59: How the Wanderer Ended Up Staying for Nine Years with Sloan Dorr

Sloan Door spent much of her twenties moving—across states, across the country, overseas, and back again. She describes herself as someone who was always searching, with no grand plan for where any of it was leading. Then, within a matter of months, a woman who had barely ever signed a lease owned a house, was helping raise a child, and bought the coffee shop where she worked. Suddenly she had debt, employees, people depending on her—and one overwhelming realization: “I can’t leave.” Sloan and Kim talk about the life she built from there, why it took years to really see herself as a business owner, the parts of herself she once worried made her too different, and what she's learning about wanting, belonging, and choosing a life without knowing exactly where it will lead. Nine years later, Sloan has lived in the same place longer than she has anywhere else in her life. So what made this place different? MENTIONS + LINKS Sloan's Shop: Dead River Coffee Roasters Sloan Dorr on LinkedIn Pre-Order now available for The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma CONNECT WITH KIM Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn Subscribe to the 10,000 Tabs Newsletter