Food for thought

Prior to Forever I’d worked for over fifteen years in restaurant management. I had run many restaurants and I also owned my own restaurant in Mallorca for a few years. I then came back to the UK and I was General Manager at a restaurant owned by the Michelin star chef Raymond Blanc, which was very exciting. Needless to say I was used to working long hours, evenings and weekends, and even when I was eight months pregnant I was still doing fifteen-hour shifts in my pub in London!

Alongside the pub I also had a business with 150 promotions girls working in nightclubs which kept me up until 3am most nights of the week. I was always on the look-out for something with a better work-life balance, especially when I became mum to Molly. I wanted a good income and time with my family but the two combined seemed to be impossible to find. Most traditional business ideas required a large investment and after buying my own restaurant at twenty-three years old, I learned at a young age that you’re not buying yourself a fancy business, you’re effectively buying yourself a twenty-four-hour job!

My best friend joined Forever and I watched her build a fantastic business part time around her current commitments, but because I didn’t understand it, I didn’t get involved straight away – I thought it was all about sales! Luckily for me she had qualified for an incentive with Forever – a trip to Sardinia – and she invited me to go with her as her plus one. When we got to Sardinia, the weather was beautiful, the five-star hotel incredible, and I was just so impressed that a company would take over a whole hotel. Working for yourself you don’t even get a pat on the back, let alone a holiday! I got to meet so many Forever Business Owners from all over the world and it was so inspiring. I barely slept for the five days as I was so excited to get home and start my own business. 

I juggled my commitments and got to work. I was working full-time hours on my promotions business, part-time hours on my Forever business and juggling being a mum. Within eighteen months I had reached my ‘day job’ salary and I could quit to focus entirely on Forever. I’m still astounded by the generosity of Forever. Within ten months of being in the business I’d qualified for the car incentive, but I just used the money to pay off old credit cards. I did however treat myself to a new car this year, paid for by Forever!

Molly had four years in full-time nursery prior to me having this flexibility. Four years of her growing up that I can’t get back, but now, thanks to Forever, I get to be the mum at the school gates, we get to go to the park after school or pop over to nanny and grandad’s. If she’s sick at school, I can drop everything to collect her and we can have a day on the sofa. 

I’ve achieved everything Forever has to offer and I have travelled the world, paid for by the company. We have been to Singapore, Dallas, South Africa and Mexico, to name a few! Aside from the fantastic income and travel, Forever has given me the one thing that I never had, the most precious thing of all – time!

**The achievements expressed in this testimonial are the individual’s personal opinion and subjective experience. Individual results may vary. Forever makes no guarantees on income or success. Your success depends on your effort, commitment, skill, and leadership abilities, and how effectively you exercise those qualities. Please see Forever’s Income Disclosure Statement at foreverliving.com/income for more information.**