I was sitting in my bed at midday, clicking a very anticlimactic “defer” button, completely alone because I was afraid that anyone I told would talk me out of it. I’d been floundering and disinterested in my degree, failed a subject for the first time in my life, drinking like a… well, uni student - and had zero desire to become an architect, a civil engineer or anything in between. 

I knew something had to change. 

So I gave myself 6 months to “try something different”, and applied to every job that sounded interesting to me. And then, even though I felt (and was) wildly under-qualified, I got a job as a marketing manager. And that job changed everything. 

I worked like a maniac for a business that I believed in. I put myself through marketing courses. My boss - a passionate entrepreneur - took me under his wing and taught me about business. I started doing shoots on weekends. I started getting enough shoots to replace my marketing income. I quit my job. I got super into yoga. And now, I’m a freakin’ full-time photographer and designer and I get to spend my time lifting up humans and brands that I believe in.