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The Highlife Uncut

The Highlife Uncut

by Alex Lee & Jen Bis

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Season 2

20.Guest Series: How often is too quick to jump companies?

In this episode we meet Kevin who works in a M&A role and is a good friend of Jen. While Kevin has had a pretty crazy and wild career to date he also makes sure to find time for his hobbies. Kevin has managed to jump to a few different roles and companies in his career, which has allowed him to work out his niche. We discuss the challenges of entering the finance industry as well as how it is super critical to ensure your work doesn't take over your life. We believe it is important to live a balanced life so that you can be fulfilled while also presenting the best version of yourself into all other aspects and ventures.

19. Guest Series: Is it really that hard to start your own thing?

In this episode, we meet Aaron who is an old colleague of Alex's. Before Aaron and Alex were working together Aaron, has had quite a different life experiences which has led him to start his own thing in We discuss all the different things that make up a Aaron's career as well as what led him to start his own thing. While starting your own thing can be stressful we discuss the different considerations, and concerns that he had and how he managed to overcome them to a point now where the hard work is paying off.

18.Guest Series: Are you too old to be a grad?

In this episode we met Ly who is a grad in the same company as Jen and Alex. Ly has had an interesting career path as she decided to become a graduate at a slightly older age than her peers. However with age comes more wisdom and experiences which ultimately can help her to present a better version of herself through her work and around the office. We discuss the considerations of age and experience on an individuals graduate experience, how Covid-19 has impacted the corporate lifestyle and finally how there are always opportunities in one's careers depending which path they pick.

17.Guest Series: Dogs or kids what should come first?

In this episode we meet Jen who is the owner of a pet sitting business out in the greater western suburbs of Sydney. Jen has had a very interesting career where she originally followed the standard university path like most individuals, however ultimately wanted to fulfil her passions and follow her dreams of running her own business. We discuss the choices and decisions that are important when it comes to starting their own things or moving away from the standard path, difficulties and struggles of running your own business and ultimately finding the true balance between our personal and professional lives. If you want to use Jen's business service you can find them on instagram @dawgs.unleashed

16.Guest Series: When is the best time to take a gap year?

Welcome back to season 2 of The High Life Uncut! In this season we will be interviewing different people and seeing what they have to say about their experience with balancing their individual lives. In today's episode we meet Tony, who is an individual currently working in a SAAS Sales role, however he has had an interesting career to date where he has tried out many different industries. While we cover many topics about career, industries and even gap years we are ultimately just curious to see how others are dealing with the unknown of their careers and how they can ensure that they don't burn out.

Season 1

15. How our current lifestage influences our priorities?

In this episode we reflect how our routines and lifestyles are impacted but the lifestage that we are currently in. We discuss the thoughts that we get and how society pressures influence our ways of finding happiness and fulfilment

14. Are we less connected?

In this episode we talk about how social media has impacted the way we live, share and connect from dating, friendships and keeping in touch with family.

13. Considerations when joining the workforce!

Throughout our careers so far there are many things that we have discussed about joining the workforce. In this episode we reflect on the amount change that we have experienced and what were interesting thoughts that we have discovered since going into full time work.

12. How have our life choices shaped our lives?

In this episode we talk about some of the decisions that we have had to make to shape our current life pathway and careers to date.

11. Are apps ruining traditional dating?

In this episode we discuss the way that the apps and online dating have impacted our lives. Everyone is ideally looking for "the one" but it makes it harder with the influence of dating apps. The idea of dating depends on the people and their priorities.

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