You are here to enjoy your life.
You started a business to get more freedom, flexibility and time for yourself, your family and travel. Yet you’re busier than ever, juggling the work for your clients, promoting your services and looking after your family. You may have forgotten when you did something for yourself.
Something is missing in your life. Joy. Creativity. You.
There is a different way when you can work less and more joyfully, create your own version of work-life balance and find time for your creative projects. It’s possible.
Hi, I’m Olya
I used to try to fit my life around my business without realising that it was possible for my business to exist around my lifestyle and support me. I used to neglect my desire to be creative and feel joyful. I thought I wasn’t successful enough to have a right to feel joy. Everything changed when I started prioritising joy in my life.
Now I’m working from a place of creating a business around my lifestyle. I travel, I take time off, I paint again and I just finished writing my first book A Tiny Book of Joy.
I write about what I learned along the way: from teaching Pilates, and looking after the bookkeeping of some successful startups to working in the production office on The Great Gatsby and busy life as a freelancer for film and TV,
I write about finding joy in everyday life, creativity, staying healthy and work-life balance. I love productivity tools, techniques and anything that can make life and business simpler, easier and more balanced.
You can usually find me in front of my laptop writing (with a cup of tea next to me), reading books, doing yoga or Pilates or walking along the beach.
I am a fan of a healthy lifestyle and moderation in moderation.
So far…
I wrote my first book A Tiny Book of Joy.
My YouTube channel has over 17 thousand subscribers and over 2.6 million views.
I worked in the film/TV, first in front of the camera moving to the production office because it felt more fun (it was, for me).
I worked for Channel 7 and 9, Screentime (Underbelly), several independent production companies, Sydney Ogilvy and The Great Gatsby.
I’ve completed a writing challenge Ship 30 for 30, writing and publishing 30 essays for 30 days in a row. You can read them here.
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Let’s find more joy in your everyday life and business.
It’s about slowing down, understanding what you truly want, so you could create a life & business that you love.
Olya
Still here? Cool! Here are a few fan facts about me.
Russian/Ukrainian from Estonia, living in Australia
I grew up in Estonia and moved to Sydney, Australia in 2001. My first language is Russian, my last name is Ukrainian, I studied Estonian since I was 8 and used to be fluent. Nowadays, I can explain myself, of course, but it’s a lot easier for me to speak in English.
I love foreign languages
I love speaking and understanding other languages. Currently, I am studying Portuguese and from time to time - Spanish and Italian. At school, I also studied German and studied Italian, French and Japanese at university. I can’t speak German, French, Italian or Japanese.
Travel, comedies and books
I also love travel, experiencing new cultures, and trying new food. I love watching good romantic comedies, movies based on true stories and sitcoms. I watched Friends many many times. I love books and I love reading.
Best projects I’ve ever worked on so far
My book. The Great Gatsby. Ogilvy. My short film.