A Vision · Nicole

The Next Chapter

What I want · what needs to be true · what I want to start feeling now

My full energy on work that matters, feeling it actually land, supported and well paid for it, and still having a life. And starting to feel that now, not in a year.

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Where I am starting from

The honest ground, before the vision.

For the last six years or so, I have worked with one eye on the family and one eye on the job. That was the right call and I have no regrets. But it has meant I have rarely gone at anything at full throttle, and I have carried a lot of the energy on my own, without a clear mandate or much of a safety net.

It has been tiring. The next chapter can be different, and I know I can make it different.

The shift

The movement I am naming, in one picture.

From, today
  • Carrying the energy on my own
  • Fighting to prove it is real
  • One eye always on everything else
  • Lurching from one milestone to the next
  • Running at partial throttle
Toward, where I am going
  • A real mandate, and support around me
  • Proof it is landing, in reality
  • Full energy on the work that matters
  • Outcomes I can actually see
  • A pace I can live with
What I want

Five things, said plainly.

01

A clear mandate, and visible results

The authority to actually make change, and to see my effort turn into real outcomes rather than just hoping. Proof that it is real, not another round of waiting.

02

The right people around me

A network of people who are energised, capable, and driven by integrity and a genuine care for the future of our kids and the planet. People who bring energy, not only take it.

03

To be paid properly for the impact I make

Enough that Nick and I can finally reach the personal goals we have worked so hard for, and support the girls in a way that feels honest and grounded.

04

A life outside the work

Real balance. Friends to have fun with. Time for the things I love: music, creativity, nature, movement, exercise, good food, and rest.

05

Work that lasts

To look back and know I built something real, that I felt joy and passion along the way, and that what I created keeps mattering.

What needs to be true

The filter I can hold any opportunity against.

Tap each one that a door would need to meet

What I want to feel now

I do not want to wait a year to feel the shift. I want to start feeling it now: lighter, supported, and free to do the work I know I am here to do, without another fight to prove myself. I know what I am capable of. The next step is putting my energy where it turns into the life and the impact I want.