In October last year, I was made redundant.
In all honesty, it was one of the worst experiences in my entire adult life.
At the time heaps of people said to me that I would look back on it in six month’s time and bless the day I left … which I found pretty hard to believe.
They were right!
I would happily have stagnated in that organisation until the day I retired – and it’s only now that I realise that I *was* stagnating!
Being booted out of my comfy “nest”, I had no choice but to do something different – so I thought I might as well follow my long-held dream of starting my own business, working from home.
It’s been a very steep learning curve. I work harder than I ever did for an employer, longer hours, and there have definitely been some tough days.
But I’m so very glad that my life has taken this unexpected turn!
As I carve out a niche for myself in writing (everything from this blog and content for other websites, to press releases, to magazine articles), editing and proof-reading, building WordPress websites, and social media coordination, I am astonished at how quickly my life has changed – and dare I say it – for the better!
But the ultimate irony?
Just this past week I landed a contract to look after one of the social media accounts of the organisation I used to work for – at a much higher hourly rate!
Revenge is sweet :-).