How ‘Transform Your Resources’ Transformed My Life
In the fall of 2018, I enrolled in Kayse Morris’ Transform Your Resources course. I expected to enhance my resources and my Teachers Pay Teachers skills, but I never expected to transform my life as well. I knew I would gain more sales on TPT as a result of taking the course, but I gained so much more in the process. I started the course as a teacher, and became a teacherpreneur.
Gaining a New Purpose & Direction
In 2008 I started a wiki because I wanted to share information and help other student teachers. In 2012 I started a blog because I wanted to share ideas and help other teachers. In 2013 I opened my Teachers Pay Teachers store because I wanted to share resources and help other teachers. In 2017 I started my YouTube channel because I wanted to share my experiences and help other teachers.
In 2018 I had my first child, and I started to question everything that I was doing. I was helping other teachers, but to what end? My time was no longer my own, and I felt that I needed a really good reason to spend so much of it creating content for other people when I had a baby. The time that I spent helping others started to feel like a sacrifice. For the first time, I asked myself, but what’s in it for me? This is not to say that I did not enjoy helping others, but that in doing so, I had no sense of direction, and no sense of purpose. Luckily, on the very same day that I came to this conclusion (I kid you not), Kayse announced that she had a free workbook to help teachers get started selling their resources.
Through the course I learned about focusing on my efforts on the person whose life I want to impact. By getting specific, and thinking about what problems of theirs I can solve, I have a purpose in what I share. This has been a monumental shift for me in creating content, and in choosing what I work on. Now, everything that I do has a definite purpose, and I no longer feel that I am just spinning my wheels.
Gaining a New Mindset
Transform Your Resources was the largest investment I’ve made in myself since earning my degrees. This was a crucial step for me because making this investment turned my hobby into a business. I was basically selling on TPT for fun. My mindset was, “if I can make resources for my students that can also help other teachers and students, and then be compensated for my time in making the resources, then why not?” Developing a business mindset has been an absolute game changer in becoming a teacherpreneur.
Purchasing the course was my first actual business investment, and my first step to becoming a teacherpreneur. (Not including all those font purchases. Those were just for fun, and I didn’t know they were investments at the time.) I now had a business. Initially, I was scared that turning my hobby into a business would take the fun out of creating resources. Fortunately, I am having even more fun than I did before. Now, I have a challenge before me with problems to solve and goals to accomplish, and the only person I am accountable to is myself. I have been empowered.
Gaining a New Passion
For the past few years I would randomly lament to my husband that I missed being a student. I missed taking classes, and I missed having something new to learn. I even missed having homework. In a way, I’ve felt like something was missing for awhile, but I never knew what.
Transform Your Resources filled that void for me. I was excited about the outcome of course, but even more than that, I was excited about the prospect of learning something new, and taking notes, and having something to work toward.
Taking the course lit a fire in me that I never expected. I cannot stop. Any chance I get, I listen to business podcasts . I am constantly taking notes, applying new strategies, and setting goals. I stumbled upon other courses to take, and devoured their content as well.
Gaining a Community of Like-Minded Individuals
One unexpected benefit of the Transform Your Resources course has been interacting with other students in the facebook group. To be completely honest, I was not pleased about having to join a facebook group. I had just finally changed my phone usage habits, and the last thing I wanted was a reason to be on my phone. However, being a part of this group is one of the best perks of the course. The group continues to thrive even after the modules have finished being released.
The group is a constant source of inspiration as everyone shares their successes and new things they’ve learned. Prior to this group, I never connected with any other TPT sellers. The experiences, knowledge, and expertise of other TPT sellers have been invaluable as I grow my business. Any question I have from how to run an Instagram giveaway to how I should respond to confusing feedback is answered within this group. I also have the opportunity to help others by answering their questions. This has given me so much confidence as I realize that I know more about entrepreneurship than I thought.
Who you surround yourself with, you become. I have become a businesswoman, a go-getter, a transformer, and a teacherpreneur. I am so grateful to be part of this amazing group of (mostly) women.
Gaining a New Vision
In many ways, I feel like I am a different person after becoming a teacherpreneur than I was last fall. I came into the course to transform my resources, but I transformed my life instead. My eyes are open to a world full of possibilities. Now, I have a vision for my life that involves impacting others beyond the four walls of my classroom. This experience has allowed to me set an example as a life-long learner, a go-getter, and dream chaser for my students and my son. I am a proud and confident business woman and entrepreneur, but I still get to be a teacher. I get to be a teacherpreneur, and I am so excited to see where this journey takes me next. This is just the beginning, and the best is yet to come.
If you are interested in starting your own teacherpreneur journey, you can join the free training from now until June 21st. Follow this link to learn more.
For more information about my journey to becoming a teacherpreneur, you can view the video below.
