So, who am I?
Hi! I'm Marlee Djea (pronounced 'J').
I'm a young mum and wife living on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, Australia and when I'm not having babies, I work in the medical research industry.
As long as I can remember, I have always loved learning (yes, I was a bit of a nerd at school who actually enjoyed maths and chemistry 😅). I have always been highly driven, but I haven't always known what it was I wanted to do as a career.
A pivotal point in my life occurred when I was in Grade 3 (I know this seems random, but stick with me, it will make sense soon). I vividly remember in Grade 3 when I was asked, 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' I replied proudly and with conviction, 'a mum.' The reply I got was, 'yes, but else do you want to be?' I didn't have an answer for this - I was stumped!
You see, for as long as I've known, I have wanted to be a mum. But when thinking about careers, I was lost. It was always drilled into me growing up from multiple sources, that I would go to university and get into one career for the rest of my life. I was told I should be a doctor, or engineer or teacher or researcher. That I was meant for something BIG!
No pressure right...?
Wrong.
It was so much pressure, that I jumped from course to course at uni. I moved interstate and then back home. I was so lost. I ended up trying 4 different courses, at 4 different universities and ended up with a bucket load of HECS debt.
I ended up diving head first into a Biomedical Science degree just to get something under my belt and well, I love to learn remember 😉 It was through this degree that I landed in medical research and let's just say I'm a big believer in how the universe has a funny way of placing us exactly where we need to be at the right time for us.
Study wasn't all that bad when you had this view on your doorstep.
This was my 'university graduation.' It was during the pandemic and I was 5 months pregnant with my first baby. I celebrated with bubble tea instead of popping a bottle of bubbles.
My first day in my medical research role. I was so excited to start this next chapter, but also so so nervous for my 'grown up' job.
In 2020 my dream came true...
I fell pregnant with my first daughter
Mum life
Mum life was tough, but so worth it. I was living the life that I had always dreamt of.
But that drive that I always had when it came to study was was now present with my work. I went back to work and became that mum that hustled hard and was back working full time by the time by baby was one and close to becoming a 'workaholic.' I had fallen in love with the work I was doing, but I also loved being a mum. I had to challenge my values and what the 'dream' was.
At the end of 2022, my family went on our first big holiday. We travelled to Fiji for 10 days, and let's just say it was life changing in multiple ways. It opened our eyes to the possibility of travelling - something we never really considered was on the cards for us.
But what is the point of us working our butts off all year, just for 10 days (not to mention saving for a house, retirement, bills stacking up and trying to live life to it's full potential on top of that)?
So, what's next?
Redefining the 'Dream'
At the start of 2023, with bub #2 on the way, my husband and I found ourselves researching how we can increase our income, whilst enjoying a balanced, slower-paced lifestyle.
We found ourselves in a bit of a pickle, trying to decide where our next step in life should take us. You see, for us to achieve what we believed to be the typical 'Dream' of owning a dream home, putting the kids into good schools and taking yearly holidays, we wouldn't have the quality family time that we so desperately wanted.
So in great researcher Marlee fashion, I invested in online courses that taught me how to manage our money, how to invest and how to create an online business that will give my family the opportunity to have time, location and financial freedom.
So breaking free from the generational narrative, we have put in the tough mental work to redefine OUR 'Dream.' My goal is to be able to provide for my family in a way that allows my husband to reduce his hours, for us to both be present to see ours girls grow up, for our family to travel around our beautiful country and the world without a timeframe or limited budget, and to continue to dream of and achieve a bigger, more fulfilled life for my little family.
A real business, without the 'ick'
The online business space has evolved over the past couple of years. From bloggers, to multi-level marketing, influencers or to the sea of new 'brands' popping out the same cookie-cutter magical 'I made 10k in my first month by only working for 20 minutes a day, here's my link' template schemes, there is a lot of 'ick' around the online income/affiliate space.
I have been sucked into some of these marketing strategies in the past. And although promises are made, and it is easy to get swept up in this 'hot air' content, expecting to create the same 'hot air results,' I can tell you now that these strategies are not for the long haul.
I've tried to create a blog, a health related MLM brand and I've watched hours of videos from multiple brands promising me 'just by watching this short video for FREE, you can generate 10k months.' I even looked into other companies promoting affiliate marketing, but nothing really stood out to me until I found The Freedom Formula.
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