Eps 065: 10 Years As An Entrepreneur – Lessons, Money, Astrological Timing and Designing A Life You Love

So I first started my business in 2016.

It was September 1.

I was 27 years old at the time.

And I had just come off of this really incredible life altering trip with my best friend, where we drove cross country from her home in Fayetteville, Arkansas to the Grand Canyon and back.

And I know that might not sound like all that life changing.

But for me, it was because it showed me what a version of my life could look like when I had no rules or boundaries, except on my time specifically, except for what I wanted to do.

And there was so much freedom.

And when I was flying back from that trip back to my life in New York, I felt like I was flying back into New Like I was flying back into a relationship that was unsatisfying.

I was flying back into a work life that felt like it just wasn't allowing me to grow in the ways that I wanted to.

And I felt like I was flying back to a certain level of complacency that was... you know, holding me up and supporting me in many ways.

But it also just wasn't the vision of my life that I really wanted.

I wanted the excitement, I wanted the freedom, I wanted much more creativity, and I wanted much more agency over my time and my life.

And so I decided to start my business.

And I broke up with my boyfriend of five years at the same time.

And I started living on my own for the first time in Brooklyn.

And my my rent, I think was $1,700 a month.

And I was terrified about taking over the lease at $1,700 a month just for myself.

But I was like, you know what, I'm going to do it.

Um, and I do want to preface this by saying I was working for my mom's design agency before I started working for myself.

And so when I transitioned to working for myself, I still had, um, I still did work for her.

I still did, um, some freelance work for her.

And I still do that to this day.

We share some clients.

But what was kind of like the impetus that made me feel like I could start working for myself was that I was teaching yoga at the time.

I had been teaching for a little over two years at this point.