When to Call It Quits On Your Big Dream
Because maybe it wasn’t yours to begin with.
After many many years of working the 9 to 5 for other people, it was clear to me that above all else I longed to spend that time working for myself. While that desire surfaced I began studying energy work.
Reiki was my first love. But after completing the first two levels I still didn’t have the confidence to go out on my own.
Then came learning NLP and EFT — lots of new skills but it still didn’t seem like enough. I worked with a few people, mostly for free, yet felt I lacked what it took to work with others — something felt off.
I attributed the “offness” to my lack of confidence. Surely I had enough skills and ability after all of the trainings, and I definitely had the life experience as I worked through many of my own challenges. Yet I couldn’t seem to develop and especially maintain a client base. Although the clients I worked with had positive results, I continued to spin my wheels.
In the meantime, I wrote on my blog for free which always seemed like a means to an end — to develop an email list and gain new clients. I loved writing yet it didn’t seem viable. That’s not how my teachers earned their money — one-on-one client work was the way to go.
