Woman makes ₹8.35 crore documenting her life online: ‘Left corporate job, hired my husband’

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A corporate worker who began posting videos online after moving to the US has revealed how documenting her journey helped her earn over $1 million (nearly ₹8.35 crore) in 2.5 years. Starting with a $600 brand deal, she built her own digital business, quit her day job, and now shares key lessons on consency, goal-tracking, and overcoming setbacks to achieve success.The woman who relocated to the US and then slowly built her life as a content creator. (Instagram/@alex.petrakieva)“The one type of content that has allowed me to stay consent, grow, and ultimately pivot however I want has always been chasing goals and documenting them. Basically turning my life into a series,” Alex Petrakieva wrote on Instagram.Also Read:

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