If anyone else out there is feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or just plain tired, don’t do like I did and wait until you’re so fried you can’t function. Take a few days off. And above all, listen to yourself! What’s the point of giving yourself great advice if you don’t take it?
Many people have told me they wish they could quit their jobs like I have. Most think it takes magic or special advantages to do that–not true! Here’s the real story on how I followed my dreams, and you can, too.
Building my business to the point where I could quit my job has been my huge goal for the past six months, and a big dream of mine for much longer than that. Here’s what I’ve learned along the way.
This is a story about dreaming big. This is a story about taking a chance and growing into the person you need to be to make things happen.
“I had to come exactly because I might make a fool of myself,” said Washington. “I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Nothing.”
You want to do something, but… you put it off, you think about all the things that could go wrong, maybe you talk yourself out of trying at all. If you would just get out of your own way, imagine what you could accomplish! Here are 10 tips to help.
There are a lot of different kinds of stuck, and a lot of different resources to help with them. Normally I don’t review stuff here, but this is just too awesome not to share.
I’ve long struggled with trying to find meaning and purpose in my life. Why am I here? What’s most important? What should I be striving for? During the religious times, add “what does God want me to do?”
After the holidays, returning to work and all the ordinary routines can feel a year’s life force is sucked away every morning you walk in the office door. That feeling sucks, but it can be channeled into a good opportunity to re-evaluate your life.
The best way I’ve found to do that is to do work that is interesting and meaningful to me, work I love. I just need to figure out how to support myself while doing that. That’s why I’m so excited to feature someone who can offer guidance on this very thing: Ash Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project.
I like my job, but I think it just made it onto my to-quit list.
