go to recessionproofwoman.com and also, or go to aprilmason.com and register today for the 3-day Become a Virtual— no, Become a Recession-Proof Woman Virtual Boot Camp. All right, love y'all. See you on the other side. Bye.