But she’s proud of a lot more than just her entrepreneurial endeavors - she’s proud of the lifestyle changes her family made so they could follow their dreams. Robinson’s journal has been wildly successful, along with the journaling community she built along the way. “I see so many selling whatever they sell and yet they don’t show up for these people but expect them to do the same for them.” How Life is Different Now (and Why it Matters) “Don’t serve your needs first,” she says when I asked for her best advice for entrepreneurs trying to build a brand or sell a product. And when you put people first, success will follow. Robinson is of the belief that people want to be seen and they desperately need encouragement. But she doesn’t use those platforms to serve herself she uses them to help and inspire people. “Part of the success of this is the community I created while working in TV,” she says.įor example, Robinson built up a sizeable following on Facebook and Instagram during her time on the screen. Robinson says she believes her success comes from years of “pouring into people.” “When I read ‘this has changed my life’ or ‘I am a better Mom and wife because of the time I carve out to journal,’ there is nothing better than that,” she says. She says she knew it was going to work when she began getting testimonies from new users starting in January of 2019. The pair then began using her social media platforms to begin marketing their new product. Why not create a journal for other women who need support, encouragement, and help focusing on the positive in their lives?Īt that point, Robinson’s The You Do You Journal was born - a physical product you can order on her website.
During that conversation, they also came up with a brilliant idea. “Journaling helped me set the day with gratitude and helped me see all the good that was in front of me,” she says.Īt one point, Andrea’s husband Chris and her were chatting about her journal and how much impact it had her on her life. She initially adopted journaling as a way to work on herself while working through a messy season in her life. Sometime during the last few years as a news anchor, Robinson had also stumbled upon a unique business idea built around one of her personal passions - journaling. The Key to Launching a Successful Online Business “We didn’t have debt and we lived well below our means,” she says.
Robinson put in her notice, finished out her contract, and never looked back, but that’s only because they had made smart financial decisions a long time ago. So, they prayed hard, weighed the pros and cons, and ultimately decided that her chapter as a new anchor should come to an end - hopefully to make room for something better.Īlthough her job was a huge blessing, what she was really craving was more time with her husband and children. Basically, they knew that their life “needed some shifting,” she says. wakeups, the super early (and disruptive) bedtimes, and the long hours away from her kids. They were debt-free with a big emergency fund along with much lower monthly expenses that made living on a lower income a real possibility.Īnd although Andrea loved her job, she had grown tired of the 2:30 a.m. Where they once needed her income just to survive, their finances were in a totally different place by then. Her contract with Fox News was up for renewal and the couple needed to make a decision that would impact their lives in a huge way. With their debts behind them, Andrea and Chris found themselves in a peculiar situation in mid-2018. Robinson worked with her husband to pay off the $52,000 in consumer debt they owed in just 7 months - mostly through budgeting, careful expense planning, and cutting out the “junk” in their lives they really didn’t need.
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