My Story

Hello Beloved,

My name is Alex Berry or as some call me Old Soul.  If you told me in 2017 I would be starting a company I would’ve laughed, entertained the thought, and probably believed you deep down.  Originally, I was just writing in a notebook all of my thoughts, feelings, and prayers as a way to get them out of my head.  Eventually, for some odd reason I would read my entries to maybe one or two people.  I then decided that I didn’t want to physically write anymore because I would write for so long my hand would start to cramp. Therefore, I decided I would start a secret blog.

psssst… guess what… That secret blog ended up not staying a secret. 

     As I continued to write and people continued to read, I started getting comments from people stating that I should write a book.  At first, I looked around and asked, “Who? Me?”.  They had to be talking to someone else.  I was the most grammatically incorrect person and I really didn't care to change that.

     As requests and comments continued to come in, I started to think more about it but I just could not see that happening.  No matter how much I denied it and shrugged it off, this whole writing thing wasn’t going away.  Come to find out it was God calling me to work through my issues  and through that help others on their journey.  So eventually after constantly hearing the requests from others for more writings and letters I said okay.  I got hard at work with writing my book and within a matter of months I completed my first book. 

SIKE….. that’s not at all how it happened. 

     It took 2 1/2 years of on and off writing, traveling to the other side i the world two times, multiple trips and battles with writers block to realize I had to let the book manifest itself.  Finally, after all that time, multiple back and forth emails with my editor, and the help of my team I finished the book.  I have yet to publish the book though as I’m waiting for the right time and the right season to release it.

     Apparently, that was not enough.  Within that 2 1/2 year time line along with writing my book, God started calling me to start a company.  Now, that’s when I drew the line and told God he had to be joking.  I was only 18 and had just graduated high school.  What did I know about staring a company?  I’ll tell you… nothing.  I knew absolutely nothing and quite honestly it scared me.  At times it seemed like it was just going to be me and my small little business online and other times it felt like God was preparing me for a huge company with multiple employees and divisions under my company.  I have to say I’m truly shocked and still have no idea what’s going on or what’s gonna happen on a daily basis.  I’m just going with the flow.

     At the time I’m writing this I’m 21 and have written one book and working on a second (shhhh), I have 3 as I call them facets - OS Publishing, OS Apparel, and OS Boutique, 21 pieces of merchandise (with more on the way), a Facebook page, an Instagram account, and quite a few followers. 

I have learned through this crazy journey and process that by working through my own issues, insecurities, and problems I have been helping others along the way.  We never truly know what an impact we have on those around us.  We also never really know what each other is going through at the core of our being.  Those issues, the ones deep inside, are typically the ones we never speak of, due to shame, fear or the utter pain of those issues.  However, those issues can only be handled by ourselves and are the key(s) to our freedom in life.

Sincerely,

Old Soul