#1233 - Oncology Nurse Creates Candles During Coronavirus Crisis
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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When a nurse launches her retail candle business right before the coronavirus lockdown, she changes tactics and finds a flicker of hope.
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| 0:00.0 | 4 days after her physical product went on sale at a store, the retailer had to close |
| 0:09.8 | its stores due to COVID-19. |
| 0:11.7 | It's almost like launching a book just as the pandemic was becoming the only thing |
| 0:15.6 | the media was talking about. |
| 0:17.1 | But wait, that's my story. |
| 0:19.0 | Let's go back to that other one. |
| 0:20.0 | The physical product, that product is Candles. |
| 0:23.2 | Organic Candles designed and manufactured by an Irish nurse. |
| 0:26.8 | Fortunately, she perseveres, changes her approach, and finds a flicker of hope. |
| 0:31.4 | Her lesson, like so many others have said, there's never a good time to start a business. |
| 0:35.6 | The most important thing is to just start. |
| 0:38.0 | Her name is Fiona. |
| 0:39.0 | We're going to hear about her. |
| 0:40.0 | On-collegey nurse creates candles during coronavirus crisis. |
| 0:43.8 | That whole story is coming up after this shout out to our sponsor. |
| 0:46.9 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:57.4 | Fiona Young ran the oncology ward at a hospital in Waterford, Ireland. |
| 1:03.4 | But in 2019, an injury kept her off work for six weeks. |
| 1:08.4 | The downtime was far from wasted. |
| 1:10.4 | Fiona loved creative pursuits, a nice break from the intense day job, and she started |
| 1:14.8 | making small candles and vintage tea cups for her friends. |
| 1:18.6 | While learning about candle making, she realized something. |
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