Renata Wiles

I felt like we were just doing the same thing every day.

It almost sometimes felt a little bit like Groundhog Day, like a little bit monotonous.

And I was kind of struggling to find like things that I could go and do with her that would be exciting for me, fill my cup.

You know, give me that kind of like newness to my day going somewhere new, but also being local.

And from this kind of like need that I had for myself, I was sharing these recommendations online and find somewhere cool and I would share it.

And other parents were really loving it.

It was resonating.

And then that was kind of like the beginning of everything, I guess, from my own personal pain point.

I definitely agree.

That seems to be like a common theme.

I know so many people have also done that.

I think it's a few things.

I think that it's partly that once you become a parent, your view of the world changes and you identify problems or things that you hadn't previously been aware of or a need for something to exist that doesn't exist or

And I think on the flip side, there's a lot of parents that start businesses, you know, especially moms that start businesses because they think, and whether this is right or wrong, you know, we can go into, but they think that it's going to give them more flexibility to stay home with their kids.

It's going to give them more time.

It's going to give them more like kind of freedom and autonomy.

And a lot of parents, they go on maternity leave and they just don't want to go back to their nine to five or their previous job because

And I think that the idea of starting a business or starting like a side hustle, there's the idea that it will give you more time freedom.

And like whether or not that is true, you know, I personally disagree.

But yeah, I think that there's a few factors at play when people become parents.