Growing up, I had tunnel vision. I didn’t think much about marriage or kids.
I wanted a career. I wanted to be known. I wanted to build something bold and brilliant that would put my name in rooms I’d never been in before.
By 30, I believed I’d have it all figured out — a career that fulfilled me, maybe a company with my name on it, and the kind of life you see featured in glossy profiles.
The kind that makes it all look effortless.
So when I hit 30 and I wasn’t there , I felt like it was over.
Like I had somehow missed my window.
Back then, I thought happiness looked like a cover story. A billion-dollar valuation. A Pinterest-perfect home and a smiling, filtered life.
But no one told me about the cost of real relationships.
Of real problems.
Of building something that doesn’t look impressive yet, but means something deeply to you.
I was naive.
The jobs I thought would complete me didn’t.
The milestones didn’t fill me.
So, I started asking deeper questions about purpose, meaning, and what I actually wanted out of life.
The Pivot Point
My son is 4 now. And every day with him teaches me something I never learned in business school.
He’s part of the reason I started Be Anomalous.
But not the only one.
I had a thousand things on my plate, but this — this space — was the thing that gave me joy. The podcast, the conversations, the community. Talking to people from all walks of life who are building their lives on their own terms. No perfect resumes. No straight lines.
Their stories cracked something open in me.
They were generous, honest, messy, and brave.
And they reminded me: you can still chase your dreams — even in the chaos. Especially in the chaos.
Why I Built This
Be Anomalous isn’t just a podcast. It’s a mirror.
A place to reflect on all the stories we don’t see enough of, stories about reinvention, about self-trust, about the space between “success” and “still figuring it out.”
From that vision came three things I now pour myself into every week:
Under the Hood
Because I’m still obsessed with business the strategy, the psychology, the real-world case studies of how people build what they build.
Skin Deep
Born from my research while developing a beauty brand that actually understands people — not just their skin type, but their identity, their rituals, their truths.
The Debrief
This space. Where I get to write like this. To think out loud. To let things be unfinished and in motion.
This Week’s Reminder
Many people around me are navigating difficult things.
Career confusion. Relationship shifts. Mental noise. Family pressure. Global chaos.
And still, we move forward.
Still, we choose to evolve.
To reimagine our lives even when the original plan failed us.
This week reminded me that it’s not too late to become who you were always meant to be.
Even if the version of you from 10 years ago wouldn’t recognize her.
Maybe especially then.
What I’m Learning
Currently reading: Venture Deals, and E- Myth Revisted.
Recently inspired by: Steven Bartlett’t journal on DOAC
Still thinking about: “Building a Candy Business ”