For Those Thinking of Taking a Leap
In 2001, I took a leap.
I up and quit my sexy job in TV to pursue a more meaningful career in the helping professions.
It was a needed change, but getting there wasn’t all sunshine and roses. Overnight I went from HBO to the H-E-L-L of unemployment.
I was living in New York City at the time, and in a feat of bad timing I quit right before 9/11. Suddenly there were thousands of people out of work, flooding the temp agencies where I was trying to stay afloat until I could start a new career. Read More