Thank you to Lean Cuisine for sponsoring this blog post. Although I have been compensated for my time, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
If there is one thing I've mentioned about a million times on this blog, it's my love of Lean Cuisine. You know how friends will tag you on someone else's Instagram picture, and say something like,"@iamsarahwebb this reminds me of you!!"? Well, anytime I'm tagged, there is a 100% chance it will involve either a pizza or a Lean Cuisine. As far as I'm concerned, those are the two major food groups, and two things I cannot live without.
With that said, you can imagine my excitement to find out that I had been accepted as one of Lean Cuisine's Phenomenal Ambassadors. Ask CB, I'm pretty sure there was a ringing in his ear from the shriek I let out when I got the email. I'll be working with the brand all summer, sharing stories of great accomplishments and great food.
The reason for selecting ambassadors is to spread the word that Lean Cuisine is completely overhauling its brand with new bold ethnic flavors, new attributes, a more contemporary package and a new brand campaign. Today I'm talking about the new brand campaign, Feed Your Phenomenal™, which reflects Lean Cuisine's new purpose to feed the greatness in every woman.
As an introduction to their new campaign, Lean Cuisine has created a video encouraging women to weigh what really matters, their accomplishments. I, of course, cried when watching the video (per the usual, I'm a crier) as each woman played a beautiful round of show-and-tell featuring their proud accomplishments.
It got me thinking, "If I were featured in this video, what accomplishment would I show off to my peers?" I thought about the two little pups I've raised who greet me as if they could just explode from joy when I walk in the door, I thought about my diploma, I thought about moving by myself a thousand miles away to start a new life in Dallas, I thought about my relationship with my family and my boyfriend, but as proud as I am of those things, that wasn't the thing I am most proud of.
I am most proud of this blog and what it has accomplished. Some might see this space on the Internet and think, "That's a dumb thing to be that proud of, it's just a website." Venus Trapped in Mars is so much more than just a website to me. I built this.
I've given up and quit on projects I started more times than I care to count, but I never gave up on Venus Trapped in Mars. There are 696 published posts, 696 times I stayed up late to blog, 696 times I forced myself to go out and take photos even though I just wanted to watch Bravo, 696 times I took myself out of my comfort zone, 696 times I battled a lack of motivation, 696 times I tackled writer's block, 696 times I didn't give up, 696 times I didn't quit.
When I write posts on the serious side, people sometimes tell me that they admire that I'm not afraid to put myself out there. While I, of course, appreciate the kind words, no part of me is afraid to discuss parts of my life that aren't perfect. Life is hard, very hard. For that reason, in an effort to help others and to help myself, I am proud to put my struggles, insecurities, weaknesses and flaws all over this blog. 696 days in and 696 days out.
So if Lean Cuisine asked me to weigh my biggest achievement, this weightless website weighs in as my most proud accomplishment to date.
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