I gave myself 1 year and $20,000 to make a career pivot work. I nearly ran out of both before it did.

Left a 12-year corporate sales career at 38 and gave himself a one-year, £15,000 experiment to pivot into the travel industry.
Faced months of low income and a major website crash near the deadline, then reinvested his last funds in a new site and kept going.
Broke through with a first paid brand deal (June 2025), sold out a Tanzania group tour, and turned the blog into a sustainable mix of content, tours, and consulting.