26/09/2026
Would you leave your job to start a business with no clients and no income? I did.
In 2025, after maternity leave with my second daughter, I didn't go back to work. I left care work behind to start my own VA business, which meant going from a steady wage to bringing in absolutely nothing.
Plenty of people thought I was crazy. My husband didn't.
To my husband: thank you for backing me when I had nothing to show for it but a plan and a lot of hope.
He never said "wait until things are more settled" or "maybe keep your job just in case." He just believed I could make it work, and that belief carried me through the days I wasn't so sure myself.
Other people had opinions too. I got told doing the school run made me "unprofessional", and that working around my children somehow made me less capable. Turns out it made me more determined, not less.
Barely a year on, I've been voted VA of the Year, I work with businesses I love helping, and I've built something that fits my life instead of fighting against it!
So here's to the quiet cheerleaders 🤍
To the mums building a business on their own terms. The ones doing the nursery run then opening the laptop, working at 9pm once the kids are down, and who were told to wait until it was "more sensible" and did it anyway.
You're not less professional for doing it your way. You're proof it can be done 🤍