When you’re working hard to build something, it’s easy to lose sight of the other important parts of your life. It happened to me. After coming home exhausted, drained, and mentally reciting my to-do list, I knew I had to take a step back and reassess what truly mattered.

Born and raised in this area, but right after high school, I ventured out to see the world. I studied abroad in England and worked in Switzerland, paying my own way with money ...