1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,600 Tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,200 My big vision, I think, like a lot of people, 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,760 is to have a life of balance. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,960 So I'm Irish, but I'm living in Australia. 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,680 So I don't really want to have to choose between my lifestyle 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:17,520 and my family. 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:19,600 Family is very, very important to me. 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,720 So time and financial freedom and location freedom 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,040 are my big vision. 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:30,120 And so I can choose, like, for example, in August, 11 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,880 I'm going home to Ireland for two months. 12 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,200 I'm taking my daughter with me. 13 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,520 We're going to spend lots of time with family. 14 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:35,720 I can work while I'm there. 15 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,120 I can relax while I'm there. 16 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,240 And I don't have to compromise on my lifestyle, essentially. 17 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,080 So that's my biggest vision. 18 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:45,880 That is awesome. 19 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,680 Thanks for sharing that. 20 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,160 How many people are in your family? 21 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:53,760 I have two sisters and a bunch of nephews. 22 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,160 And then I come from an Irish Catholic family. 23 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,280 So I have, like, 500 aunts and uncles and about 1,000 24 00:00:59,280 --> 00:00:59,760 cousins. 25 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:00,200 No, I'm joking. 26 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,400 But it's pretty big. 27 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,200 But we're all really, really close. 28 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:07,440 So it's quite hard to try and stay 29 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,520 in contact when you're on the other side of the world 30 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,040 and time differences and everything. 31 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,440 So it's really, really nice to have the opportunity 32 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,600 to be able to go home for several weeks a year. 33 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:18,520 That is amazing. 34 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,000 Actually, I'm in the same boat as you, most of my family. 35 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,320 Not all of it, most of my family. 36 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:24,920 My parents did live in India. 37 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,240 That's where they're at. 38 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,160 And I've been based out of the United States 39 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,480 for the last 10, 12 years now. 40 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,000 And I see them almost every other year. 41 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,440 But I haven't gone back in a few years now since COVID. 42 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,720 It's been tough. 43 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,560 So yeah, I told you how it's kind of you 44 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:41,760 got to be connected with family. 45 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:42,640 That's amazing. 46 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:50,280 So Michelle, tell me, where did your vision come from? 47 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,160 I suppose it just came from moving to Australia. 48 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,160 So I used to live in the States for a little bit. 49 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,000 And that was easier. 50 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,720 There was always someone coming over. 51 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,160 You were always kind of connected. 52 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:03,720 It wasn't that far. 53 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,240 You'd be home in half a day if you had to. 54 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,680 I mean, right now, the fastest way for me to get home 55 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,120 is 33 hours door to door. 56 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,760 So really, I suppose it came when I moved to Australia 57 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:24,640 and I saw how difficult it is to get home, 58 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:29,440 how expensive it is to get home. 59 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,360 Back when I used to work in corporate, 60 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:33,760 we have 20 days off a year. 61 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,960 You can't go home for less than three weeks. 62 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,960 That's 15 days. 63 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,640 Add in travel on either side of that before you're using 64 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:45,640 all your holiday days to just go home. 65 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,680 So it was really stemmed out of that being like, 66 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,440 I want to spend more time with my family, 67 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,720 but I feel like I'm trapped. 68 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,920 But I don't want to move home. 69 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:58,520 And it just kind of came out of a lot of people talking about, 70 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,040 it was around the time digital nomads was a thing. 71 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,520 And everyone was selling that dream. 72 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,400 And I'm like, yeah, cool. 73 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,920 I could go and I could work in Bali. 74 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,280 And I could, cool, that sounds great. 75 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,200 But I would actually much prefer to go home to Ireland 76 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,080 and work there and spend time with my family. 77 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,040 So it just kind of slowly grew. 78 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,080 The longer I was here, the longer I was like, yeah, 79 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,680 that's definitely what I want. 80 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:23,600 That's amazing. 81 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,160 That's amazing. 82 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,320 And I'm guessing that's your why as well, right? 83 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:29,920 Yes. 84 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:32,520 I mean, an extension of that, I had a daughter 85 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:33,680 a year and a half ago. 86 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:39,440 So now my why is a little bit more centered on her, 87 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,640 giving her the lifestyle that I know she deserves. 88 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,760 But also like that, I grew up, like I said earlier, 89 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,240 I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, 90 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,160 which means I have 100 cousins. 91 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,640 And we were all running outside. 92 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,320 And we all kind of lived close together. 93 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,600 And we're all playing out in the yard all the time. 94 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,720 Whereas over here, she doesn't have that experience. 95 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,920 So to be able to give her that experience 96 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,960 and know who her cousins are and know who her aunts are, 97 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:12,360 and I suppose, yeah, have that relationship with her family, 98 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,080 even though we live so far away. 99 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,200 So yeah, it's just deepened my why a little bit. 100 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,560 Thank you for being here today. 101 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,040 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 102 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,720 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 103 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,920 as these episodes continue to move forward. 104 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,680 This is going to get more and more fun. 105 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,560 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 106 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,600 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 107 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,960 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 108 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,680 Have an excellent time building out your vision 109 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:42,560 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.