I moved to Ibiza in October 2020, between the first and second lockdowns. After deciding to leave my job due to burnout, I wanted to change my lifestyle. I needed a reset and was looking for places to go that had good weather and nature, and were still on Europe’s doorstep so I could keep modelling and be close to friends and family. I had a friend who lived in Ibiza and honestly, I saw his life online and I thought, he’s got a good life, I want to try a bit of that.
When I burnt out, luckily I was at a company that has policies where they offered me a few weeks off, and while that was a great start, it ended up not being enough for me. My view at first was that it was their fault, that they worked me too hard, but it was also my lack of boundaries and understanding how to navigate corporate life. I didn’t know how to say no. I was in a job where I had to be on my phone and available a lot of the time. It was too much for me and I knew something had to change, and I wanted to move out of London, so that’s when the realisation started and the universe presented Ibiza.
