Real Time Creator | A Career Break Diary
I spent years chasing success, money, and shelving my creative dreams. I was a $200K+ earner in tech and a secret weapon inside of a 7-figure creator business. Then I got laid off, and EVERYTHING changed.
I’m Alison Kinsey and this is my real-time, voice note style diary for high achievers who are wondering "is this it for my life?!" Each week, you'll get a raw and unfiltered glimpse into my creative reinvention:
Career breaks, money transparency, entrepreneurship, and the courage it takes to choose a more interesting life.
Connect with me on Instagram: @alisonkinsey
Real Time Creator | A Career Break Diary
I Lost My $200K+ Tech Job… and Everything I Thought I Wanted
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I thought I had “made it.” Five years into a dream sales career in tech, earning over $200K a year without a college degree, it felt like my life checked all the boxes. But then I got laid off.
And instead of freaking out and applying to 100 jobs, I decided to treat this as an invitation to start a full-blown creative career break.
In this first episode, I’m walking you through the emotional unraveling, and the surprising shifts in my body, stress, and creativity that have unfolded in just five months.
If you’ve ever wondered what a career break can do to your identity, ambition, and sense of possibility, this is the raw, real, behind-the-scenes starting point of my story.
In This Episode:
- What it was like to be a high-earning breadwinner, the lifestyle upgrades I loved, and the downsides that it cost me
- My pattern of shelving my own ideas to work behind the scenes for 7-figure creators
- The expensive coping ritual I created to escape stress multiple nights a week after work
- The surprising changes that unfolded after my layoff (both mental + physical), and how wildly different my life feels, 5 months in
Let's Connect:
Follow me on Instagram: @alisonkinsey or send me an email: alison@alisonkinsey.com.
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I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives.