In 2020, I was coming off a failed business venture (by my standards at the time). I was one year out of college. Bummed that the business didn’t pan out. I took a healthcare IT job and moved my family to Texas.That job was an unbelievable opportunity. But in spring 2022 – I hit a mental wall. It felt like I was running in place. I was 15+ years away from where I wanted to be in my career, and I didn’t seem to have much control over whether or not I’d even get there. To top it off, I had a 2-year-old daughter and a baby on the way that I wanted to spend more time with. I decided that I needed to do something different before it was too late—something to regain control over my time, my outcomes, and my life. So, I moved my family across the country and started an MBA program with one goal: to work for myself.There were people I knew and even more people I saw online who seemed to be working for themselves and living life on their own terms. If they could do it, I had to be able to. I just needed to own something.Through much of my program, I thought that meant buying a business. Because my first attempt at starting one went so poorly. Halfway through my first year though, I started a marketing agency to keep my family out of debt. Fast-forward 14 months. I graduated with my MBA and a business doing $40k/mo in recurring revenue. Today, we continue to grow – and I’m no longer searching for a business to buy.I’m able to work when I want, from where I want to work. I’m able to design my life and my work around my priorities: family & faith. The point is: entrepreneurship changed my life. It wasn’t without risk.It wasn’t without hard work. And the truth is, in many ways, I feel like I got lucky. But anybody can do this. If you’re unfulfilled or want something more from your work days, take a minute to think about what you can do to change that. If I can do it, anybody can.