A kick in the pants changed my life for the better.
Three years ago, I felt stuck — undervalued and burnt out.
On the outside, I had it all. I had a job with flexibility, and I was responsible for interesting projects. But I was also doing far more than my title or compensation reflected. When my bid for promotion was essentially rejected and my hours were simultaneously cut, my risk aversion was finally overcome.
It was time to grow elsewhere. And goodness, were my eyes opened.
I left the journalism space and joined the marketing sector. It was lightning in a bottle, and my confidence began to grow. As life does, though, things changed again. I was misaligned with the new circumstances and increasingly unhappy.
Flash back:
Near the end of my tenure at my first job: I had to create a podcast and had ZERO idea how to do it. I actively hated podcasts at the time. 😆
But as I dug into it, I realized it combined a lot of my favorite things — getting to chat with amazing people and sharing their incredible stories. Plus, it combined my strengths as a musician of noticing auditory details and my journalism background of storytelling and editing. I quickly came around to loving podcasts!
Time to bet on myself
I’d been editing podcasts on the side while at the agencies and realized I could use that skill to determine the value of my own time. I started earnestly building Teal Hat Communications while I still had the safety net of my full-time agency job.
But I was part of a massive layoff from that agency, and again, it was the kick in the pants I needed. Thankfully, I was in a position to fully bet on myself! I took the biggest risk I’d ever taken into entrepreneurship. Believe me when I say it has been
liberating. And terrifying. But mostly liberating.
Teal Hat Communications was born
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