I took a gap year from college and lived out of my car. I then launched a side hustle that has turned into a lucrative career.

The author took a gap year to live out of her car and start a side hustle.

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• I moved into my car during a gap year from college.
• While living in my car, a lucky break led to ghostwriting for a global CEO.
• Ghostwriting gave me a front-row seat to the business world — and led me to build my own business.

In a previous life, I was a ratty, vagabond mountain girl. I never thought of myself as a writer, and I definitely didn't plan to build a career as a ghostwriter.