Brand Designer
Being a designer is in my blood. My mom was previously a designer (Nepo baby? Gross.). I grew up playing with Microsoft paint on my moms very early Macbook. I would live for Fridays in school because that's when we would have art class. When I went on to secondary school, choosing art as one of my subjects was a no-brainer. I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in design in 2019 (the same course my mom graduated from) from MTU, formerly CIT. My obsession for typography and layouts got me scouted by a business that worked for Adobe. I worked on the Adobe Express team, then the Adobe Stock team creating digital templates for users. I loved creating templates, but I craved something more.
That is when Coolgrey, a branding agency, reached out and asked me if I wanted an interview. CRAZY. I had been following them for years. Coolgrey was such a pivotal moment in my career.
They taught me so many things like, how to make a wall mural and how to be a social media manager. The skills I use to this very day I learned working with Adobe and Coolgrey. Almost as if they were preparing me for something. As a Sag rising, I had planned to move to Canada. (Don't remember booking anything, it just happened) Then you-know-what hit. I wasn't going to let a pandemic stop my dream of seeing Vancouver sunsets. But Canada had strict rules, I needed employment BEFORE I moved. Sorry, what? During a pandemic?
Luckily, wishing on the moon and stars every night worked and I secured a position as a cleaner. It wasn't so bad but I was itching to be creative. I applied for many design jobs in Vancouver but businesses were looking for citizens or permanent residents (which I was not).
Then one day it all changed.
1/6
Web Designer
I woke up one morning and my neck would not move. I was stuck looking left. Couldn't lift anything , couldn't cook anything, couldn't laugh, cough; it was so scary. I couldn't work, I couldn't even see a doctor because it was too expensive and I was broke. But I had never felt so much peace. I had been manifesting for ages for a new job, I also had Oracle in the back of my mind at the time but never did anything about it.
I took this as a sign to just rest my body and the 30 mins post-hot-water-bottle, I was pain free and I did some designing. That is how Oracle was created. I named it Oracle because I was using tarot and oracle cards hourly because of how miserable I was. I Googled the word some time after and it gave me chills. 'a person regarded as an expert on a subject'. I was mind blown.
I took a week off work with my neck and the Monday that I returned I handed in my 2 week notice. It felt like such a relief. (Little did I know I was healing from so much past trauma) I have always thrown myself into work. This was the first time in my life that I wasn't in control. I had no past clients, I had zero clients scheduled but I knew I had a tax return coming in and some savings so I just went for it.
That was May, and I'm not gonna lie I didn't get my first 'real' client until August. I had a lot of sleepless nights but I was finally able to let my body out of fight or flight mode and just rest. It was really emotional. I would literally manifest like crazy and be disheartened when nothing was happening but it was all divine timing. But from August it snow-balled.
2/6
They taught me so many things like, how to make a wall mural and how to be a social media manager. The skills I use to this very day I learned working with Adobe and Coolgrey. Almost as if they were preparing me for something. As a Sag rising, I had planned to move to Canada. (Don't remember booking anything, it just happened) Then you-know-what hit. I wasn't going to let a pandemic stop my dream of seeing Vancouver sunsets. But Canada had strict rules, I needed employment BEFORE I moved. Sorry, what? During a pandemic?
Luckily, wishing on the moon and stars every night worked and I secured a position as a cleaner. It wasn't so bad but I was itching to be creative. I applied for many design jobs in Vancouver but businesses were looking for citizens or permanent residents (which I was not).
Then one day it all changed.
Strategist
3/6
I made double what I made in my cleaning job from January to May. And best of all, I was helping women just like me with their businesses. It still makes me so emotional thinking about it because I am a person that practices gratitude so much.
I will have neck pain, fainting spells, cervicogenic headaches (the WORST) for the rest of my life but I am so blessed to be able to step away and have that rest. A lot of women with invisible, chronic, debilitating illnesses or neurodevelopmental disorders choose to be self employed and it is my mission to help women like me to scale their business so that they too can rest and heal.
I don't know where I would be if I didn't get that injury. I would have never left a toxic relationship, moved home, met the women I have or created the friendships I now have today and healed a part of my soul.
I still go through doubting spells. Is this for me?. Why am I rebranding again? Am I aligned? Am I good enough to provide people with what they really need to help them? But at the end of the day, I believe, we wouldn't have these ideas or thoughts out of the blue if it wasn't meant to be part of or journey.
Self-employment is wild, it's a wild personal journey but it is totally worth it.
I woke up one morning and my neck would not move. I was stuck looking left. Couldn't lift anything , couldn't cook anything, couldn't laugh, cough; it was so scary. I couldn't work, I couldn't even see a doctor because it was too expensive and I was broke. But I had never felt so much peace. I had been manifesting for ages for a new job, I also had Oracle in the back of my mind at the time but never did anything about it.
I took this as a sign to just rest my body and the 30 mins post-hot-water-bottle, I was pain free and I did some designing. That is how Oracle was created. I named it Oracle because I was using tarot and oracle cards hourly because of how miserable I was. I Googled the word some time after and it gave me chills. 'a person regarded as an expert on a subject'. I was mind blown.
Insta Manager
4/6
I took a week off work with my neck and the Monday that I returned I handed in my 2 week notice. It felt like such a relief. (Little did I know I was healing from so much past trauma) I have always thrown myself into work. This was the first time in my life that I wasn't in control. I had no past clients, I had zero clients scheduled but I knew I had a tax return coming in and some savings so I just went for it.
That was May, and I'm not gonna lie I didn't get my first 'real' client until August. I had a lot of sleepless nights but I was finally able to let my body out of fight or flight mode and just rest. It was really emotional. I would literally manifest like crazy and be disheartened when nothing was happening but it was all divine timing. But from August it snow-balled.
Entreprenuer
5/6
I made double what I made in my cleaning job from January to May. And best of all, I was helping women just like me with their businesses. It still makes me so emotional thinking about it because I am a person that practices gratitude so much.
I will have neck pain, fainting spells, cervicogenic headaches (the WORST) for the rest of my life but I am so blessed to be able to step away and have that rest. A lot of women with invisible, chronic, debilitating illnesses or neurodevelopmental disorders choose to be self employed and it is my mission to help women like me to scale their business so that they too can rest and heal.
I don't know where I would be if I didn't get that injury. I would have never left a toxic relationship, moved home, met the women I have or created the friendships I now have today and healed a part of my soul.
Content Creator
6/6
I still go through doubting spells. Is this for me?. Why am I rebranding again? Am I aligned? Am I good enough to provide people with what they really need to help them? But at the end of the day, I believe, we wouldn't have these ideas or thoughts out of the blue if it wasn't meant to be part of or journey.
Self-employment is wild, it's a wild personal journey but it is totally worth it.
