Welcome to You Are Here, the podcast where we have conversations with people who have

courageously taken the road less traveled. I'm your host Rachel Ree and in each

episode we'll be exploring stories from people who have followed their own path and are living life on their own terms.

Know that we're here to meet you where you are and where you'd like to be.

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Hi friend, so the end of 2023 is here and this will be the last new podcast episode for the year. The last two weeks of the year I think are just a time to

disconnect, put a pause on work, and to spend some intentional time to slow down. Once January comes around I know that the messaging that

you'll be hearing from your place of work or in marketing that you see around

is to just start off the year with a bang to go get it you're at the start of Q1 so when you're hearing all of

that it is really nice to be able to in the weeks prior just really reconnect with

self I am personally going to be taking some time to reconnect with real life connections, but also to take some

some mental space to bring clarity to what I want to manifest for the

new year, and I hope that you do too. So to get into today's episode today

I am chatting with a friend I met through social media. I've honestly loved

being able to create long lasting connections with people through

Instagram in particular. What's special about Jordan Friendly who is today's

guest is that we both met at a time during social media where it was the

discovery of Instagram influencers being an actual job,

which is funny to think about now since we know that the creator economy is thriving

and not slowing down anytime soon. Jordan is current. is full-time work. She was an entrepreneur who created her own social media agency and was also

an Instagram creator. In a time where entrepreneurship is glorified, she talks about why it was the right time for

her to get back into full-time work,

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