How I Made the Leap From Lawyer to Full-Time Content Creator
<p>On February 12, 2014, I quit my job as an attorney to become a self-employed “creator” on the internet.</p>
<p>At the time, everyone I knew thought I had lost my mind.</p>
<p><em>Heck, I even questioned my own sanity.</em></p>
<p><strong>They would say things like —</strong></p>
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<p>What about that degree you worked so hard for (and spent so much on?) What a waste!</p>
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<p><strong>And my personal favorite —</strong></p>
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<p>You’re throwing away your future.</p>
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<p>I wasn’t throwing away <em>my</em> future, I was throwing away <em>a</em> future I no longer wanted.</p>
<h1>Outgrowing Childhood Dreams</h1>
<p>I made the decision to go to law school when I was 10 years old.</p>
<p><em>That was in 1992.</em></p>
<p>The internet wasn’t even a thing yet.</p>
<p><strong>All I knew was that I wanted to escape poverty.</strong></p>
<p>So I started telling myself and everyone around me —</p>
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<p>When I grow up, I’m going to be a lawyer.</p>
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<p>Despite my mom regularly reminding me —</p>
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<p>Kid, you’ll be lucky if you get to go to community college.</p>
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<p><em>No shade to community college.</em></p>
<p><strong>But this is the kind of message that can make or break an impressionable child.</strong></p>
<p>Luckily, I was so stubborn that these not-so-subtle attempts to “<em>manage my expectations</em>” for the future actually fueled the fire that helped me achieve my goals.</p>
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