A Good Year for Bad Decisions

A sharp, funny, emotionally honest story about independence, isolation, and the jarring difference between escaping your old life and actually building a new one.

June was supposed to be the ultimate professional reset.

Instead, Erin discovers that you cannot spreadsheet your way through a tropical rainforest. Arriving in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica as the interim COO of an offshore tech hub, she has exactly what she asked for: absolute authority, a massive budget, and zero messy domestic entanglements.

But the reality of expat life isn't a glossy travel brochure. It's rolling power outages, aggressive local wildlife, and a workforce that operates strictly on "island time."

For the first time since her divorce, Erin is completely, terrifyingly single.

Stripped of her Chicago infrastructure, her perfectly categorized closet, and the grounding weight of Nick's world, she is left with the deafening quiet of the life she chose. As she tries to impose corporate HR policies on a beach town, Erin has to figure out who she actually is when she's all alone.

Wry, observant, and unapologetically funny, June explores the unglamorous reality of starting over, the absurdity of running a tech empire from the jungle, and what happens when you finally get everything you wanted-and realize you're the only one in the room.