I’m Sarah.
Five years ago, my husband (then boyfriend), Jason and I took the first step toward dramatic life improvement: we moved.
We said goodbye to our hometown and moved 350 kilometers (about 215 miles for my American readers) away so that I could get my Bachelor of Business Administration and then a job thereafter.
Then, I started my first blog, which triggered dozens of other small changes in our lives.
Over the course of four years, I tripled my income, promoted myself (twice) into substantial raises, began travelling, and started a handful of online businesses which put me through school, paid for our honeymoon and the majority of our wedding, and have allowed us to buy meaningful experiences, including (and most importantly), freedom.
Then, I quit my full-time, cushy job with a pension and crazy awesome benefits to travel and build something for myself.
You can do it too – and no, I have no advantage over you:
I did not grow up in a privileged home. I did not go to an Ivy League school (I’m Canadian!). I was afforded no big, unusual opportunities.
In fact, in high school, I worked two jobs after school to afford college. I then spent the money from those jobs on hot pink jeans instead of college.
I moved out of my mom and stepdad’s house and in with my boyfriend at the tender age of 18. I failed several courses in college before pulling up my bootstraps and working a bit harder (but only because I’d realized that failed college courses are a waste of hundreds of dollars).
I don’t have some crazy high IQ, or even an above-average one. I don’t have innate talents or gifts. There is seriously nothing special about me whatsoever that makes me more able to do this than you are.
The stars just aligned for me at the perfect time; I read the right thing, at the right time, and actioned it. And now I wake up every morning EXCITED.
When I meet somebody who is at the point in their careers that they feel they are stagnating, my heart jumps for joy. I know that, with the right recipe of information, searching, and inspiring, they are right around the corner of finding their sweet spot.
What I’m meant to do is help people stop thinking, and start putting their ideas into action.I’m Sarah.
Five years ago, my husband (then boyfriend), Jason and I took the first step toward dramatic life improvement: we moved.
We said goodbye to our hometown and moved 350 kilometers (about 215 miles for my American readers) away so that I could get my Bachelor of Business Administration and then a job thereafter.
Then, I started my first blog, which triggered dozens of other small changes in our lives.
Over the course of four years, I tripled my income, promoted myself (twice) into substantial raises, began travelling, and started a handful of online businesses which put me through school, paid for our honeymoon and the majority of our wedding, and have allowed us to buy meaningful experiences, including (and most importantly), freedom.
Then, I quit my full-time, cushy job with a pension and crazy awesome benefits to travel and build something for myself.
You can do it too – and no, I have no advantage over you:
I did not grow up in a privileged home. I did not go to an Ivy League school (I’m Canadian!). I was afforded no big, unusual opportunities.
In fact, in high school, I worked two jobs after school to afford college. I then spent the money from those jobs on hot pink jeans instead of college.
I moved out of my mom and stepdad’s house and in with my boyfriend at the tender age of 18. I failed several courses in college before pulling up my bootstraps and working a bit harder (but only because I’d realized that failed college courses are a waste of hundreds of dollars).
I don’t have some crazy high IQ, or even an above-average one. I don’t have innate talents or gifts. There is seriously nothing special about me whatsoever that makes me more able to do this than you are.
The stars just aligned for me at the perfect time; I read the right thing, at the right time, and actioned it. And now I wake up every morning EXCITED.
When I meet somebody who is at the point in their careers that they feel they are stagnating, my heart jumps for joy. I know that, with the right recipe of information, searching, and inspiring, they are right around the corner of finding their sweet spot.
What I’m meant to do is help people stop thinking, and start putting their ideas into action.