What Now?

Hi guys,

I’m back with Part 2 of The Journey So Far, and in this bit, I’m going to focus on the past couple of years—what it’s taught me and where I’m at now.

So, December 2024—I’m working at a lettings agent. Office politics are thriving, I’m overworking for the sake of a little acknowledgement, and I’m completely burnt out. I decide it’s time to get the hell out of there. The thing was though, after office changes and new roles, as much as I didn’t really like everything that came with working in an office, I only liked the people I worked with. So, I made the decision to work a notice period until the end of January. I’d never worked a notice period before — why would I work knowing I’m going? But for that team, I wanted to leave them in a good position.

Turns out, I didn’t make it. I found out I’d been named in what felt like a hateful and horrible situation that went against everything I stood for as a human being — and I left that day.

Round 20 of starting my life again officially began on the 15th of January, 2025 – a year today!

In the background, I was moving into a flat I used to live in during the height of my addiction. I got started making it my own so I could begin the career journey again with a better and more positive mindset.

Two weeks went by, money was being thrown at furniture and DIY kits, and finally, I was in. Me and my little black cat — ready to take on the next stage of life’s journey together. Physically, yes. Mentally? A different story.

After two weeks of “what now?”, no motivation, and feeling almost depressed and full of regret, I decided, “You know what—f*** it.” It’s time to start that business.

I didn’t want to go back into childcare after four years in estate agency, but I did know that admin was something I loved doing.

I know, I know — why the hell do you like admin?

Well, I like organisation in life. Everyone I came into contact with found it funny that my personality — as a Greek Cypriot woman sitting behind a desk, chatting on the phone and sending emails — somehow made it fun. And honestly, I thought it was!

So I ran with it.

Part of my most recent full-time job was working with contractors to make sure property maintenance was completed and invoices were closed down. Don’t worry, I won’t go too deep into that (it’s where I’d probably lose you!). But what I realised was that most of these plumbers and electricians had no idea which invoices had been sent. Jo the plumber and Dave the scaffolder — all doing their admin late at night to save on hiring someone, and most of the time, they couldn’t even remember when they’d done the job.

So, after sorting my own personal admin—writing a business plan, completing personal and professional development courses—boom, I was ready to get out there as The Contractor’s Admin. Providing part-time admin solutions for contractors who needed help but didn’t want to hire full-time staff — saving them money while keeping things running smoothly.

April 2025 will be successful, I thought. All the guys I’ve worked with will love this idea. I’ll have five clients by July. I’ll prove everyone wrong who doubted me.

Well… turns out, it didn’t go as I expected.

And honestly, I think if it had, I wouldn’t have ended up where I am now.

April came with phone calls to everyone who’d heard about the idea. People wanted to be involved, and talks about hiring me were in full effect. Then May arrived, and all that energy went into just keeping a daily routine, because the talks stopped happening. Those who’d shown interest kept running their businesses without me.

I had to come up with a plan. I worked out how much I needed in the bank before I’d have to go back to work. I didn’t want to — but I was panicking.  Was this really all for nothing? Was I wrong? Were other people right?

Okay, I thought—let me think.  Let me jump on Eventbrite.  I wasn’t feeling social, but I needed to figure out whether this was actually a good idea.

And I’m glad I did.