If you’re struggling with the corporate world and the 9-5 slog (although let’s be honest, it’s rarely ever 9-5!) and you’ve been thinking of setting something up on your own… I wanted to share the core things I’ve learned about myself since going solo… 1. Having ADHD means ideas come to me at all hoursContinueContinue reading “Turns Out, I just wasn’t built for the 9–5”
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Turns Out ‘Working for Yourself’ Comes With a Mild Identity Crisis
“If you’re not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary…” Jim Rohn I don’t think anyone properly prepares you for the very specific, slightly unhinged anxiety that comes with leaving a perfectly stable, perfectly respectable, perfectly predictable PAYE job after twenty years and deciding, quite calmly, quite rationally, afterContinueContinue reading “Turns Out ‘Working for Yourself’ Comes With a Mild Identity Crisis”
When Responsibility Replaces Passion: The Cognitive Cost of Doing It All
“Without passion, you don’t have energy; without energy, you have nothing.” — Warren Buffett I’m writing this because, for the first time in over 14 years, I’m taking a month off between roles. A whole month. No onboarding decks. No Slack notifications masquerading as emergencies. No brand that needs thoughtful positioning while I quietly negotiateContinueContinue reading “When Responsibility Replaces Passion: The Cognitive Cost of Doing It All”
Insanely Normal 