Before turning my business into my one and only “job”, I worked in retail. And… I hated it.

• I had a boss who was really scary and didn’t like me.

• My job could be so boring I’d sometimes go around straightening coat hangers for fun.

• And I felt a million miles away from living the life I really craved.

I remember an evening when I was sat next to my then-boyfriend, eating takeaway, watching Saturday night TV and reading a blog post on my iPad by a world-traveling entrepreneur.⁣⁠

⁣⁠She wrote about how she lived in Costa Rica now, and ran a business that allowed her to do work she loved every single day. And as I read the post, a tear rolled down my face that I quickly wiped away so my then-bf couldn’t see.⁠⁣⁠