I left Corporate in April 2021. It was the best decision I ever made. 

I have since also left London and moved to Devon, South West England for a few months*. Here I got to spend time with family, be there to see my nephew go to swimming class at 3pm in the afternoon, and walk the dog whenever I felt like it. On days where it was sunny, I could drive to the beach at the drop of a hat and spend the afternoon skimming stones.  A few months later, here I am writing this from my Managed Isolation hotel room in New Zealand, where, ironically, I have been trapped for 14 days before we are allowed to roam freely due to the pandemic - I get to check out later today!  I plan to stay in New Zealand for 6 months before the next destination. The best part? I didn’t have to ask anyone's permission. No request to take a sabbatical, no worrying about what my boss would say, or even thinking too much about money to move to the other side of the world. All this because, well, I felt like it. 

I don’t mean to sound blasé about that decision to leave corporate and to travel. It is one of the biggest decisions of my life to date. If you told me 5 years ago I would be quitting my corporate career, starting a business and traveling in the space of 9 months, I would never have believed you. Me? No way. That’s something other people do. 

Yet, here we are. A lot has changed on the outside, clearly. But what I want to talk about are the profound shifts I never expected to also happen on this inside. Should you ever find yourself quitting your 9-5 career (let’s be honest it’s more like 8-6 with 6 weeks off a year right?) to start a business, or perhaps you already have, you may notice these changes too. Let me share...