Working Towards Our Purpose

Welcome to Working Towards Our Purpose, a podcast that

offers a different perspective on what a job can be. For everyone

out there that's heard that voice in the back of their head asking for something

more, it's time to listen to it. I'm your host, Gino,

and join me as I interview people who have decided to work in their own

purpose. Together, we will learn, become inspired,

and hopefully find our own path towards working in our purpose.

So joining me today on the podcast is Tea Montgomery, who is

an artist, an entrepreneur, a fashion designer, a creative, a

teacher, a musician, and owner of Threads by T,

a handcrafted clothing company that creates wearable art to inspire

and empower dreamers who want to express themselves through clothing.

Tee, welcome to the podcast. How are you doing, Simon? Well, thank you.

I am doing excellent. It's been a great day so far.

Been productive, and, yeah, I'm

excited to do this. Glad to hear and and glad to have

you here. Yeah, I guess we'll just jump right into it. And, if you

could start by just telling us a little bit about yourself and who you are

and and what you do and and that sort of thing. It's always the most

difficult question. So

and I grew up here in New Haven, born and raised.

And I guess I really embody that culture of

art and entrepreneurship. New Haven

being a startup town, being a business town and then definitely

being an art town. So a combination of all

of that. What I'm doing now,

through threads by tea, started 2

different paths brought me to where I am right now. So on

the most basic level, I never enjoyed shopping.

But whenever I needed something, I couldn't find anything in

my size or anything that inspired me. That would be frustrating.

And then just being an overall artist and creative, I was looking

for ways to to make it more

art, to make it more myself, to dive deeper into

it. And then also trying to figure out how to make a living

from it. And then I realized that people pay you for what

they know you for. So I started asking purpose, like, what do you know

me for? And then answers would be

style, curiosity events, inspiring,

being calm and cool and all of that, And so

I use that information to also try to figure

out what my next steps were. And so, yeah, everything

brought me to teaching myself how to make my own clothes.

And then it got to a point where I was making other people more clothes

than myself, and that's when I decided to make it a business.

And then it's continued to grow from there.

Now actually, I'm in the I'm in an interesting

space because the most

simple way to put it is I don't wanna do anything that I'm doing right

now anymore. But what that really means is that

it's time for the next level of things. So I need to do things with

more efficacy and more efficient. So that's where I

am right now, which has me scaling up the business,

moving past just wearable art into a lifestyle

brand as a whole. So

getting into products like, like my soaps.

I believe you met Addie with Sierra soap. Yep. Right? Yeah. So

so I curated the scents and the colors, and then she put

the soaps together for me. So it was a nice collaboration

within the community. I'm looking to do a lot of that. So getting

products that I don't have to make myself, free up my

time, and then to always have products in stock, and then also building

my team to help me make stuff. So

felt like that was a lot, but, yeah, that's where I'm at right now. Yeah.

No. I love it. Yeah. You you said something on, like,

you know, kind of maybe leaving the past part of your company behind

because you wanna pursue future things. What does it look like as

far as being able to do that? Is it stopping to do one thing,

or is it hiring people to help you do that thing that you used to

do and you don't really wanna do anymore? It's

a combination of doing things differently,

doing things on a higher level, and then also building the team

to do things that I don't wanna do anymore, things

I don't have to do, and also things I don't know how to do.

I wanna I wanna work with people who are better than me at things, and

so that's what it is. So for example, I've

been contracting 2 master tailors who have been

sewing longer than I've been alive.

And I wanna bring them on a more full time basis.

So like the shirt I have on for example, instead of me making

just one of these a one of 1, I can still do the

creative part and, you know, design the clothes for myself.

And then give them the schematics and then they can reproduce it in a range

of sizes when and I'd rather do it like that as

opposed to sending it out to a manufacturer somewhere in another

country for a few different reasons.

One, as an entrepreneur, one of my motivators is to put people

in position and provide jobs. So there's that, I wanna provide some

jobs in my community. But then I also wanna maintain

control over, you know, the look, the feel, the brand,

and I still want it to be made in house,

still want it to be tea and from New Haven and all that. So

that's another reason for hiring people. But, yeah, it's

it's it's that hiring people to help make stuff,

hiring an office manager. I'm at the point I need that now.

I need someone to manage my social media, so I just

don't have the mind for it. Like, I have tons and tons

of content. For example, I have like a good 7 photo shoots

I haven't even posted about yet. But

other people. And then I'm likely gonna get an intern too

just to help with all the other random stuff. That's what it's looking

like so far. Nice. Nice. That's that's

exciting to to have some, you know, people to do the things that you don't

want to do, especially, like, social media is a big one for me too. I

can't really stand it, but know that it's kind of necessary.

So if you can put somebody in a position who likes to do that, like,

that makes a lot of sense to have them do something they like and have

you do the thing that you like. So I like that a lot. I like

that thought process. Would you be able to describe your why to me? Because I

know that, like, that's something that I'm kinda like ever

evolving maybe or or trying to get close to or, you

know, maybe figure out what it is. But could you tell tell

me and tell us what your why is? Yeah. My

why is multifaceted. On the base

level, my mission and everything that I do is to

inspire, empower, and save souls. And,

you know, just right now it happens to be through wearable art or

it happens to be through workshops or

like I'm teaching in a few schools right now, how to empower the

youth. I've been putting a lot of thought into legacy.

So what I bring to the world, what I leave with the world,

you know, what I the world that I show my son and what he has,

the type of start that I give him. Like, having him not

start from scratch. Every generation not having

to start from scratch. You know, that's the big why.

And it's also really personal. There's some there's

just some things that I want from my own life and some things that I

wanna do and accomplish. There's places I wanna see.

I wanna be able to eat what I want, when I want, where I

want. That's another big why for me

comes to entrepreneurship. And then also,

I'm really big on community and again, putting people in position.

I've been finding a lot lately that I really thrive off that and I feel

really fulfilled doing things like that. That's another

why. And whenever I feel

like I'm getting low or discouraged or burnt out or

not sure what to do next, I always revert

back to those reasons right there to bring me back into

focus. Yeah. I like that.

So something that I think maybe I've

found valuable in the past couple of years. As an introvert, I I

tend to, like, not want to be in social situations or, like,

put myself out there, meet new purpose, and that sort of thing. But I'm finding

that, like, that's you you can't really even put a price on how important that

is. And even, like you're saying, if you're in a position where maybe you're feeling

low or down, to have somebody to talk to and to kinda get

yourself out of that is is so important.

I'm also finding too that, like, as a business, people aren't really

just buying the service that you do. They're really buying you and your

personality and your values and, and everything that you are. So

if you are hiding behind, like, this company name, it makes it that

much harder to try to sell something. So I

guess being yourself is is an important, trait to

have. Is that something that, like, has been

something that was easy for you to do, or is it something that you're, like,

working towards? Because for me, it's definitely something I have had to work on.

One thing I can say is that regardless

of the world someone knows me from or how they met me,

they know me to be myself, whatever that

is. It's a constant journey of self

discovery, you know, finding what we

like or what we love, what inspires

us, what makes us thrive and excited,

especially after going through certain experiences in life,

or having certain mental shifts and all that, you have to

keep rediscovering or maybe not even rediscovering,

just finding the new and higher levels of yourself.

So that journey is a constant process for me

being myself. I mean, the business, Threads by T, it is

me. And, you know, people come

to me for what I do just because they like me, which I'm grateful for.

I have gotten a lot of business that way, and then I've also

had to figure out how to use that superpower. So that's a part of the

journey right now as well. And

every now and then I deal with the impostors, you know, impostor syndrome

where, you know, we feel like is this

is this real? Is this recognition real? Am I am I really

here? Am I really doing these things? Is do I deserve

this? But getting over that and then accepting and

being okay with, yes, this is me and this is

dope. And I do do amazing things, and I have done

amazing things, and I do touch these people. You know, being

okay with that, being okay with being

as good as you are or as talented

as you are, any of that, just just

accepting, you know, yourself and what you're capable of

is is a major step. And, yeah, that's

something that I'm constantly working through and working on.

I read this quote in, Ross. You know the

the artist Ross? Yeah. Yeah. He he had a book and

he he wrote something about being humble and how that's, like, a bad thing.

But as, like, a kid, you're you're grown up to think like, oh, that's a

good thing to be humble because you don't wanna, like, brag or whatever. But he

was saying that's you're hurting yourself by being humble because you're

downplaying the things that you're good at and you're, you know, you're not confident in

the things that you are good at. So that definitely for me

was like a bit of a mindset shift and something that I'm

always trying to get better at and, and accepting that, you know, I

am good at things. And there are certain things that people

value that that I can do. And, I don't know. Definitely

definitely been a journey. Do you know the the definition

of humble? Yeah. He wrote it in the book. I don't know if I could

recall it, but if but if you got it, go ahead. Yeah. So it's having

a low estimate of yourself

or low social standards or how you feel or just

any of that is thinking low of yourself. And the way that

people use humble is not at all how they actually mean it.

So even in I mean about affirmations,

calling yourself humble, thinking that, you know, you're

saying that you don't get a big head in things or you don't

show off. Well, that's not what it really means by calling

yourself humble. You're you're calling yourself lower than what you really are,

and then sort of accepting that energy and then living

with that and not even realizing that's what you're doing.

So that word is kinda

like a curse really to think about it, especially the way

people use it and they use it often.

Absolutely. Speak speaking of putting things

into existence and into the universe and the frequency, I'm

reading a book right now, which I guess started as a movie, the the

secret, and it's all about that, about

affirmations and and envisioning and putting out what you

want and then not having to worry about how you're gonna get

there, to just know that that's what you want and then to take it one

day at a time. Do you do any sort of, like,

daily affirmations or or how do you tell the universe what it

is that you want? Let me give him a moment. I

have 68 mental tabs open and, you

know, actively working on the different things that I want.

So I do write. Actually, I'm gonna share a

picture with you. I'll send it to you separately, but I actually just found

a picture from an old notebook. It was the end

of December

2017, January 2018 were the

first dates that I wrote. It was like a like a planner,

like a year planner type notebook. And

I wrote my goals and my goals were to be

a, like, a magazine

worthy brand, an award winning brand,

certain establishment with credit,

a creative space, and a few

other things. And

it is amazing saying that because, out of that list, I

have like 4 out of 5 of those checks,

which is like regular and normal for me now.

I've been in this studio space. I think it'll be

2 years in a week or so.

And it was just really amazing to be here. There's there's

a lot of power in writing and then believing in

the process you create for yourself and then also

expecting it. So everything that I want and everything

that I'm doing So they have I expect

them to be great. I expect them to happen. I expect that from

myself. I'm sure I'm harder on myself than

anyone has ever been on me my whole life. I think we all are, but

me being better is always trying to be better than myself and

one up myself and raise the bar on myself.

In order to do that, you have to believe,

you have to expect, and you need these affirmations.

So yeah, writing, speaking to people about it.

I had to be okay with that. Private, especially

when it comes to, like, my thought process sometimes

and, you know, my inner thinkings.

But recently, I had to be okay with with opening

up and sharing these things and being vulnerable, especially

when I realized that what I have to say is

valuable to other people or can help in one way or another.

So yeah, speaking to people about my plans

that are in action and, you know, having that,

that accountability. Mhmm. Yeah. All of that.

All of that. I think affirmations is really an passion, you know,

more so than than the words. It's an

ongoing process. Mhmm. Yeah. Yeah. I like

that. Speaking your your visions

and your dreams to other people, I've I've found is definitely

a for me, a way even to figure it out.

Because sometimes I, I have an idea of what it is I wanna do,

or like it's very hazy, but sometimes you meet certain people

and you're on the same frequency or wavelength, and

it helps me figure out what it is I'm even trying to say.

You know? So so I I I like what you say, and

I agree with the the vulnerability part of it, because I've also been somebody

who's, like, always just kept it in my own head and never really shared

it. And, I think when you do share

it, it it makes it more real. Even if it's not like immediate,

it makes you get closer to it. So so, yeah, I think that's really good

advice. Especially sharing and

sharing with valuable minds. Not

not just anyone, you know, we have to be careful with

that. Sharing our ideas and our

plans. So sharing those invaluable

circles is is really key. Having people around you that have

knowledge and experiences and ideas and ways to

contribute to those visions. That should be.

Like, for example, I was speaking with do you know Duolio?

I don't think so. Well, he's a good dude for you to meet. If you

ever come by the studio, I'll introduce you. He has one in here

too. He's an artist, he's a visual artist, he's a DJ.

He has his hands in a lot of things. But he's older

too. But I went by his studio the other night and I was telling him

how like I'm trying to figure out a way to really challenge

myself to make the art, like more

art, more of myself. I want to bring the drama. I

was just kind of having a vulnerable moment and

just talking out. And then he has something really dope to

contribute. He was like, maybe you should try this. And then

that's exactly what I needed. So point in that story,

it's just good to have people with value, you know, that care about

you and what you want for yourself around.

And, that those are the spaces where you share those ideas and your business.

Yeah. Definitely. For sure. And I think, like you're

saying, you gotta be, you know, you gotta be a little bit careful about who

you share it with because sometimes you don't know people's intentions.

But I think something that's kinda helped me recently is,

I don't know, like listening to all the

information, not not just the words that purpose say, but, like,

the the everything that they're admitting and and seeing if it's

something that's, like, trustworthy. You know what I mean? Like because I've I've been in

situations before where, like, I thought I've trusted somebody because of, like,

the actual words they said, but then it ended up going bad.

And then looking back, I'm like, well, I kinda had a feeling the whole time

that, like, something was off, but I just I didn't really listen to it. And

if I did, I wouldn't have gotten into that situation. I don't know. I

think there's some sort of, like, intangible information

that you get from people when you talk to them. Because like, I even

there's people that I'll meet, like, immediately, and within, like, 5 minutes of

talking to them, I'll be like sharing ideas and stuff that I

have and feel comfortable doing it and getting valuable

input. I think, diving

deeper into the world that you're in, like even where we

met at known, known gathers

like minded purpose, you know, people like us who may be

on all different stages of our businesses, but we're still entrepreneurs

and creatives and people who are actively

seeking growth and seeking to be better and seeking these

networks. So

really thinking about it, knowing there's really a safe space for for an

entrepreneur. I wanna tell them that personally one day. But

Yeah. Yeah. No. That that's a really good point. Finding kind of a place

that has already, you know, streamlined the the highways

to get the the purpose. Yeah. I I I would say ever

since I've been going there for over a little over a year now with the

net with the weekly networkings. And, yeah, it's it's made

a significant impact as far as me personally and and business

wise, just being able to talk and communicate and learn from other

people. Like I said, it's that's kinda invaluable.

Yeah. But, yeah, kinda getting back

to your, your business. I've I've heard somebody say

before that the way that you approach fashion is not

really typical, and they found it kinda surprising that, like,

you don't draw things out or do any patterns or anything, like, before you

start making it. And Yeah. You said that the way that you

approach clothes is similar to how you would paint a picture,

and that's kinda helped you succeed in your own way. When

we're talking about, like, learning from other people, I guess sometimes I

struggle with, like, hearing people's advice and then

hearing my own voice and being like, well, this is kind of the way that

I wanna do it, but this is this person's done it and they do it

this way. How do you, like, balance both of those things

and kinda be true to yourself?

I have a few answers for this. My

ultimate self journey is constantly becoming more of myself and

living in my power. So every day I'm striving

to to live in my power, to

to learn about it, learn how to flex it and

finesse it and and all of that.

So there's that. And then

also, I'm really internal when it comes

to, like, my motivations and inspirations and,

you know what drives and moves me, what directs me. I

can't say too often how alright,

so I'll give you an example. So you know

Neville? Mm-mm. Alright. So Neville

is like, he was the name in New Haven

Custom Clothing. He's a staple, and he's done a

lot. He's had a few stores, things like that.

So and I also don't consider myself a designer. I'm an

artist. And that's my approach to it, which

is another reason why it's so different. But

Neville, being someone who on the outside, if

someone were to compare us, they may think that,

you know, we do similar things or I'm on the path that he's on.

And he has inspired me, but not by designs. He

inspired me by seeing what he's been able to do.

So, like, having stores downtown, for example, is dope. So

I I see that he does that. I can do that. Certain

networks he's been able to tap in or opportunities,

for example. Really, what I'm saying is just seeing that

things are possible through other people. Those are the

type of inspirations I get from people more so than

what they're actually doing or creating or what they're

Yeah. That makes sense. So less of, like, the

step to step how to and more of, like, that's where you are, that

inspires me. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Okay.

That that definitely makes sense. That allows you to learn from really

everything and everyone. I'm I'm a student of all

the games that I play, so I'm just constantly trying to learn

and grow and then share that knowledge. And, you

know, speaking of learning for me, like, since I left my

corporate job, I've certainly, like, prioritized getting my

mind right with with certain things. And, you know,

things like therapy and journaling and meditation,

spirituality, I value that. And I and I make sure that

I set time aside to kinda make sure my head's in the right space before

I start to get in to to work. Is that something

that you see as important? Because, I mean, I I can see people

being like, well, I don't have time for that. Like, that sounds nice, but, yeah,

I don't have time for that. What what would you say to that?

I'm in a similar space. Part of,

you know, my self care, just trying to take better care of myself,

And that was one of the goals that I wrote down in that yearly planner

is like mental, physical health,

all of that. So just trying to take care of myself better.

I'm always on the go. I'm always moving. And I

rarely get time for myself. If I make it in

bed by midnight, that's a good day, like that type of thing.

And one of my goals, like I wanna wake up

at like 4 o'clock in the morning, go for a run,

sit down and eat breakfast, and read.

Eat while my food is hot, you know, and then read

and then start my day. So I'm trying to get to a point where I

give myself that time. This on

one hand, it's it's a sacrifice, but what are you really

sacrificing if it's to put you on a better passion?

Reevaluate what that

sacrifice is.

I'd say, reevaluate what that sacrifice

is. I'd say reevaluate how important it

actually is to you. But then also recognize

that your ways of

stabilizing, you know, your mind and your spirit and maybe a

different method than a different person.

So I've been, taking my

reading. I'll say I used to read maybe an average of 1

book a month, like trying to give myself that time

to 3 books. So I'm on 3 books now and I

wanna keep that going. But part of that is just allowing myself to

sit still and give myself like an hour to

just kinda do nothing but that. So

I suggest people just finding what their thing is. Because, you

know, it may be meditation for 1

or it may be going to the gun

range for another. It's like different things do

different things for different people and for their minds.

So I just encourage everyone to really find what it is that settles

them and to explore and to experiment and

not to be afraid to. And then finally, it's like how

much do you value yourself? And if you value yourself and

you'll give yourself that time, you'll make whatever that

sacrifice is. And at the end of the day, it's really just the

perspective, sir, thinking of things differently.

It's all possible we can do whatever we really want to do, especially

as adults. That's one of the best thing about being an adult. Just do

what you wanna do. So do what you wanna do for yourself.

Definitely. Yeah. I I also find that reading kinda calms

because it makes you slow down and and sometimes even when I'm reading, I'll just,

like, have random thoughts come into my head and be like, oh, I would've never

got to that if I wasn't, like, forcing myself to sit down and read.

So yeah. But also a good point that, like, you know, it's it's gonna be

different for everybody and finding that one thing that works for you. So I like

that. And speaking of perspective shifts, I did wanna share, like, a

a little story about a previous conversation we had

and the old thought pattern that, I used to look at as, like, a

negative thing. So I always kinda have this,

I guess, drive for for wanting more and

for never really feeling like I have

done enough. And it used to be something that, like, I was

worried about. I'm like, oh, I I'm I haven't found my purpose

or why I'm here yet. Like, what what am I doing? Like, I feel like

I'm wasting time and that sort of thing. And then I talked to you one

day about that, and you you kinda shifted my perspective because

you're like, well, no. That's that's, like, a good thing because because you it drives

you to to keep going instead of, you know, being settled where you're

at. And and that kinda made me think like, oh, I should be

appreciative of this feeling. I shouldn't be looking at it in a negative way. I

should be, like, happy that it's here. So so ever since that

conversation, that's kinda how I've looked at it. And, I don't know.

It's it's kinda like taking a little a little bit of weight off of me.

So I I appreciate your perspective on that, and I thought sharing it might be

helpful for someone else. I'm glad I could do that. That's really what it's

about. You know, I was able to say that because I had to do the

same thing. And that ties in back into that

imposter syndrome as well. And then it also

you know, we're so focused on, like, right

now where we are. While we're in it, you don't

see, like, the grand scope of things.

Like imagine, give you the imagery of

walking through a snowstorm, right, to reach a

certain destination. So in front of you, all you see

is, you know, the white snow, no footprints,

looks desolate. But then you look behind you, you see the whole

trail of where you come from and what you what you've done.

We don't look behind. Not looking behind

like, like missing something or like Lot's

wife from the bible more so taking that

moment to appreciate, you know, what we've done and what we've

come through. That's a really big thing.

So anyone listening, you know, feeling at that

moment where it felt like they're doing all these things and it's

not adding up or or it's all for nothing.

Sit down and write all the things you you were able to

accomplish last year. So even if

you've been meaning to go to the post office for 3 months,

you finally dropped this package off to the post office. That's an

accomplishment. That's something to write down. It can be things as

simple as that. Write down a list of all those little things

that you've actually accomplished. And you'll see you've done

a lot. And puts everything in perspective. We have to

constantly reassess that and

evaluate what we have, where we are and what we've done.

And that's another thing that's gonna keep us pushing forward.

Baby steps really that make all the

difference. This kind of kind of a different

point but the same point at the same time. So the

way I think of goals, think of it

like a map. So like a map on a table. I know I wanna

get here. I don't know how I'm gonna get there yet,

but I also recognize I can't just fly over there.

It takes me going here, here, here, here and making these different stops. We have

to appreciate each of these stops. And

you know, if we skipped any of those steps,

then we won't be able to manage that goal we want. We won't be able

to keep it, or we won't know what to do with it. All

our trials, our tribulations, our failures, all of

those are really lessons and wins as long as we shift our

perspective and make it something that we can do. And at this point in our

conversation, my computer was full, and the

Zoom call just stopped recording. And I had to record

tea with my phone through my computer monitors. So

I apologize for the lack of quality on his end for the rest of

this interview, but we still got the interview done.

I'll put my my phone up to my speaker, and we'll see how that sounds.

Gotta improvise a little bit. See, that

just proves our point right there. It come out

with some type of barrier, and it doesn't shut everything

down. It's gotta have a creative solution. And you know what? That's something that, like,

I I kinda am valuing more and more these days too. Because,

like, I went to school for mechanical engineering, and I did it for, like,

6 years. And I never really once I left, I was

like, I'm never gonna do that again. But the value of that was

to get me to problem solve. Like, that's what engineering is. It's just problem

solving. So, like, now I look at it as, like, oh, it's a skill that

I can transfer to anything. It doesn't have to be engineering. It could just

be, you know, like, running out of space on your computer. You know what I

mean? I feel like in another

life, I could have been an an engineer, and,

technically, that's what I do. I have an engineer's

mind, and, you know, that's how I can teach myself anything.

And, you know, that's how I put my clothes together

without drawing or anything like that.

It's it's just you couldn't do still to have, actually. Grateful

for it. But, you know, that's all we have in

common. I created problem solving it. It can be placed

in so many different worlds to do so many different things.

For sure. Yeah. I mean, I I've certainly, like, enjoyed engineering

school just because it was constantly problem solving and learning new things. And then

once I got out into the real world, it was like, let's just do this

one task, and you don't have to use your brain anymore.

So the the schooling itself was fun.

So, yeah, I guess as we're, you know, coming to an end of our time

here, I just wanted to ask you what's next for you, and what what can

people do to support you, and, where can people find you and and and

that sort of thing? Few things coming up. Right now, I have

some pieces in an exhibition called 6th

Passion. It was curated by Juanita Sunday. It's

about black futurism.

So different types of art. There's digital art,

paintings, and sculptures, and then my wearable art.

That's on display at Connecticut College in London. So if anyone

wants to go check that out, I think that'll be there until March.

I'm working on a big exhibition that'll likely be in

September. It's a continuation of

Ethos, the exhibition that I did myself in this past

September, except this time, I'm gonna invite

5 other wearable artists.

So I have more info on that coming out.

There's, August 20th.

What is this? The 21st. Whatever this Sunday is in

August coming up, and we're doing the 2nd annual Black

Excellence community event. So that's gonna be backpack

drive, gonna be vendors, food, and then a

fashion show. That's in August. Few other

things I don't forget, and that's already been committed throughout the year.

I'm touring my exhibition, so I'm gonna hit some different cities around

the country. So starting in DC and Charlotte,

and then looking to add Atlanta, Miami,

LA, Portland, maybe Chicago.

And other than that, just scaling up the business,

seeing where I could take it, what I could do with it. That's awesome. That's

really exciting being able to to tour your your art around.

So, yeah, I'm hey. I I look forward to seeing what,

what else you got to come and and to see where you where you prosper

to. And I wish you the best luck, and I appreciate you for coming on

and and and speaking with me. Thank you. Oh, let me give my,

my info too. So people can find me anywhere

at threadsbytea, t e a like a drink. So the

website is threadsbytea, Instagram, Facebook, or you can just

Google it, and then you'll be able to see a lot of the

exhibitions, custom stuff, and reach out if you want something

new. Alright. And I'll put that in the, in the show notes, the

links for it so people don't have to find it. But yeah. Tee, this

has been a good conversation. I appreciate you coming on. Hey. Thank you

too. Thanks for tuning in and listening to

Working Towards Our Purpose. If you like this episode, please

share it with a friend and don't forget to subscribe for more episodes.