Simo D (aka Simon D)
Everyone dreams about leaving it all behind.
Almost nobody actually does it. This is what it looks like when you do.
Canada · nearly 20 years
For two decades, I built other people's homes.
Fifteen years running my own renovation business. Measure twice, cut once. I even ended up on HGTV.
2022
Then I tore up the plans.
I left family, a 20-year career and everything familiar, and moved to Belize to start again from bare ground.
Belize · now
Same builder. New tools.
Writer. AI systems developer. Serial podcast guest. Still building, just different things.