![]() ![]() I really felt like her website was actually speaking to me, which I had really encountered in a website before. Like I said, I found Paige through Google, and her website was the first one I ever remember really connecting with. Q: What inspired you to join Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️? So I knew was something I would wish I had started earlier, instead of waiting until my dance career had ended! But I have also always been interested in design and art. I knew I was going to want to continue dancing for a long time. My partner had just started his own business a few months before this and it was really starting to take off which also inspired me. It was then that I thought “you know…this could be something viable!” I started Googling for more website and web design tips and that is when I stumbled upon Paige’s blog. I posted my new website on Facebook and Instagram and got a lot of great feedback. So I actually started my business right around when COVID hit…I was creating my own personal portfolio website for my dancing and had a lot of fun doing it. Q: What made you want to start your web design business? So I was just kind of self-taught, seeing bits of what people did and seeing what else I could come up with. There was this community of people who would design Tumblr themes, blog themes, and forums which I thought was fascinating and I wanted to give it a shot. I didn’t have any training in design prior to starting my design business, but I was a pretty nerdy kid in high school so I would stay home a lot and go on Tumblr. Obviously, living in London is quite expensive, so I worked in retail, initially…I’d never had a non-dance job before, so it was really exciting for me! I continued to audition and train while working retail. Then I moved to London just to see what else is out there career-wise. Since graduating, I’ve been dancing on board cruise ships for about two years. I’ve been dancing since I was three, and I kind of always knew that that was what I wanted to do, so I went to Dance College in the UK. How Emi made web design the ultimate side-hustle to her dream career Q: What were you doing before you became a designer? Did you have any coding/developing or design experience? How incredible are these recent design portfolio pieces by Emi? ![]() Tune into Emi’s story as she shares how web design became the ultimate side-hustle to support the life and career she had been dreaming of! If you are like Emi, looking for more freedom and financial security while you pursue your one true passion, or while you balance other big priorities in your life, you do not want to miss this interview! I’m so excited to introduce today’s guest, lovely past Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️ student Emi Ichikawa of Designed By Emi.Įmi’s designs may be next-level gorgeous, but her true love (and what she’s wanted to do basically since she learned to walk) was dance! So we tend to spend a lot of time chatting about how you can ditch that day job and go full-time with your new web design hustle…īut what if that’s not actually your goal? What if your dream career-the thing you are most passionate about pursuing-is something different altogether? Rather read all about it? Here’s what we chatted about in the video… Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️ Courses ![]() Prefer to watch? Here’s that VIDEO FOR YA!įree Training! Finding Clients As a New Designer
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