Looking back at 2025, it’s hard for me to believe everything I’ve done!

I wish I could say that I set a plan, followed it, and checked off big goals from a vision board…truth is, I didn’t set a plan nor did I make a vision board.

One thing was clear to me at the start of 2025 (last year): I wanted to find a way to regain control of my life and do more travelling. I didn’t know when it was going to happen and I didn’t know how…all I knew was that it was going to happen.

I’m not a believer in work-life balance, I’m more a fan of work-life integration. To me, the former is about seeking a healthy amount of work time and personal time, with a level of separation between both; the latter is about blurring the lines between work and personal, leveraging the benefits of one to improve the other.

I realized that I couldn’t achieve that while working my corporate job. Don’t get me wrong, I had amazing colleagues! It’s not a perfect company, but it’s still a great place to work with great compensation and benefits.

In July 2025, I bought a 1-way ticket to Medellin and in August 2025, I submitted my resignation. A few weeks later, I was on a flight with the intention of figuring out my next move.

I debated taking a leave of absence so that I had a fallback in case things didn’t work out, but the truth is that I didn’t want to go back to corporate. I needed to cut all safety nets so that I could solely focus on Plan A: build the ideal work-life integration situation for myself.

I was going to have to learn to figure it out…just like when I found a real live lizard in my room (I was told soon after that they are harmless and are welcomed in people’s homes because they eat the bugs).

It took some time to figure out what that next move would look like, in fact it took from September 2025 to January 2026 before I felt confident in what I wanted to focus on.

I started Ctrl Shift by offering my services as a Fractional Chief of Staff, but in reality, I really wanted to offer my services as a Fractional Chief Operating Officer. I truly enjoy being put into the middle of a tornado or a storm and being responsible for bringing everything back on track.

The reason for the hesitation is that I didn’t feel qualified enough. I thought I needed to see more, learn more, do more, before I could command that title.

Today, I can see it as a mix of imposter syndrome and an addiction to feeling prepared.

Sure, I could always learn more and do more…everyone can.

Despite spending 5 years working with startups and 4.5 years in corporate consulting for multi-billion dollar corporations…I still felt unworthy and that I’d be judged by others for commanding that title.

But at some point, I told myself that I need to forget what other people might think and to say: f*ck the haters.

Who cares who I think I am as long as I am the best version of me that I can possibly be.

Look at Bad Bunny, at the beginning of his career, he received many negative comments online criticizing his musical sound and flow. Look at him now…performing at the Super Bowl and selling out concert stadiums all over the world.

Every great person that we know or look up to had to believe they were great first before the world appreciated their greatness. They had to reject the rejections and maintain their belief in themself, despite the negativity.

To achieve my objectives, this is the energy I need to own and maintain. Because right now, this is what my energy is being called to do.

So far, I’ve had the privilege of working on a variety of projects for people all over the world including Canada, US, Hong Kong, and Dubai.

This year I want to:

I’m really excited for what 2026 has in store. Not because I only expect positive things, but because I know this will be a pivotal year and a true test of my mental and physical strength!

Keep building, keep going 🚀