And then you started to think about launching Thinking Nutrition ?
Yes . For many years , I just started doing social media and I enjoyed communicating through that . I was also doing a lot of media interviews and writing work outside of the university . I kept waiting for this job advertisement to appear one day that would be all the things I love : nutrition communication and translational research , but it never appeared . And then literally out of nowhere , it occurred to me that I could make my own job , and I decided it was time for a career change . I finished at Deakin , started my job as my own boss , and got into a lot of consulting work and health professional education . That was five years ago .
That ’ s a pretty big and bold jump ! Was it scary ?
It was . I didn ' t do it cold ; I had been building up a work profile for some years and I knew there was enough work out there for me that I ' d be able to put food on the table . I ' ve been quite fortunate , but I didn ' t get here because I just quit my job and built my own business . I ' d been doing a lot of the hard work without realising over the years – building up my brand , professional network and social media presence – all of that was in place ready for me to make the jump .
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