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At 6 I was in a refuge, my clothes from charity bags

Danielle Theobald
Danielle Theobald
Social Media Strategist · 6 Oct 2025 · 2 min read
At 6 I was in a refuge, my clothes from charity bags

At 6 I was in a refuge, my clothes from charity bags

By 24 my business had made over $1m

See I knew that hook would work

You want to copy me, right?

thing is - at 24 I also had the worst burnout of my life

I'm talking full on meltdown, burnt my agency to the ground and was honestly being toxic to all of my closest friends and family

I want to highlight 2 things on this fabulous Monday:

1. You should never open posts like this hoping to 'copy' someone. If they give you a formula of how to get from a to z 'just like them', run 🏃‍♀️

2. Please take some time this week to get off of social media and figure out what MATTERS to you:

because what I'm the most proud of??

Not the 7-fig business year I had last year

but that by 25 I can say I'm well on my way to true freedom

I fill my mornings with homemade food and playing with the dogs

maybe I meet a friend for brunch

go to my coworking space, hash out some passion work

Home, read, chill, sleep

TW: MY LIFE DOESN'T REVOLVE AROUND WORK

(dw I'm ready for all the hustle culture stans to come at me dw)

Your life doesn't have to either

If you want it to, honestly I'm backing you every step of the way queen

But please stop letting society pressure you into thinking being 'rich' is successful

Because then you'll be like me, a 'millionaire' with no idea of her passions, burnout going crazy, neglecting relationships and not truly living and you don't even wanna know what my health got like

I guess the moral of my story is: live for you

and if you don't know what that truly means for you, take some time this week to figure it out

even if it's just the first baby step x

(+ my DMs are ALWAYS open if you need 🫶)

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