By June, the “green shoots” had started to grow into something more solid. Work didn't arrive all at once, but it built steadily — enough to keep me busy, and busy enough to start turning the corner from doubt to momentum.
The timing wasn't perfect. I'd already booked a family holiday to Greece long before handing in my notice, and rather than sipping Mythos on the beach without a care in the world, I found myself glued to my laptop for chunks of it. Not quite the stress-free break I'd imagined, but the truth is, I was grateful the work was there at all.
That month also gave me the chance to focus on something I'd wanted to do for years but never had the headspace for: finishing the manuscript for my eBook, So, You Want to Run a Plumbing Business? It's still forthcoming (watch this space), but carving out the time to get it across the line felt like another small victory — proof that this new chapter wasn't just about client work, but also about building resources that could help others.
June taught me two things: first, that work has a way of finding you once you're moving in the right direction; and second, that holidays as a business owner are rarely ever “off-grid.”