The Truth About Quitting Your Business for a 9-to-5 with Jemilla Mills-Smith

You know how sometimes you meet someone and you're like, "I need to know everything about you"? That's my friend Jemilla of Storyteller Studios.This is honestly a "meet her" episode because she's living a life I know a lot of you are contemplating living too. She spent years as a full-time copywriter and content creator, and then made the leap back into a 9-to-5 as a social media manager.We get into why she went back to corporate, what it's like being the only Black woman in the office, the money mindset spiral of running your own business, and why "going back to corporate" is absolutely not the easy way out people think it is.TOPICS & TANGENTS— Why she went back to a 9-to-5 after years of full-time copywriting and content creation— Being the only Black woman in the office, and what people don't clock unless they've lived it— Money mindset, privilege, and supporting family back home while self-employed— How she landed her social media manager role without a portfolio— Advocating for yourself at a 9-to-5 when nobody else will— Instagram stories vs. the feed, and why she only posts three days a week— The great Roku debate (are Americans even using this?)— Batching content, plotting every minute of the day, and giving yourself permission to rest— Her most successful YouTube content has nothing to do with her expertisePOINT OF THE STORYEverybody's capacity is different, and you don't have to tough it out just because someone else thinks you should.Love you, mean it. 🖤JEMILLA LINKS— Follow Jemilla on Instagram, Youtube, and Tiktok— Stalk her website— Check out her Content Creator Mini Course, Hub, & Idea Vault—Join her Monthly Content Days (Membership)— Her walkout songs: song 1 + song 2BTL LINKS— All of my website copy resources:betweenthelinescopy.com/web-copy— All of my email marketing resources:betweenthelinescopy.com/email-marketing— Take my website copywriting course:betweenthelinescopy.com/sprint— Sponsor this podcast (or my newsletter!):betweenthelinescopy.com/sponsorships— Follow me on Instagram atinstagram.com/btlcopyORinstagram.com/capecodcierge— Subscribe to my marketing newsletter atwww.betweenthelinescopy.com/subscribe— Subscribe to my ADHD newsletter atbysarajoelle.substack.com— Subscribe to my copywriter-only newsletter atbtlcopy.myflodesk.com/open-loop— Subscribe to my designer-only newsletter atbtlcopy.myflodesk.com/for-designers— Check out my website atwww.betweenthelinescopy.comOTHER LINKS— Point of the Story Guest Walkout Songs Playlist— Grab my 30-Day Subscriber ChallengeThis episode was edited by Adrienne Cruz.Mentioned in this episode:BTL's Business Beach Bag