Matt Davis on why leaving Paris to buy the Bookshop at Queenscliff was the right family move.

Matt Davis, Jayne (his  wife) and daughter left Paris to buy a book shop in Queenscliff Victoria  @BookshopatQueenscliff  

It was a hell of a move! Matt shares the background on why coming back to Australia made sense, seeing a @facebook ad for a #businessforsale and his experience in the process of #buyingabusiness

Matt and Jayne had lived in Paris a long time and their daughter. Matt made music, Jayne wrote and both worked in #advertising  &  #copywriting (English for French brands) which enabled them both to do their creative work. But they weren't such lovers of the school system and came to see Paris as a city built for adults. 

They all decided it was time to move back. They saw the ad of Facebook, bought the business while still in Paris and then made the big move back to a new life and business in late 2019. In our discussion we cover;

• finding meaning in a business
• crafting a living
• the attractions of a #bookshop #small #humble #oldschool
• the upside of a #treechange or #seachange
• how #smallbusinesses are so vital for the vibrancy of #regionalcommunities
• his financial criteria for buying the business
• understanding your personal financial needs from a business
• the bookshop as an important institution in the town
• buying the business 3 months prior to the #globalpandemic
• the upside being that it gave them a chance to sort of figure out how to run it
• the reality of buying myself a job but with real meaning for me, for our family and for the town
• the 3 years since
• why he truly believes in books and how magic books can change your life
• placing a really high value on meaning

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