E82:
It isn’t easy going after your dream and it’s even harder to say it isn’t the right path after giving up so much. My wife Meagan and I sold our house, lived long distance as a married couple for a year (would have been 4) and dealt with depression and other hardships to give her the ability to get into and be a part of a doctoral degree pursuing her Vet degree. After all of that it was difficult for Meg to say it wasn’t the right path but in the process she found what she was meant to do.
While at school Meg was in business clubs and realized she liked the business aspect of running a vet practice but didn’t visualize herself practicing the medicine, just running the business. Listen to the story of what she’s working on now on her own entrepreneurial story and what it’s like to tell your spouse, friends, and family and make a change.
In This Episode We Cover
Changing your mind
Hitting the world after college
Is this the right path?
Depression & struggles
Pressures of a doctoral program
Fate?
COVID influence
Trying your hardest and not getting the reward
Being good in practice doesn’t make a good owner
What is the marketing calling for?
Short term rentals
What are you getting energy from?
What’s taking it away?
Give yourself time to think
Quotes
“I was never that type of student that could just roll out of bed and get A’s on my courses. I always had to work for every course to get what I needed.” - Meagan Swillum
“I’m gonna cry for 30 minutes, take a shower, wash it off, then get back to work until 2AM. Give yourself time to think about it.” - Meagan Swillum
Meg’s Links
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Meg’s Recommended Resources
The Book On Managing Rental Properties
by Brandon Turner of Bigger Pockets Podcast
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