Tell us about yourself
I’m Sara; a wife, a mum, and a maker of ‘things’.
I had a head full of ideas and a whole load of unfulfilled creative ambitions, but I just couldn’t find a way to untangle the years of procrastination to get where I wanted to be. I had just come to the end of maternity leave with my second daughter and the only thing I felt certain of was that there was little progression to be made from going back to my job in Digital Advertising. The eye-watering childcare costs for two kids was the main factor, I liked many aspects of my job but I didn’t love it enough to want to work just to cover them to be in nursery. Years of desk-dreaming of a more creative, flexible, and autonomous working situation, without really knowing what that looked like, meant it just felt like the right time to get changing my game.
The whole experience was just so positive for me, and sometimes when you are trying to figure out your future in your own head that positivity is very hard to bring to yourself. I heard someone else describe it as your own personal cheerleading group and it was (just without the bouncing and pom-poms). Even just taking time out of the daily routine with the kids to focus on myself was gold in itself. I can’t tell you how apprehensive I was about doing the course. I am not one of life’s natural sharers so the thought of bearing my inner thoughts to a group of strangers made me want to crawl back into my PJs, but everyone was lovely, you shared as little or as much as you wanted, and it never felt like a hideous training exercise, more a personal discovery.
If you fancy checking out Sara’s amazing budget friendly projects you can do so on IG @themakeprojectmcr, Facebook here or visit Sara’s website The Make Project.
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