Back from 6 weeks off (and my business didn't collapse!)

Picture this: 🕓 I’m creeping down the stairs at my father-in-law’s house in Devon, UK at 4am - laptop in hand - trying not to wake anyone.

I settle into his kitchen chair, praying the floorboards don’t creak, and dial into a coaching call with a client in Asia.

The irony wasn’t lost on me - I was supposed to be “off grid”, yet here I was working at dawn in someone else’s kitchen while my family slept upstairs.

But here’s the thing - I was genuinely happy to be there. 💛

🌍 My family and I had just returned from six weeks away - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, the UK, France, and Italy.

Six weeks! When I was trapped in corporate life, this felt like an impossible dream - the kind of thing you fantasise about during particularly soul-crushing Monday morning meetings.

Yet here I am, living that reality for the second year running. ✨

Don’t let me paint this as effortless though.

✔️ Those pre-dawn calls in borrowed kitchens are real.
✔️ My virtual assistant was juggling invoices while I was away.
✔️ I spent weeks beforehand ensuring The Discovery Lab’s first cohort would be supported even in my absence.
✔️ And yes - there were moments of panic wondering if everything would fall apart without me physically present.

💡 The truth about entrepreneurial freedom?

It’s messy.
It’s uncertain.
It requires more planning than any corporate job I ever had.

No steady paycheck. Plenty of self-doubt.

And a constant dance between being “on” and truly switching off.

But sitting in that quiet kitchen at 4am - genuinely excited about the conversation I was about to have with my client - I knew I’d made the right choice.

It wasn’t my boss demanding I work - it was my decision, my client, my business. 🚀

After 2.5 years of figuring this out, the pieces are finally starting to come together.

Not perfectly (I’m nowhere near “there” yet!) - but the foundation feels solid.

And you know what surprised me most?

The business ran smoothly without me constantly hovering. 🙌

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I’d stayed in that corporate role...

Settling for two weeks off a year and calling it “enough.”

The thought makes me grateful for every uncertain moment that led me here.

💭 What about you?

Are you sitting in your own version of that Monday morning meeting, dreaming of something different?

Or maybe you’re already on your journey, building your own version of sustainable freedom?

I’d genuinely love to hear where you are.

📩 Drop me a line - I read every response.

With love (and slightly jet-lagged energy),