Have you ever looked at someone else’s life — their title, their salary, their house — and felt smaller? Like you were falling behind in a race you didn’t even know you’d entered?
That feeling has a name. Money stress. And it goes way deeper than the bank account.
I’ve been a solopreneur for most of my career. The roller coaster is real. And I want to tell you my story so that you can learn from it.
When I got out of grad school and landed my first advertising job, I wasn’t stressed about money at all. I had my own apartment in New York City. I went to places with cheap drinks and cheap food — you could actually do that in New York back then. I had to entertain clients, so there were always great meals, sporting events, Broadway shows, even a few nights at Studio 54 that I never had to pay for out of my own pocket.
