Hello, My name is Alyssa! I am a wife, cat mom, English teacher, blogger, writer, nature enthusiast, life coach, and owner of Lyssaday.com.
I greatly enjoy traveling, writing, cooking, weight lifting, hiking, and helping others. I can often be found outside soaking up the sun at our beautiful desert home or playing with my five adorable cats. (Yes I know that’s a lot of cats).
I remember when I was in school, we had an assignment to research what we wanted to be when we graduated. I remember thinking, what if I don’t want to work? What if I want to travel and experience all the fantastically unique experiences life has to offer? Well, that wasn’t an option, or at least I didn’t know it was at the time.
So I did my project on physical therapy, thus taking me down the medical field path. Shortly after starting this journey, I realized I absolutely hated what I had chosen to go into. I wasn’t passionate about it. I felt unfulfilled, which left me feeling empty and sad. I so desperately wanted to find my thing.
So I switched modes, jumping instead into early childhood development and eventually teaching. Still, I wanted something more. I felt as if I had so much untapped potential. It bothered me frequently because although I enjoyed my current field, it still wasn’t my passion.
When my husband and I married in 2016, we immediately jumped into purchasing our first home, but we didn’t stop there! By the following year and at just 23 years old, we had purchased our second home, started the slow climb out of debt, and quit our 9:00-5:00 jobs to teach English from home. Which allowed us to create our own schedules, spend more time with family, and travel with ease. We are now in our 3rd year of marriage and in the process of purchasing our third home!
Now, this was a great start, but I wanted to continue to grow and experience to find my passion! So I started blogging, I wanted to reach others who were much like me. Life is too short not to live how you want to be living, especially when the only one holding us back is often ourselves.