FIRST, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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I'm so excited to share this with you. This post marks the beginning of an interesting journey ahead. Before I get into the deets, let me share a bit of context about myself.
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Around this time last year I walked away from corporate. After spending years of working and aggressively saving, I felt this strong conviction to step away and bet on myself by focusing more on my platform with no expectations.
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The decision was easy to make because I was in corporate for a 2-year graduate program and I struggled to secure a permanent position. I interviewed internally but was turned down due to "lack of experience."

I thought to myself, applying for jobs is already exhausting, so why not put all that energy into nurturing my platform?
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On April 3rd, 2025 I officially handed in my 4 weeks notice, and the rest is history.

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It hasn't been easy...

I left corporate and started focusing on content creation as well as other side hustles like market research and web design freelancing. However, something I learnt was that not only did I walk away from corporate, I walked away from a standard that I've been living up to.

I've been conditioned all my life to follow the rules, and the past year has been spent unlearning all of it. I still haven't fully unlearned it and it still makes me uncomfortable sometimes.
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As a result, I still found myself applying for jobs but deep down it was because I didn't want my family to worry about me. I still get asked, "How's job hunting?"

The truth is, no one's gonna tell me what to do

I've come to realise that in order for me to thrive in an unconventional, non-linear path, I need to start getting comfortable with not having a lot of guidance. I know this is textbook knowledge but it's been challenging in practice.

I'm embarrassed to admit that it's taken me this long to feel even a little comfortable with this season I'm in. I constantly referred to this phase as an "in-between" season, but part of labelling it that way feels like self-pity. And I don't want that.

Introducing Creative to $100k

My main financial goal in life is to front-load my investments in my 20s. I want to reach $100k invested outside of Superannuation and then let compound interest do its thing.
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At the same time, I refuse to do work that doesn't utilise my natural skills and strengths. Not to say I'd never go back to corporate, but that option doesn't feel very ideal right now either.
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As of now, I'm around 40% of the way there and I have this unshakeable belief that I can make this work.

What prompted this whole "Creative to $100k" thing is that I FINALLY sat myself down over the weekend and calculated how much freelancing/content creation has actually earned me since I left corporate in May 2025.
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I'll say this once because sharing my numbers (after exposing my identity) doesn't align with me. Money transparency is great but there's a point where it incites comparison. But so far in FY26, I've earned approx. $11,000 from work I CHOSE to do (crazy to think!)

Call me delulu but I'm gonna make this happen

When I saw that number I was like okay yeah, let's do this. So here I am, sharing it with you all. I'll be finding creative ways to reach my goal of $100k invested because I refuse to waste my natural skills/talents on initiatives I don't fully align with.
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The most important caveat is that it's not about just reaching the $100k goal, it's about making sure I'm proud of the work I do to get there. When (not if 😉) I reach my goal, I want to look back and say omg girl we really did that and we didn't lose ourselves in the process. It's a privilege to be able to do that.
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As always, thank you for being here and see you in the next one!

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