The start of my new journey sounds a bit crazy! I’m in £74,000 of debt and I quit my job!
This thought process has been there for a number of years, back in 2018 I made my ‘comeback’ into the business world, into real life world really, I’d previously ruined my life with poor decisions, poor living, no morals and so much more – more on that another time.
In 2018, I picked myself up and decided to ‘start again’ to rebuild my life financially, mentally, physically and emotionally. I was in £133,000 of debt back then and I started back in the business world as a freelance digital marketing consultant, I did well, in fact, I did really well. Not only did I house myself and live a normal life I started to really make chunks of repayments towards my debt, I spent all my days buried into other clients businesses, learning, testing, growing their business online, I’d sit and watch as clients gave me funds to spend on paid ads and for each £1 of the budget I’d return them £3, £4, £5 and £6! I got really behind my clients businesses with the same passion as if it was my own
Everyday staring at someone else’s success, someone else’s business which I played a vital part in the growth, I told myself I’d clear my debt first then I’d look at launching my own online business.
It felt like my dream was constantly being sidelined in replacement of clients success, I loved some of my clients and really cared about their business but some were an absolute nightmare to work with.
In 2023 I parted ways with one client who made me really look at my business, I could get lost in the ‘what ifs’ and the ‘when am I ready to launch my own’ and just thought, f**k it! If I don’t do it now I’ll be forever making excuses and during making those excuses I’ll be constantly growing someone else’s business.
What I needed was a few grand behind me to launch, I could find a way to do that and I’d need to make sure my finances wasn’t disrupted to a point of hardship! I chose my best client to stick with, chatted with them face to face about my plans of shutting down my mini digital marketing agency and i’d stick with them and only them and instead of using the rest of my day to work with other clients, I’d grow my own thing.
And so the journey begins, can I grow an online business, clear a large sum of debt and enjoy the process.
let’s find out!
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