08/31/2026
If I were still working full time today, I would do the same thing I did before my healthcare career ended:
I’d start building a travel business alongside it.
Not another job.
Not something that required me to walk away from a steady paycheck.
And not something I expected to replace my career overnight.
I’d learn it a little at a time while I still had the security of my regular income.
Because one thing I understand differently now is that having a job and having another option are not the same thing.
For years, I worked hard in healthcare administration. I took on responsibility, learned new systems, solved problems, and built a career I expected to keep doing.
At the same time, I had started learning the travel industry and building this business alongside my job.
When my employment ended, I was very glad I hadn’t waited until I needed another direction to start looking for one.
That’s the part I would encourage other women to think about.
You do not necessarily have to leave the career you have.
You can start learning something new while you’re still working.
You can use skills you already have instead of assuming you have to start from zero.
And you can give yourself time to understand the business without putting pressure on it to become something overnight.
Sometimes having a Plan B starts long before you actually need one.
So if you’re sitting at your desk wondering whether there could be something else you could begin alongside the career you already have, maybe that’s the better question.
Not, “Should I quit my job?”
But, “What could I start now that gives me another option later?”
If you’ve been curious about what starting a travel business alongside a full-time job can actually look like, send me a message.
If you’ve been wondering what it could look like to start a travel business alongside a full-time job, comment INFO and I’ll send you more details.