BornEntrepreneur

For the past week or so I have been on my own.  What a great feeling to structure your own day, to abide to your own schedule, and to answer to know one but yourself.  Granted it takes an extremely disciplined and driven nature to maintain life as a full-time entrepreneur….it’s certainly not for everyone.  So here were my factors in finally quitting.  I had been saving a lot over the past 6 months.  I’ve worked the job for about 1 yr, but it was in the last 6 months that I started to get smart financially.  I amassed about $5,000 in savings and realized with monthly expenses a little bit over $1000 I could live with no income for several months before I burned through my savings.

I spent the last week organizing my home office, going through old journal entries where I have accumulated business ideas for the past few years, focused my energy, and just generally gotten into the right frame of mind for my life’s next transition.  Just last night, with the help of my girlfriend, I shaved my head as a symbolic gesture for my re-birth into the business world.  Seems kinda crazy, but now every time I look in the mirror I’m reminded that I am no longer the same person I was before when I worked for salary.  You may think it’s a bit dramatic, but I don’t.  I really felt like a little part of me died every single day I went in to my old job.  It was not the fault of the company or my co-workers.  It was just a factor of who I am as a person and I was forcing myself into a situation that was not natural for me.

So, that part of me is gone.  And now I’m more alive than ever.

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