From Employee to Freelancer “The news was an alarming wake-up call. The next day I handed in my resignation.”
From Management Consultant to Childcare Entrepreneur (Plus Post-shift Update) “I couldn't miss the chance to fix something I could see wasn't working.”
From Child Protection to Art Therapy “I felt depressed and anxious. Some days I didn't feel like going to work at all.”
From Nursing to Own Charity (Plus Post-shift Update) “My gut was screaming at me, ‘You have to do this.’”
From Education to Tech “I realised that change couldn't be worse than being stuck forever in a place I didn't want to be.”
From Physio to Charity “I wanted to do more to help people. It felt like a calling I couldn't ignore.”
From Software Trainer to Digital Nomad (Plus Post-Shift Update) “It was miserable. I knew there had to be a better way.”
From General Manager to Business Owner “I constantly felt that I was letting both my employers and my children down.”
From Retail Buying to Toy Company “I was expected to work 12 hours a day, and to drop everything when the business required my attention.”
From the Music Industry to Own Business “I wanted the freedom to choose where, when and how I worked, as well as whom I worked with.”
From Market Research to Refugee Support “I decided then that I must do something or I would live the rest of my life as a fraud.”
