Time to get slightly vulnerable and share my journey, where I am now and how I want to use it to influence others.
Let's condense 33 years into a few sentences here. I was born in Dubai, moved to South Africa in 1994, moved to the UK in 1995, moved to Singapore in 2000, moved back to the UK in 2005, went to Bristol University in 2008, graduated and moved to London in 2011, moved to San Francisco in 2018, moved back to London in 2021 and then in March 2023 I moved to...well travelling around the world. And take a breath.
First of all, I just want to say I regret nothing and doing what I have done in my life so far has led me to this point. Whilst at University I did two summer internships, I then graduated and went straight into Tech Sales. Over 12 years I worked for 4 companies, most notably DocuSign for 8 years (which gave me the financial freedom to travel), went to various holiday destinations and created countless special memories with family and friends.
And here is the BUT...but I still felt I was missing something in life. For so long I was scared of taking a break from my career and salary, we've been conditioned as a society to think we're being lazy if we're not working. BUT...I finally decided to take the leap, quit my job and travel. Initially I thought 3-6 months would get the travel bug out of my system, but it wasn't just the fun I was having travelling, it was the change I was seeing in me which excited me the most and so I decided to extend this to a year.