Nail This and Everything Else Begins to Flow

Anna Simpson’s personal collection

Have you ever worked really hard on something, putting so much efforts and it felt like pushing water uphill? No matter what you tried, you just felt more stuck? And in the end, the result was utterly disappointing?

Let me share my personal story.

I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, being so fed up working at a restaurant job.

“You should be a model,” one of my friends said to me. “I mean, seriously, you are perfect for it. You will be highly successful with your looks,” she insisted.

I liked the idea and immediately acted on it, contacting and visiting all modelling agencies in Miami.

Two weeks of consistent ‘no’s’ were beginning to take its toll, making me frustrated. Yet, I am not the one who gives up easily.

I have always been persistent.

So, I kept pressing on, juggling between my job, photoshoots (for an immaculate portfolio), and going to castings. Getting more and frustrated and discouraged each day.

Then, one day I received an email with a subject line, “we are ready to hire you.”