It isn't just a career milestone.
It was early 2018. I had won my first industry award the year before – it’s a small one, but it basically puts you at around the top 30% of all planners in the country. It might not seem like much in context – but aside from athletic achievements, I hadn’t been in the top 30% of anything in the country since primary school, and it was a mark of my first year of working in this line. It was ‘my moment.’ All the award winners were invited to a