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about running a business.</p><p id="67e0">But when it came to trying, to actually having a go, I was underwhelmed. This business thing wasn’t fancy and shiny, it was grit and determination. Both of those things I’d never built.</p><p id="7121">So for years, I sort of tried just enough so I could fail and then tell myself ‘I told you so’.</p><h1 id="13e7">A flash of ‘maybe, could I?’</h1><p id="1ed1">But somewhere along the line you sort of get out of your own way. You realise that there’s nothing to be fearful of. Failure is mild discomfort, it’s not catastrophic.</p><p id="5180">I’m not quite sure where it happened. I almost got bored of my own excuses. I figured I was showing up anyway, why not try a little harder? So I stopped half-hearting it and decided to actually try.<i> You know like really try.</i></p><p id="a245">Something clicked this year and people started to notice…</p><figure id="0aca"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*WlatW3RX7TTZ94fpAnYbfA.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="c894"><i>Maybe I could do this business thing after all.</i></p><h1 id="db21">Getting serious and backing myself</h1><p id="f536">I started getting serious about building on the internet and getting intentional about the life I want to live.</p><ul><li>I don’t want huge things.</li><li>I just want my little big life.</li></ul><p id="1485">To do work on the stuff I love, the stuff that interests me and pushes me, to walk my dogs, to live in the countryside and spend time with my family.</p><ul><li>I don’t want material things.</li><li>I want life things.</li></ul><p id="4042">Like big walks in the English countryside. So I kept that vision in mind. And as things kept building, I kept learning. And most importantly I kept sharing.</p><h1 id="0307">Build

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ing and sharing</h1><p id="418d">Along the way I’ve built an audience of over 80,000 people across X, my newsletter and Medium. There’s been some crazy moments…</p><figure id="4fca"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*cNcS0qNVkGSEzcWvuGc4iw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="2636">And some life-changing ones, like this week. <b>This week I took the natural next step for me. </b>I went part-time at my corporate job and took on my dream job.</p><h1 id="6d61">What’s next</h1><p id="e842">It’s time to dare to dream big and go after things even if failure happens along the way.</p><p id="1450">You get one go-round.</p><p id="c2e4">You don’t have to go all in all at once but you do need to back yourself. To have courage and faith that things will work out for the best.</p><p id="5d3c">Because life has a way of surprising you when you give it your best shot.</p><h1 id="bd30">So if you’re half-hearting it</h1><p id="b35b">Then realise that the only person you’re hurting is yourself. You are more than capable <i>if </i>(and it’s a big if) you put everything into it. If you sit down and think deeply, rewrite, edit, build and push yourself.</p><p id="404c">Let go of the fear because honestly? Nobody is going to see if you fail, that’s the power of the market.</p><p id="dd09">Get comfortable with being below average in the beginning. Try, try your hardest. If you can break through the ‘try’ barrier, you’ll be amazed at what you can do in nine months.</p><p id="a0ab">For more content like this, join the Part-Time Creator Club. It has grown by 296% in the last 6 months. It’s fast becoming the go-to newsletter for creating alongside your 9–5. <a href="https://part-timecreatorclub.ck.page/9e9d8538b9">Join 15k+ brilliant minds here</a>.</p></article></body>

How I Transformed My Life in 270 Days (After Years of Failure)

And it’s really quite a simple equation

My life has transformed in 9 months.

I always thought that whole ‘transform your life in 6 months’ chat was nonsense. Total BS.

I think in honesty I probably hid behind that thought. If that wasn’t true, I probably didn’t need to try. And that was my problem, I just never really tried.

My working life

I’ve always had decent corporate jobs. From managing an area to a team and everything in between. For a little while it was interesting but the bureaucracy got boring quickly.

But when I started working in Product and Service Design I found my feet and started feeling like I was in the right spot. I was running experiments, running around trying to build stuff and failing fast. It was cool to be moving at pace. That’s my thing.

But there’s always been something in me that thought maybe, just maybe I was destined for something else.

The humm of being an entrepreneur

To be frank, I thought I probably wasn’t good enough to make it on my own. Business is hard. Really hard. I watched every documentary, read every book, and consumed everything I could get my hands on about running a business.

But when it came to trying, to actually having a go, I was underwhelmed. This business thing wasn’t fancy and shiny, it was grit and determination. Both of those things I’d never built.

So for years, I sort of tried just enough so I could fail and then tell myself ‘I told you so’.

A flash of ‘maybe, could I?’

But somewhere along the line you sort of get out of your own way. You realise that there’s nothing to be fearful of. Failure is mild discomfort, it’s not catastrophic.

I’m not quite sure where it happened. I almost got bored of my own excuses. I figured I was showing up anyway, why not try a little harder? So I stopped half-hearting it and decided to actually try. You know like really try.

Something clicked this year and people started to notice…

Maybe I could do this business thing after all.

Getting serious and backing myself

I started getting serious about building on the internet and getting intentional about the life I want to live.

I don’t want huge things.
I just want my little big life.

To do work on the stuff I love, the stuff that interests me and pushes me, to walk my dogs, to live in the countryside and spend time with my family.

I don’t want material things.
I want life things.

Like big walks in the English countryside. So I kept that vision in mind. And as things kept building, I kept learning. And most importantly I kept sharing.

Building and sharing

Along the way I’ve built an audience of over 80,000 people across X, my newsletter and Medium. There’s been some crazy moments…

And some life-changing ones, like this week. This week I took the natural next step for me. I went part-time at my corporate job and took on my dream job.

What’s next

It’s time to dare to dream big and go after things even if failure happens along the way.

You get one go-round.

You don’t have to go all in all at once but you do need to back yourself. To have courage and faith that things will work out for the best.

Because life has a way of surprising you when you give it your best shot.

So if you’re half-hearting it

Then realise that the only person you’re hurting is yourself. You are more than capable if (and it’s a big if) you put everything into it. If you sit down and think deeply, rewrite, edit, build and push yourself.

Let go of the fear because honestly? Nobody is going to see if you fail, that’s the power of the market.

Get comfortable with being below average in the beginning. Try, try your hardest. If you can break through the ‘try’ barrier, you’ll be amazed at what you can do in nine months.

For more content like this, join the Part-Time Creator Club. It has grown by 296% in the last 6 months. It’s fast becoming the go-to newsletter for creating alongside your 9–5. Join 15k+ brilliant minds here.