Finding Myself (when I didn't know I was lost)
You all know that song, right? "Wake me up" by Avicii? So wake me up when it's all over When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself, and I Didn't know I was lost I had been hearing this song for years until it finally made sense to me. What does waking up to find yourself really mean? And how do you figure out who you REALLY are? Let me tell you a story. I think the best stories always start with "once upon a time". However, this isn't fairy tale, this is real life. And real life is messy. So we'll start with this...once upon a MESSY time. I had a mid-life crisis. Or rather, I THOUGHT I had a mid-life crisis. I had a successful career in advertising, I had recently quit my job to travel the world and work remotely, and everything was falling into place. Accept, it wasn't. I was massively stressed trying to launch a freelance career, working 50-60 hours a week, surviving on espresso and tequila, and blending my sal