07/31/2024
Stay with me here… 😉
We all have a handful of favorite songs- but many of us have ONE that damn near defines us. Friends & family know it as “your song”. You LOVE this song. You request it at weddings, when you’re out on the town, you play it while you’re driving, when you’re cleaning, when you’re low, when you’re high. For years, it’s been YOUR song. THE song! Cuz it’s the best! You love how it makes you feel. You turn it up & sing every word (for the 4,532nd time). Then… one day… your song comes on, you listen for a few seconds & you skip it! (What?!) Suddenly, your song doesn’t feel the same, because you have a new favorite song. You play IT & this song fills you up! Your new favorite song moves you in ways your old one couldn’t.
***Many people will still think of you when they hear your old song. (Some didn’t like your old song, won’t like your new song, but will still question how you could ever abandon the old one.)😉 On the contrary, you’ll find people who are more than willing to discuss with you the differences between your old & new favorites, offering invaluable insight about the two.)♥️
Still with me?🤣
That, my friends, is the analogy I came up with to explain WHY I am closing MADhabit. My shop has been my “favorite song” for nearly 13 years. My passion for the past 4,532 days, since I first opened. It is one of my biggest, proudest accomplishments. MADhabit has been a steady, positive, fun & creative expression of ME.
(Which is why I am not selling the business- it’s too uniquely “Chelsa”. Lol. And I AM holding onto the building. Logan & I have exciting plans for her. I’ll share what that entails sooner than later.)😉
I am grateful for the experiences & support that I have had while owning & operating my small business. But I am ready for my “new song.” ♥️
This new one is vastly different from my old jam.
I will continue to work as a Child Forensic Interviewer for Baker County. The job, the team, the doors that have opened up for me, my sobriety the last 7 months… this has ALL lead me in a new direction. To this decision. To a place with greater clarity & understanding of what I want to do with my life.
I have a deep desire to help people when & where I can. Especially children.
I am going back to school, Fall of 2025, to pursue my Masters in Social Work (counseling is where my heart is calling me. I would love to specialize in working with mothers & children who have experienced traumas.)
I will still make my jewelry (on the side & at my leisure). I will be designing, making & selling jewelry more as a creative, (healing) outlet & for enjoyment again! The days of hustling for sales & doing high numbers of custom orders BECAUSE I HAVE TO are over. (I am keeping a few of my wholesale accounts that I will continue to make for). I will also still use on Instagram to post what I make. (That is where you will be able to purchase from.) And you might see me at an occasional local pop-up, too. Who knows?! Lol.
MADhabit will stay OPEN, normal business hours, until October 1st. *(We may close sooner if we sell out of everything before that date.)
THANK YOU for taking the time to read this announcement. If you are one of my cheerleaders from afar, a valued local customer, someone who takes care of my name when I am not in the room (you know who you are), I am forever grateful for you, your encouragement, your friendship, your kind words & all of your support over the years.♥️ I can happily celebrate closing this chapter of my life because of YOU.
***For all of you who’ve asked what my “other job” is:
A Child Forensic Interviewer is a trained professional who conducts interviews with children who may be victims or witnesses of crime or abuse. The goal of the interview is to gather information that can be used in court, and the interviewer uses specific techniques to ensure the child provides factual information. Forensic interviews are often the first step in an investigation and can help shape the direction of the inquiry. A forensic interview is a single session, recorded interview designed to elicit a child’s unique information when there are concerns of possible abuse or when the child has witnessed violence against another person. The forensic interview is conducted in a supportive and non-leading manner by a professional trained in the NCAC Forensic Interview model. Interviews are remotely observed by representatives of the agencies involved in the investigation (such as law enforcement and child protective services).***
