What I Found When I Stopped Chasing More

Find It! With Debbie asks every guest a simple question. What have you found in life? It is an uplifting show about growth, purpose, and the things that keep us going. I came on to share what I found. For me, it was freedom, and it showed up when I stopped chasing more.

Chasing more nearly broke me

For years I thought the answer was always more. More clients, more hours, more revenue. I ran a Google Ads agency and I kept pushing. Then a downsizing and a near-burnout stopped me. I had built something that looked successful and left me empty. That is a hard place to be, because from the outside nothing looks wrong. The lesson I found was that more is not the same as better.

What freedom looks like now

I rebuilt the business around less. Fewer clients. Simpler work. Room to breathe. That choice gave me the freedom to travel and to spend my days on what matters to me. Freedom did not come from adding one more thing. It came from taking things away until what was left felt right. If you feel stretched thin, that might be the direction worth looking. I share more of the mindset side on the Fox Talks Business podcast.