Who, What, When, Where, and Why?

Hello, world! My name is Tanner Laine Mathewson. I am a 26 year old hairdresser and I live in central California, where I was born and raised. I am blessed with an incredibly handsome husband and beautiful baby boy. Blake and I were married on May 20th, 2017 and our son Dean was born on October 9th, 2018. We live out in the country with our Siberian Husky named Nova and two cats, Sahara and Zenon.

I'm still kind of in shock that I'm actually typing my first blog post right now, but also very proud. It's not easy to put yourself out there and yet here I am finally doing what I have been embarrassed to admit I've wanted to do for quite some time. Why is starting a blog so embarrassing? I think it comes down to blogging being considered a cliche and bloggers being thought of as narcissistic. Despite these negative connotations I haven't been able to get this potential hobby out of my head. I have always had a love for writing, and more importantly, an insatiable need to share the things that I feel passionate about with others.

I came up with the name Becoming Tanner by digging deep and coming to terms with why I really want to do this and what I stand for. When it comes down to it, what I'm most passionate about in life is person growth. I want to be the best version of myself that I can be, and that will never change. I want to be the best mother, the best wife, the best friend, the best daughter, the best stylist, and just basically the best Tanner Mathewson that I can be. Personal growth is so fulfilling and self awareness is so addicting. I am always becoming a better version of Tanner. The thing that lights me on fire on a daily basis is the feeling I get when I'm sharing interesting information (often regarding personal growth) with others. I love to talk with my friends, family and clients about: health, mental health, beauty tricks, spirituality, tattoos, food, podcasts, books- the list goes on and on. This blog is a way for me to fuel that fire.

I tend to listen to a lot of podcasts and read a lot of books about successful people and how the came to be where they are. When debating whether or not to start this blog I listened to several different entrepreneurs, and the one most important piece of advice they had to give was this: If the motivation behind your project is purely profit-related, then it will not be likely to succeed. Basically, passion projects are less likely to fail in comparison with those whose main motivation is making money. Listening to the same advice from so many different business men and women in one day was a sign. I want to do this because I believe I will genuinely enjoy it, and I hope others do too.

I am so excited to start this! If you are reading this, THANK YOU. If this sounds in any way interesting to you please comment on here or


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lovelovelove,
Tanner