Take the leap

I was 6-months pregnant when I quit my last job. I had had enough.

I've thought about that day a couple of times and wondered how fueled by hormones it was. Never have I wondered if it was the right decision - because it was - just wondered if I'd made the same decision had I not been preggers.

Here's how it went down:

I was working as an assistant manager at a home decor retail store when a pig-headed boss wouldn't help me get a large lamp out of stock. So, pissed and sticking it to him, I got on that ladder - pregnant, and got the damn lamp myself.

I handed the lamp over to the customer, who was shocked and appalled at my manager just hanging out at the register while the pregnant girl played jungle gym in the back room. I walked over to him, handed him my keys, and told him I was leaving.

"For lunch?" he asked.

"For good," I replied.

I walked out, and that was it.

I had no back-up plan, no idea what I was going to do next, just a large amount of self-respect, and maybe a few too many hormones.

I don't regret it one bit.

I dove right into doing creative shit. I scrapbooked the first five years of mine and David's relationship. I made #cutekid's first and only diaper bag. And then I started making jewelry, and then selling it. That's when I started my Etsy shop, and my career as an online creative entrepreneur.

I admittedly fell into making money doing what I loved, but I immediately saw the value and knew that I would never go back, no matter how hard it got.

And believe me, there have been times when it has been really, seriously hard.

But I'd rather have a hard day working for myself than have a mediocre day working for some jackass who doesn't care about me.

So, for me the breaking point was the last bullshit move from an under-appreciative superior. It was the final straw before taking the leap of leaving behind a regular paycheck in order to take some time for myself and the creative wanderings of my soul. And I've never looked back.

I dove in, made money where I could until I had a business model figured out, and now here I am. Living my creative dreams, getting paid to do work that I love.

For you, maybe taking the leap looked differently. Or, maybe you haven't even leaped yet. I get it.

But what's the breaking point? What will help you take the leap - into your own business, launching that product, sending that email?

If you're struggling to make your next move - and you actually want to take it, be on the look out for your breaking point. It's probably coming. And be ready to take the leap.

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