I was broke at 28.
I had just come to Goa. My startup had shut down and I just had 45K in my bank.
But I didn't want to go back to a big city. And work a full time job.
This was pre covid and remote working wasn't a real option. Besides, I wanted — and really needed— to take time off.
In short, I wanted to take a gap year -- but didn't have the money to do it.
So I decided to become a freelancer. Do some work a few hours a day to pay the bills. But I didn't really have any skills that the freelance market cared about.
I did know how to write — and I thought I could be good at it. So content writing is what I did.
But here, no one cared if I had an MBA from XLRI or had been a startup founder.
I started from the absolute bottom — got paid peanuts for some terrible writing gigs.
I spent my 20s building my identity -- a 'branded' MBA, a funded start-up, etc.
And at 28, I started at zero again. I had no career path that I could see — and no future to speak of.
It broke my ego completely -- and I was better for it.
Magic happens when you’re able to let go of who you think you are. And dare to find out who you really are.
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For the more personal stories, you can follow me on Instagram @sukhsamriddhi
I had just come to Goa. My startup had shut down and I just had 45K in my bank.
But I didn't want to go back to a big city. And work a full time job.
This was pre covid and remote working wasn't a real option. Besides, I wanted — and really needed— to take time off.
In short, I wanted to take a gap year -- but didn't have the money to do it.
So I decided to become a freelancer. Do some work a few hours a day to pay the bills. But I didn't really have any skills that the freelance market cared about.
I did know how to write — and I thought I could be good at it. So content writing is what I did.
But here, no one cared if I had an MBA from XLRI or had been a startup founder.
I started from the absolute bottom — got paid peanuts for some terrible writing gigs.
I spent my 20s building my identity -- a 'branded' MBA, a funded start-up, etc.
And at 28, I started at zero again. I had no career path that I could see — and no future to speak of.
It broke my ego completely -- and I was better for it.
Magic happens when you’re able to let go of who you think you are. And dare to find out who you really are.
***
For the more personal stories, you can follow me on Instagram @sukhsamriddhi
