I Quit My Day Job The 3 Year Update(!) - When I Grow Up

I Quit My Day Job The 3 Year Update(!) - When I Grow Up Last Sunday I spoke to a dozen whip-smart, super-sweet, way-driven JFEW Scholars from Macaulay Honors College so they can articulate their awesome to friends, family, HR people and prospective bosses. This is such a visual of what I want Year 3 to look more like. (photo by Deb Cooperman) Traditionally, these posts have been videos, but I just felt the need to write this one instead of recording it. And while I was resistant to that at first, Im listening to it because, well, Im the boss! And I have been for 3 years. Today. Which blows my mind. Year 1 was about finding my footing, my rhythms, my Hells Yes and Hell Nos, my Say Yes To It All because I was set on building building building. Then, Year 2 was going to be one of Investment, but instead it became one of Taking Care, of Relief and Release, thanks to my boob cancer. And Year 3? Well, I see it as The Year I Ask For Help. The one where I make Big Choices, like aiming to make the large majority of my tasks revolve around writing, speaking and coaching (right now, my time is split 50/50 on average between billable and non-billable work) having Arwyn, who has worked with me for almost 2 years now, step into more of an Operational role ..putting my money where my mouth is, trusting that outlaying it now will lead to freeing up more billable time in the future spending 2 full days Skyping it up with Arwyn to plan my 2013 projects (as opposed to telling her in our biweekly calls, Oh, Im gonna do this now! And then this! And maybe we should try this?..) and nail down specific systems to eliminate the back-and-forth that often happens now committing to quarterly 2-to-3 day strategy sessions to have more eyes and ears around what worked, what didnt, and what needs to happen moving forward (as opposed to doing it all myself) finding a social media strategist to help me streamline my efforts and hooplah (no, I dont wanna call it marketing or launches or sales, thankyouverymuch) and someone else to implement it for me becoming a published author stepping into my expertise at helping creatives figure out what they wanna do when they grow up by creating an affordable signature program around the work that Ive done (which you can make sure to be kept up-to-date on if you sign up here) passing off tasks Ive been holding on tight to, like client scheduling and set-up, billing, and email communication saying No more often and really owning my need, want and desire for more Space creating a business that can run in the very capable hands of my team members, minus the things that only I can do (namely speaking, writing and coaching). Man oh man are these scary things to do and say. To me, they mean Growth and Sustenance, and while those are both positive things, Ill be out of my comfort zone for sure. Its about stepping into being The Manager as opposed to being The Doer, about relinquishing a fair amount of control, about trusting those who I hire to work with me. And not that I dont trust them now (I totes trust you, Arwyn!), but its a place of trust where its giving over as opposed to working alongside, and thatll be new for me. Year 3 is gonna be an amazeballs one, guys. I just really feel it. And because I want everyone to experience what Im experiencing and have their own 3rd Entrepreneuriversary in 2017ish Ive decided to offer some extra support for those who purchase An Effective Escape: Leaving Your Day Job Without Living In Your Parents Basement this week. Youll get email prompts twice a week for a month to make you extra accountable to work through the 68-page workbook, and then Ill hold a live QA call to answer your specific questions and help tie up loose ends. Click on over and see if it calls to ya. And for those whove already bought it, check your Inbox to see how you can join us. Ooh! And dont forget to join Bryn Taylor, The Re-Stylist, and I over on Grown-Up Goods at 4p Eastern today. Its gonna be the bestest. As my friend and former Golden Goddess Deb Cooperman says, Thank you. More please.