Why I’m finally starting a blog

I’ve decided to take a career break.

After ten years of 80-100 hour weeks in investment banking and later at a fast-growing start-up, both my mind and my body were tired. Along the way, I’ve met some incredible people and learned a heck of a lot – and yet I still felt like I had lost my way.

I had just turned 31. My husband and I had been doing long distance for five years across 4,400 miles or a 7-hour flight and 4-hour time difference. I had been earning over six figures since I was 24 but there was still a void.

Truthfully, I still have no idea what I want to do. But by forcing myself to blog, it acts as a tracker of my memories and journal that mirrors truths back at me. It will enable me to delve deeper into what I’m doing, why I’m doing it and the emotions attached to those decisions. A career break gives me more breathing space to stop and think, to travel and to plan our future lives.

I didn’t jump into a career break without a ‘safety net’ though. For the last three years, I have consciously been building up passive income to support me through thick and thin. It’s not much but enough to support me as I muddle through next steps. Financial freedom is a concept that’s not taught at school, nor by our parents and doesn’t necessarily crop up in conversations with friends because us Brits hate talking about money. It’s a powerful concept that changes lives in the long run and has enabled me to take a step back for now.

However, this is not a personal finance blog. It’s also not a travel blog. Nor is it a family, parenting and relationships blog.

It’s a smorgasbord of categories and tags that span the complexity of modern living, in my journey to live more happily and intentionally.