It’s been two months since I stopped working for my old company and started the journey of figuring out what I really want to do. And I’m not going to lie: These first two months were not easy. They were everything — exhilarating, joyful…

Monday morning, 7.34am, singing under the shower. And suddenly: “Oh fuck. I completely forgot to ask Katja about the new blog strategy and tomorrow is the next Advisory Board meeting and we are for sure going to discuss this and OH MY GOD when did my brain stop working???”

When I stopped working for my old company and stumbled into the freelance world, there was one thing that I dreaded. Like, as in, hands-sweaty-no-don’t-talk-to-me-about-it-I’m-pretending-not-to-be-here-dreaded. NETWORKING.