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What is your primary venture/focus for 2023?

In 2022, I got engaged to the love of my life, passed on the Miss North Dakota title, started a new job on the marketing team at Sanford Health, planned a destination wedding and became the wife of my best friend in the entire world. It was a year full of many big (and small!) impactful moments in various spheres of my life with lots of change and consequently not a lot of routine. In 2023, I’m looking forward to finding my stride—specifically by prioritizing both my physical and mental health by being active, making time for creative projects and investing in lifegiving relationships. Perhaps these goals may sound somewhat cliché and typical, but I wholeheartedly believe that when we take care of ourselves, we are able to more fully show up for and serve those around us. As the saying goes, you can’t pour from a half-empty glass, right? Throughout the coming year, I’m choosing to prioritize a regular fitness routine along with investing time into creative projects; I’m hoping to make more art (specifically, watercolor and acrylic painting), contribute my writing to publications, and perhaps my biggest project, I want to dive more intentionally into my photography and transition it from being purely a hobby to a business pursuit I have earned over $20,000 in cash scholarships from competing in Miss North Dakota and I intend to use those dollars for business, marketing and photography education. Finally, and in my opinion, the most important goal, I’m choosing to pursue life-giving relationships. I’m blessed with many incredible people in my life, and I want to make sure that these individuals feel seen, heard and valued. My husband, Collin, is a third-year medical student at the University of North Dakota, so I want to do my best to support and encourage him however I can (and plan fun trips when his schedule permits). I want to invest time into connecting with my group of high school students that I mentor at Hope Lutheran Church, my wonderful team of coworkers and my family. As I alluded to earlier, my brother is getting married this summer to the gal who was my Miss Oregon (yes, they met because of Miss America), so it will be fun to support them throughout these months of engagement and then, of course, their marriage. Ultimately, I’m a believer that it’s our relationships in this life that are the most important thing. So, I hope to love bigger, deeper and fuller and make these relationships and goals a true priority in my life.