Boston-based Abby Larson started Style Me Pretty blog with only $9.99 in February 2007. Five years on, the blog is now the go-to place in the wedding industry attracting 18 million monthly page views and about 1.5 million monthly visitors according to a report by Startupsmart.

If you’ve ever doubted your ability to follow your heart’s desire and “have it all”- whether it’s starting a business, traveling the world for a year, learning a new skill or starting a new career all while juggling a family or relationship or other responsibilities – this proves that nothing is insurmountable if you know what you want, stay focused on your own goals and just do your own thing.

“There is a constant debate as to whether mums can have it all. I believe wholeheartedly that they can, but that they have to adjust their expectation level of what having it all really means.”

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