How I Made the Leap From Lawyer to Full-Time Content Creator

Perspective, plan, & execution.

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On February 12, 2014, I quit my job as an attorney to become a self-employed “creator” on the internet.

At the time, everyone I knew thought I had lost my mind.

Heck, I even questioned my own sanity.

They would say things like —

What about that degree you worked so hard for (and spent so much on?) What a waste!

And my personal favorite —

You’re throwing away your future.

I wasn’t throwing away my future, I was throwing away a future I no longer wanted.

Outgrowing Childhood Dreams

I made the decision to go to law school when I was 10 years old.

That was in 1992.

The internet wasn’t even a thing yet.

All I knew was that I wanted to escape poverty.

So I started telling myself and everyone around me —

When I grow up, I’m going to be a lawyer.