ABOUT ME
The Back Story
I used to work in a corporate job that I tried hard to love, but never felt passionate about. I really wanted to love it, because I thought that was what I was supposed to feel like. I worked really hard, pushed myself to the limit, but ultimately still felt a bit empty inside.
After burning out for the third or fourth time, I knew I needed something different. I was giving so much and only getting money in return. I'd been running a hobby business as a side-hustle for a while, just to give me something that felt like it was my own. But, it needed to do better if it was going to pay me at all, let alone enough to leave my corporate job.
I did some sums and made some sacrifices and discovered that fulfilment feels better than money. Not only that, the quality time and quality of thought I could input into my hobby business made things become a lot clearer and led to the business no longer needing my corporate salary to fund it, but it started paying me and it started growing.
Now I can't wait to get to work. Everything I do feels purposeful. The more I simplify it, the easier it gets and the more effective it is AND I'm a great boss to myself. I know how to get the best work out of myself, so if that means having a day off because the weather is lovely and there's nothing urgent on, then i do it. If it means lying down because I have horrendous period pain, rather than trying to carry on as if nothing's happening, then I do it. If I'm so excited that I work into the evening and start late the next day, then I do it. Flexibility is my new flex and working hits different.
What I believe in
Time freedom
Keep trying
Perfect is unattainable
Imperfect action over inaction
Get in at the deep end when learning a new skill - be imperfect, and learn along the way.
I can do that - we all largely have the same capacity as each other.
Learn and refine