This is a company over 20 years in the making, i just never realised it until recently

As a youngster i had the pictures of Ferraris and Lamborghinis on my bedroom wall, it was the 80's after all, didn't everyone?

I always wanted to follow the dream of making as money as possible as soon as possible, my dream job would have been a stockbroker, living in the world of money and hopefully making as much as possible.

However things changed around completely when i was 24 and i had to have an operation. It was all embarrassing and inconvenient at the time due to the nature of where it was.

I was brought around from the general anaesthetic to be told by the surgeon that they needed to stop the operation because they suspected i may have testicular cancer and they needed to check. The next 24 hours changed my life completely, and for the better.
During this time i went through a wide range of very visceral emotions and unexpectedly to me from this point onwards everything became very clear. Money, objects, material things were nowhere in my mind, the only things that really mattered were family, friends, and memories we had created.

At this moment i felt like i had looked behind the curtain of life and seen the wizard, i literally understood what life was, and just as importantly what it wasn't

For me, the results were all clear, i didn't have cancer, but i feel like i have been in the shoes of someone in that situation and i always thought i had an advantage in life of everyone that hadn't had such an experience.

We tend to spend all our lives chasing something that has little importance, money, and miss out on the real experiences that last longer than any one person;t lifetime. Sure money buys freedom and the choices to do more things, but in itself it has no meaning.
Think back to your most memorable times in your life, do any of those visions depict actual money or wealth. Or do the belly laughs and wild experiences you've had with your best friends and family stand out above all else?

As life went on i lost some of my close friends and family  to terminal illnesses, and it was always apparent to me the people affected often seemed to have a very clear mind, had accepted their situation and became very open and honest. Having your uncle joking "I won't be around for my wedding next year, you should bring it forward, i'll be gone by then" and your best friend tell you "You know i love you right?!" and giving you you a big hug that you both know will the first and last time you ever said this to each other, but you were grateful for the immediate awkwardness knowing you both wouldn't regret not saying something you meant inside.
Also being told that his cancer wasn't his biggest fear, he'd had a good life and had accepted that, his biggest fear was "My children not remembering their dad". He had 18 months to create as many memories of them together that they would be able to remember, for their lifetimes too.

That is where the idea for YourLife was borne, it was during the covid lockdown which were terrible times if you were seriously ill. I recorded a video of myself pitching the idea for this business to him but never had time for him to see it. It since got shelved, and was born again a few years later when i realised i would get more out of this as a purpose in life rather than a 9 to 5 career.

If i could make it sustainable, even by cutting my living costs then i would feel a lot more fulfilled in my own life, and that's really what it's all about, right?

I also want to live a life true to myself!