Five Things I Learned From Taking a Professional Gap Year

(I wish I’d learned some of these earlier in life)

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After I sold my e-commerce business at the end of 2018, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do next. So I took a gap year.

During that year, I freelanced as a writer and editor, experimented with two projects, tried hair modelling and worked at a cocktail bar for…