Founders Notes: Journal

Real-time reflections on building a business and a self-respecting life from the ground up. Lessons, pivots, breakdowns and quiet rebuildsβ€”written in the thick of it.

These are the journal entries I never planned to publishβ€”until I realised they were the most honest part of my story.

Written during burnout, career pivot, and PMDD recovery, these reflections document the messy middle of becoming. I share them not as polished PR but as proof that clarity, purpose, and resilience are forged in real time.

If you're here looking for the human behind the businessβ€”this is where she lives.

Raw. Reflective. Still building.

Slavery Never Endedβ€”They Just Gave It a New Name
Founders Notes Shirley Druyeh Founders Notes Shirley Druyeh

Slavery Never Endedβ€”They Just Gave It a New Name

We were promised freedom. What we got was a life of labour dressed up as success.

Wage slavery doesn’t wear chainsβ€”it wears a name badge, a tax file number, and a promotion that keeps you just hopeful enough to stay.

This blog unpacks how the modern economy keeps us dependentβ€”and how to begin the quiet, radical work of breaking free.

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