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Why Did You Start Your Business?
Everything you do has a reason behind it. What was the reason behind starting your business? Do you even remember why you started your business?
Why I Started My Business
I took a gap year after high school that turned into several. After an early marriage and kids, I got into administrative assistant jobs and found my sweet spot. I worked for a construction company, an RV parts wholesaler, a cable company and more. Even as a young, single mother worried about whether I’d be fired every time my kids got sick or I got sick or the daycare provider flaked on me, I loved my work.
Then the day came that I got laid off. That, in itself, was not a big deal. The real problem came a few weeks later, while I was still job-hunting, when I broke my ankle so severely I needed surgery to repair it. It took me roughly six months, from the day I broke it, to fully recover and be ready and able to return to a workplace. And by then, it just didn’t feel right.
At that point, I went down a different path, following a dream I’d always wanted. I started writing books. I wrote and published four before it stalled out. I began to feel like there was something else for me to do. Something that would utilize the skills I had and generate a reliable income that would support my family while still allowing me to work for…
