Thank you TIME for naming me as one of the “Titans” on your first-ever TIME100 Creator List!!! I am deeply honored!
As a 56-year-old woman, I am also proud to be one of the oldest people on the list, not in spite of my age but because of it.
It proves what I say to you every week on themelrobbinspodcast: it’s never too late and you’re never too old to start creating the life you’ve always wanted.
When I started posting online back in 2012,
I wasn’t “trying” to go viral. I was just trying to book a few speaking gigs so I could pay our bills and get out of debt. That’s it. Just me, a married mother of 3, hoping someone would take me seriously and hire me.
In the beginning, every post felt cringey.
Every. Single. Post.
I’d spend hours crafting the “perfect” thing. I’d have to give myself a 10-minute pep talk before hitting “post,” and when I finally did it, I’d then check it obsessively. Five minutes would pass, and if the likes or comments weren’t what I was hoping for, my insecur...
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