What if the thing standing between you and a business is no longer technology, but simply the shape of the idea? A reflection on how AI and better tools are making it possible to build around what you already know, love, make, or teach — without needing to become someone else first.

By Doris Proudlove · L’Atelier I’ve talked for years about building work around the life you actually want. This year, I decided to test that idea much more seriously myself. I left Canada, moved to Mexico, opened my U.S. company, and built the infrastructure to keep working as I travel south over the next year.…