Dona S Jayamanne

Dona S Jayamanne A Regular Working Mum Turned Digital Business Strategist & Coach
Built A 5-fig Online Biz In Just 12 Months While Working 9-5. Coach Dona

Now Helping Everyday Women & Professionals Earn Online, so they can have more time for family & life.
🔥Proven success I’m a working mum who rebuilt life in a new country while juggling a 9–5 and family — and learned there is a smarter way to build something of your own without walking away from stability. Through digital business, I built and learned how to earn online alongside my job, with the right structure, guidance, and support. That journey led me to become a Certified Digital Business Strategist & Coach. Today, I help everyday women and professionals build and earn online through a digital business while keeping their 9–5 — so life isn’t only about work, bills, and exhaustion, and there’s more time for family and for themselves. I work closely with my community through personal mentorship, a proven approach, and ongoing support — because real progress comes from being guided, not guessing. If you’re looking for a realistic, supported way to build something alongside your current life, you’re in the right place.

18/09/2026

If you’re an ambitious woman, you’re not scared of hard work.

You’re just looking for more from life.

And if you’re reading this, maybe your journey is a little like mine.

I ran my own businesses for almost two decades. Then I moved countries and found myself back in a 9–5.

And I remember thinking…

Do I really want to spend another 10 or 20 years starting from scratch again, making a name for myself and climbing another corporate ladder?

At this stage of my life, I wasn’t looking to start life all over again.

I wanted more time.
More choices.
And additional income streams alongside what I was already doing.

I was willing to work — I just didn’t want another traditional business with everything that comes with building one from scratch.

So I started looking at what other options existed.

That’s what eventually led me to affiliate marketing.

The concept was actually simple.

Instead of creating my own products or services from scratch, I could promote products and services from established companies and earn commissions from sales generated through my promotions.

I had training. I had mentorship. And compared with setting up another traditional business, the investment structure was much smaller.

That’s where my journey started.

So if you’re at that stage of life where you’re still ambitious and willing to work, but you’re wondering, “Surely there are other options out there for women like me?”

Start learning what those options are.

If you’d like to understand more about what I do, send me a private DM and let’s have a chat. Then you can explore it for yourself. ❤️

17/09/2026

We are all responsible for our own lives.

We chose our careers.
We chose who we wanted to marry.
Some of us moved countries and started our lives all over again.

And I’m sure we didn’t have everybody’s approval for every decision we made.

So why, when it comes to showing up on social media, do we suddenly become so worried about what everybody is going to think?

“She has changed.”

“Why is she making videos?”

“Why is she suddenly posting so much?”

I think a lot of it is simply because this is still unfamiliar to us.

We grew up understanding traditional careers and traditional businesses. But today, social media has also become a place where people build businesses, market themselves, build communities and create completely new possibilities for themselves.

And to do that, at some point, you have to be willing to be seen.

That was uncomfortable for me too.

Two years ago, talking to a camera and putting myself out there wasn’t normal for me. I had to learn it.

But I had to ask myself — am I really going to hold myself back from building something I want simply because somebody I know might see my reel and have an opinion about it?

For me, the answer became no.

You don’t need everybody to understand what you’re building. You just need to stop needing their permission to be seen building it.

Maybe that’s the shift some of us need to make. ❤️

“හැමදේම ටිකක් settle වුණාම මම පටන් ගන්නවා…”අපි මේක කී පාරක් අපිටම කියලා තියෙනවද?PR එක ආවම පටන් ගන්නවා.Studies ඉවර වුණාම ...
16/09/2026

“හැමදේම ටිකක් settle වුණාම මම පටන් ගන්නවා…”

අපි මේක කී පාරක් අපිටම කියලා තියෙනවද?

PR එක ආවම පටන් ගන්නවා.

Studies ඉවර වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

හොඳ stable job එකක් හම්බුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

ළමයි ටිකක් ලොකු වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

දැන් වැඩ වැඩියි… job එක ටිකක් settle වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

Home loan එක අරගෙන ඒ වැඩ ටික ඉවර වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

දැන් සල්ලි ටිකක් tight… ටිකක් save කරගත්තම පටන් ගන්නවා.

දැන් මට වෙලාවක්ම නෑ… life එක ටිකක් calm වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

හැබැයි මම ඔයාගෙන් එක දෙයක් අහන්නම්.

Life එක සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම calm වෙන දවසක් ඇත්තටම එනවද?

අපි Australia එද්දි හැමදේම guaranteed කියලා දැනගෙනද ආවේ?

PR එක guaranteed ද?
Job එක guaranteed ද?
Rules වෙනස් වෙන්නේ නැහැ කියලා guarantee එකක් තිබුණද?

නෑ.

ඒත් අපි chance එකක් ගත්තා.

ඒ අතරේ අපි ජීවිතේ නතර කළේ නෑ.

PR එනකම් අපි ළමයින්ගේ birthdays celebrate නොකර හිටියේ නෑ.

Life එක settle වෙනකම් family එකත් එක්ක එළියට නොගිහින් හිටියේ නෑ.

හැම problem එකක්ම solve වෙනකම් අපි ජීවත් වෙන එක postpone කළේ නෑ.

Life එකත් එක්කම අපි ජීවත් වුණා.

එහෙනම් අපේ future එක වෙනුවෙන් දෙයක් build කරන එක විතරක් ඇයි “පස්සේ” කියලා දාන්නේ?

මම second income stream එකක් build කරන්න පටන් ගත්තේ මට සතියට extra පැය 40ක් තිබුණ නිසා නෙවෙයි.

මටත් job එකක් තිබුණා.
ළමයි හිටියා.
Family responsibilities තිබුණා.
Life එක busy.

ඒ නිසාම මට ඕන වුණේ මගේ තියෙන life එකත් එක්ක build කරන්න පුළුවන් flexible දෙයක්.

සතියකට පැය 5–6ක් වුණත් consistently දෙන්න පුළුවන් දෙයක්.

මොකද මම එක දෙයක් තේරුම් ගත්තා.

මගේ life එක වෙනස් වෙනකම් මම බලාගෙන හිටියොත්, මගේ life එක වෙනස් කරන්න මම කිසිම දෙයක් කරන්නේ නෑ.

Sometimes අපිට comfortable place එකෙන් ටිකක් එළියට එන්න වෙනවා.

අලුත් දෙයක් කරන්න.
අලුත් දෙයක් ඉගෙන ගන්න.
අපි වෙනුවෙන් දෙයක් build කරන්න.

Perfect time එකක් එන්නේ නැති වෙන්න පුළුවන්.

Life එක calm වෙනකම් බලාගෙන ඉන්න එපා.

Life එක යන අතරේම පටන් ගන්න.

ඔයාත් “ටිකක් settle වුණාම…” කියලා තාමත් ඔයාටම කියනවද?

Comment කරන්න “ME” ❤️

15/09/2026

If you’re perfectly happy in your 9-to-5, and you’re happy with the amount of time you have with your children, keep scrolling. This is probably not for you.

But if you’re a working mum who knows deep down that you’re made for more… keep reading.

Maybe you don’t want to leave your job tomorrow. Neither did I.

Maybe you simply want to start building something alongside your 9-to-5 — something you can grow over time, until one day it gives you the choice to slowly reduce those working hours and take back more of your time.

That’s exactly how I started.

I was a complete beginner.

I cringed at the thought of putting myself on social media. 😅
I worried about what people who knew me would think.
I had no idea whether I would even be good at this.

And anyone who has been following me from the beginning has literally watched me learn and grow in public.

I don’t like constantly talking about how much I’ve made, because that’s never been the whole reason I started.

But this little business I once felt so nervous about has now generated thousands and thousands of dollars, and I’ve grown from a complete beginner into a Certified Digital Business Coach.

And I’m still building.

So if you’ve been watching me for weeks… or maybe even months… wondering whether you could do something like this too, maybe this is your sign to stop only watching.

If you’re a working mum who wants to start creating something of your own alongside your career, reach out and take the next step.

You don’t have to leave your job.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
You just have to be willing to start.

DM me “START” and I’ll show you the same first step I took. No pressure. You can look at the information and decide for yourself if it fits you. ❤️

There’s something nobody really prepares you for when you migrate in your 40s.You can be experienced.You can be educated...
14/09/2026

There’s something nobody really prepares you for when you migrate in your 40s.

You can be experienced.
You can be educated.
You can have built a career, a business, a whole life you were proud of…

…and still find yourself starting over.

That was me.

I moved to Australia with my husband and two boys because we wanted a different future for our children. But somewhere in that new beginning, I realised I also wanted to create something for my future.

I didn’t want to spend another 18 years building from the ground up.

So while still working my 9-to-5, I started learning a different way — using digital marketing and affiliate marketing to build alongside the life I already had.

Two years later, that decision has grown into a $50K+ online business.

Not overnight.
Not without work.
And definitely not because I knew what I was doing when I started.

I simply started, learned and kept going.

If you’re a mum like me who migrated, started over, put your family first and sometimes wonders, “What can I still build for ME?” — maybe this is your reminder that your next chapter doesn’t have to look like your last one.

Follow me. I’m sharing exactly what I’m learning and building, one day at a time. ❤️

"Don't allow someone who has never walked in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces.Take your own decisions
12/09/2026

"Don't allow someone who has never walked in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces.

Take your own decisions

11/09/2026

Two years ago, I started this journey with a little fear in my heart.

But I didn’t just jump into something blindly. I did my research. I chose something where I could see other ordinary people getting results, and I decided to give it a dedicated part of my life and see where it could take me.

I started from completely zero in the online space.

Today, I’ve been able to cut down my hours at my 9-to-5, and I’m building multiple income streams online alongside my career.

I still don’t know exactly where this journey will take me. But when I look back at the woman who started two years ago, knowing absolutely nothing about this world, it honestly gives me goosebumps to see how far I’ve come.

I’m just another Sri Lankan woman.
An immigrant mum.
A working mum.
Someone who simply decided to learn something completely new.

So if you’re a working mum like me, watching all these women building something online and thinking, “I would love to do this too, but I have no idea where to start,” I’m happy to help you.

You don’t have to make a scary decision. Sometimes it’s simply about doing your research, taking one calculated step, and giving yourself a chance. ❤️

Send me a private message if you want to know where I started.

How I manage side hustles and a full time job ?
10/09/2026

How I manage side hustles and a full time job ?

There comes a point where you realise you don’t have to keep doing something the same way just because that’s how you’ve...
09/09/2026

There comes a point where you realise you don’t have to keep doing something the same way just because that’s how you’ve always done it.

For me, it wasn’t about walking away from my career or changing my whole life overnight. It was simply deciding that I wanted to build something alongside the life I already had.

I had a full-time job, children, responsibilities and a very normal busy life. So I started small. I learned new skills, stepped into a completely different space, and slowly started building another direction for myself.

And I think that’s the part we sometimes forget — changing direction doesn’t always mean starting your whole life again. Sometimes it simply means starting one new thing that gives your future more options.

Two years later, I’m very glad I made that decision. ❤️

And if you’ve been quietly thinking, “Maybe I need another direction too,” I’m always happy to share what I chose to do.

08/09/2026

We don’t always realise how much of our whole life starts revolving around our 9–5.

We plan appointments around work.
Family time around work.
Time with our children around work.
Trips to see our parents around work.
And eventually, we start living our life in whatever time is left after work.

But wasn’t the job supposed to fund our life… not become the thing our whole life has to fit around?

And the older I get, the more I realise how precious time really is. Our children grow up. Our parents grow older. And these are years we simply don’t get back.

Wanting another option doesn’t mean we’re ungrateful for our careers. I’m grateful for mine. I just don’t want my job to be my only option.

And today, with technology, there are so many ways to build a side hustle alongside a 9–5 without immediately giving up the security of your career.

That’s exactly what I chose to do.

If you’ve been thinking the same way, I’m happy to share some side hustles you can explore and what has personally worked for me. ❤️

Save this and come back to it later.

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