Today we’d like to introduce you to Masha Mackey.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
Personally, struggling with anxiety, depression, and OCD – along with being furloughed due to COVID-19-my mental health has taken its toll during the pandemic.
With my newfound free time, I delved into mental illness and quickly realized the effect our living space can have on mental health.
I began applying my skills to create motivating, uplifting spaces that will promote efficiency, creativity, happiness, trust, or even intimidation in my home by using lighting, color, textures, layouts, and artwork.
With my passion for mental illness and vast skills in a professional organization, interior redesign, and design for new inspiring ideas and renovation to help achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Entrepreneurship may be the road less traveled, but sometimes the rougher the journey, the more worthy the adventure. Putting your hard work into the world is nerve-racking, especially when you’ve taken so much time to build and refine.
I can recall many dull, sad, and scary moments that made it hard to keep going. As a solopreneur surrounded by people who don’t share the same entrepreneurial mindset, I realized I had no one to turn to; no business partners or trusted mentors to run ideas or big decisions by.
Along the way, I’ve also experienced being burned out. As Entrepreneurs, we wear many hats. From customer service, web design, and marketing to social media. This, along with having the ability to access your business 24 hours a day, often comes with a packed schedule and poor work/life balance.
But what’s gotten me through all of that is my immense trust in myself that everything will always work out for the best for me. Whether I win or learn, it’s all going to push me past limits and help me become my best, most badass self. If you meet someone who says they haven’t struggled in life, walk away immediately.
Struggle, pressure, and grit are what make the brightest souls shine.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
The services I provide, include home organizing, interior redesign, and full-service interior design.
The overall goal is to create environments to promote mental wellness and peace of mind. By implementing some simple interior design and organizing techniques in homes, I’m able to create environments for a mental health boost and are aesthetically pleasing.
We specialize in home organizing and decor services to help craft beautiful functional spaces for my clients.
It is no secret that I’m hyper-focused on functionality in my organizing – my number one goal is creating order, purpose, and ease for day-to-day living – and my home decor goals are more focused on the aesthetics of a space. Bringing my two strengths and focuses together results in a final space that works for both the client’s design eye and daily life.
What I’m most proud of is the example of showing my kids, that a single mother of a minority beating the odds against her. Arriving in the United States at the age of 11 defined all that maybe looked past me or maybe even yet “looked over me”.
Proving to myself that no matter what circumstances came my way, no matter what situation landed in my lap, I took control of it and made it beneficial to me and my family. I”m most proud of never saying I quit, never letting any situation get the best of me. The strength of perseverance.
In terms of your work and the industry, what are some of the changes you are expecting to see over the next five to ten years?
The home improvement industry shows no signs of slowing down. Homeownership will always mean maintenance and as the years pass, renovating and upgrading.
Home remodeling, decorating, and landscaping is a popular American pastime. Baby boomers undertake bigger, more involved projects and millennials tend to focus more on the decorating side. Home improvement retailers are happy to accommodate both.
Regardless of the condition of our economy, the age of most of the housing stock in the United States and the nature of the housing market will ensure the parking lots are always full every weekend at Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, and other home improvement stores.
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