04/06/2026
After 7 years in banking, I couldn’t imagine 20 more.
I was safe & comfortable in banking.
Everyone thought I was all set in my career but I still remember the growing sense of dissatisfaction I felt in my corporate 9-5 job.
After years spent doing essentially the same routine, I found myself feeling unfulfilled, restless, and bored. I was just looking forward to Fridays, dreading Mondays, and waiting for my next holiday.
The corporate ladder left me feeling stuck and stifled.
I was ready for a change so I started a side hustle and had to learn about Google & Facebook marketing.
The more I learned, the more I wanted to learn. I found it amazing how an SME could generate leads and sales cheaply and quickly through social media.
I spent hours every day staying up late to read forums, Facebook groups and watch YouTube videos.
I spent tens of thousands of dollars on digital marketing courses. I would spend my weekends writing and testing ads on Google & Facebook.
After 7 years in banking, I was at a crossroads. I knew I wanted something more than to spend the next 20 years doing the same thing.
Someone sent me an article about finding your ikigai - a Japanese concept that means your ‘reason for being.’
I spent a morning thinking deeply and writing down
➡️ What I love to do
➡️ What I was good at
➡️ What the world needs
➡️ What I can be paid for
I realised that my ikigai was in digital marketing.
I approached a friend who owned a digital marketing agency to do some freelance work just to test it out.
I loved it. I love helping other businesses grow and scale through Facebook & Google ads. Creating the right funnel to generate more sales and leads for them.
That’s what inspired me to start Omni Digital Pte Ltd in 2022.
Since then, we’ve worked with >50 clients, managed millions in ad spend, and generated tens of millions in revenue for our clients. Some of our clients are still with us, 4+ years later.
It can be scary to switch careers, but how we start our careers doesn’t need to be how we end it.
Most of us are going to be working for 20-30 years at least. It’s far more important to be doing something we’re truly pa