🎨 Rediscover the Joy Corporate Life Made You Forget

At a Glance:

• The hidden link between childhood passions and your current life.
• How consulting gave me structure—but also limited me.
• A powerful question and a small challenge to help you reconnect with what you lost.

When Did You Stop Doing What You Truly Loved?

As kids, we live in a world full of discovery. We play, explore, and get lost in what fascinates us.

But then, life happens. Deadlines, responsibilities, and career growth take over.

A few weeks ago, I was creating my inspiration board when I had a realization that hit me hard:There are so many things I used to love that I no longer do.

Things like:

• 🧩 Lego, puzzles, board games
• 🎮 Playing video games for hours
• 🏖️ Spending entire summer days at the beach
• 🍫 Eating three scoops of chocolate ice cream with chocolate sauce on top
• 📒 Spending hours in a stationery store, picking stickers for my collection

Somewhere along the way, between deadlines and promotions, I stopped doing the things that once made me feel alive.I traded beach days for spreadsheets, creativity for efficiency, and curiosity for productivity.

But why?

The Consulting Mindset: A Blessing & a Limitation

Consulting shaped me. It gave me discipline, structure, and a drive to solve problems.But it also trained my brain to prioritize efficiency over curiosity, structure over creativity, and output over play.

Without realizing it, I had started to limit myself in ways I never intended.

Moving into the startup world was my first step in breaking free. There was no manual, no strict framework—I had to figure things out on my own. It was uncomfortable, but also liberating.

Then, when I started my coaching business last year, everything shifted.

I experimented more.

I became more curious.

I reconnected with that sense of discovery.

And I loved it.

I found topics that fascinated me so much I could spend hours reading about them, doing them, losing track of time completely.

That magical flow state—so natural for kids when they play—is so much harder for adults.

But it’s not impossible to find it again.

A Question for You:

🧐 As an adult, how do you learn or discover what truly fascinates you?

Last week, I spoke with a coaching client who struggled with this.She had things she liked, but she couldn’t figure out what truly inspired her.

My Advice?

Go back to your childhood and explore it.

A Small Challenge for You:

📌 Take 60 seconds.

Close your eyes and think about the last time you truly played. When did you last lose track of time doing something just for fun?

Now, write down three things you loved as a child.

👉 Is there anything on your list you’d like to rediscover?

If so, pick ONE and take a small step today. Even if it’s as simple as googling where to start. Then take step two, and so on.

👉 If nothing stands out, think about your teenage years.

What fascinated you back then? What almost made the list but didn’t?

Or even now—Is there something you want to explore but haven’t allowed yourself to?

Take that first tiny step.