ABOUT US | Yellow Brick Detour

So, Who Are We?

We are two sisters from Canada who quit their full-time office jobs in December 2019 to go backpacking in Australia. By January 2020 we were already on the other side of the planet hanging out with kangaroos.

Neither of us had much experience freelancing when we quit our jobs, and we expected to dig into our savings while travelling. Except, we didn't. We quickly grew our freelancing businesses and spent a year in Australia living solely off our freelancing incomes.

Now, we're huge advocates for freelancing and for taking control of life. We embrace spontaneous decisions, wild ideas, and unforgettable adventures.

Meet the YBD Team

Jana

Jana is a freelance copywriter and marketing consultant. Which means she spends a lot of her time wearing a tie dye T-shirt while tossing words together in a fun way that helps her clients sell things. She loves to travel, be creative, and chat about all things marketing and freelancing.

Katarina

Katarina is a curriculum developer who creates online courses for clients. She likes to carry not only her laptop but also a second monitor when travelling, because using two monitors at all times is her chronic corporate disease. Other than that, she's totally pleasant and loves helping other freelancers succeed.

YBD started as a blog.

When we started Yellow Brick Detour in early 2020, our main purpose was to use this website as a blog to keep our frozen Canadian friends jealous of our sunshine-filled adventures 🌞.

And so we did just that.

But as we travelled more, we realized that it's surprisingly difficult to find other freelancers on the road. And that working in cafes, uncomfortable bunk beds, and hostel lobbies while other travelers are hitting the beaches is isolating and unmotivating. We wanted a way to stay accountable while working, so that we could actually relax when we were exploring new places.

YBD grew into a community.

We decided to build Yellow Brick Detour into something that we have always craved as freelancers: A community of extremely connected women that feel just like colleagues.

A community of driven humans that learn from each other and keep one another motivated.

A community of excited people that love to have fun while growing their empires together.