A learning from every thousand I’ve earned so far this year
This list is shorter than you might think
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It was July 2021. I waved goodbye to financial stability and my corporate job to join The Great Resignation at its cultural peak.
My first two years of being a coach-consultant were more rewarding and financially successful than I imagined. Working full weeks, setting up shop, and accumulating coaching hours gave me loads of experience and oodles of insight about how I wanted to run my business.
This past year has been radically different. I have figured out most things and my confidence and expertise are at least an eight out of ten, six notches up from my toddler-feels of that first year.
Despite my personal solid standing, this has been my worst year financially. The top reasons are a mix, some within my control and others not as much:
- The cost of living crisis in the UK has hit hard, which prompted a move to a smaller place in a more affordable city.
- The people I mostly work with — product types, designers, artists, and creative small business owners — have felt it especially hard this past year, with huge layoffs in tech and related industry.
