Basically, the plan was I have six months to live on and it was the first time I was willing to spend it down to zero

So I had saved enough of six months living expenses

It's not like I said to myself. I am gonna crush it

I'm gonna leave and I know what I'm doing and I have a business plan and I'm already earning what I need to survive

And I've got this not at all. I just reached a point. I was

27 I I was in meetings and on email a lot as much as I had this great job on paper

I remember feeling like I think I hope forever regret if I don't at least try to do my own thing

And that's when my first book was coming out. That's around the time you and I met

So that was it was six months

What I didn't anticipate so I did not think I was this brilliant entrepreneurial person

And if anyone could be successful, it was me. I actually thought the opposite

However, what I didn't account for was that when I left

My whole mind cleared up

It took it took about a month to unwind from the pace and that kind of burn out and just fatigue

But after that is like I had my entire creative mind

Available to say how am I gonna pay the rent this month?

That's it like I had I had all day every day for 30 whole days to myself

Having done things only as a side hustle to literally just figure out what can I offer

How many clients do I need and how do I create some systems and and predictability around my cash flow

And that's it. So although I wasn't super confident. I didn't I didn't account for

How that free mental space was gonna be such an asset

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