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STORIZEN
      EXCLUSIVE
I’ve been a writer my
entire life and had made
multiple unsuccessful
attempts at writing a book
before, it was actually not
my intention at this
particular time to even do
so. As part of a sincere
desire to make sense of
one of the most
challenging periods of my
life, I began writing daily
notes to myself that
echoed all that I was
thinking and feeling. I did
this in the hope that
having an external mirror
for my internal state, I
would somehow be able
to resolve my issues by
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becoming more
consciously aware of
how I was living my life
and what was necessary
for constructive and
meaningful change.
Looking back, I can
honestly say that this
entire experience was
a perfect marriage of
serendipity and fate, as
it not only gifted me the
inspiration that would
ultimately lead to the
publication of my first
book, but would also be
responsible for
reshaping my entire life.
To give a bit of historical
context, I graduated
university with dual
degrees in finance-related
disciplines just shy of
twenty years ago.
Interestingly enough, I
knew right at the moment
I graduated that this was
not the direction my life
was supposed to take.
However, having
committed so much in the
way of time, energy and
resources to my
education, I felt
powerless to slow down
the train on which I was
being carried away, let
alone change its course
altogether. It would be
many years until I not
only knew what to do with
my life, but gained
sufficient courage to do
just that. Fast forward to
November of 2016, I had
finally reached a point in
my life where I was not
only at a complete loss
for what to do from both a
personal and
professional
JUNE 2018