Two Months In

It has been two months since I jumped off a cliff and quit my job.  I wanted to get off the treadmill I unconsciously drifted onto.  I was afforded wonderful opportunities at the law firms in which I worked and the experiences were tremendous -- I could not have created those on my own.  But I was ready to move on.

Now it is two months in.  I am wondering, just as much as you, now what?  So I have had some time off.  I am doing as many things as possible to find out what I love to do.  I want to work on personal development.  All of which take time.  Unfortunately, I am not hard-wired for time.  I am hard-wired for results.  I cannot believe I have made it this long without going off the deep end.  I knew, however, there would be moments like these.  So, I am doing my best to sit through it.  To enjoy it and to at least experience the push and pull of trying to focus on slowing down and at the same time wanting to rush ahead.

I was reading the NY Times this morning online and found an extremely interesting article.  Actually, it's a blog by You're the Boss Editors.  It is How I Saved My Company.  It shows short video clips (three to four minutes) of small business owners who have successful businesses after struggling and surviving.  I love the focus on small businesses (and the struggle and survival, of course) -- I wonder if I will ever own my own business.  I am so glad I found this terrific blog to read.

In my post yesterday, I closed with doing what you love.  In the same Small Business section as the How I Saved My Company article, there is a link to a May 27, 2010 post to an article by MP Mueller entitled Are You Doing What Your Truly Love (and if not, how can you get there).  It is a wonderful story that reminds us exactly what I am trying to remember:  that life is fragile and short.  I am not sorry today that I took my savings earmarked for other things and quit my job.

I love this hot weather here in NYC!