Sunday, July 31, 2005

A Leap of Faith

Every now and again, that decision that has been plaguing you in the back of your mind begins to keep you up at night. You no longer simply "think about it" but begin talking about it to others. Generally it's to test the waters and see if anyone other than yourself thinks you're crazy. Little by little you begin consciously and unconsiously to put things in place to make the decision possible: going over the pros and cons, removing negative thinking and people of out your life and finally stepping out on faith and going for it.

This is what has happened to me. And after umpteen years of working for someone else, I've finally make the conscious decision to do my own thing and leave my very secure 9-5 and write full-time.

For those of you who have seen my writing history you may think--why the hell was I working a job in the first place. Well, a lot of it was security and having smaller children and to be honest, I actually liked my job. Something many folks cannot say. But, I've made the move and as of August 12, I will be officially "unemployed" for the first time since I was 19 years old. A scary but exciting thought.

I do hope that it will make me more productive (I have no choice--gotta write my ass off now!) But I am stepping out on faith and believing that I can do this and do it well.

All good thoughts and prayers are welcome!!!

8 comments:

Amie Stuart said...

Donna congrats and good luck!!!

Jean said...

Congratulations. Best of luck to you.

vanessa jaye said...

Congratulations, Donna! Here's to more and bigger successes from here on in!

Anonymous said...

Nothing like being C.E.O. of your life. Congratulations.

LaShaunda said...

Go Donna!

I know the Lord has big plans for you.

Linda said...

Congratulations and good luck!! :)

Anonymous said...

This post is just what I needed today! As someone contemplating doing exactly the same thing, I've been having an ongoing internal monologue with myself for the past few months. I haven't given my notice yet - but I plan to make that leap of faith this fall. Scary, exciting, nervewracking. Good luck to you! Cheers.

Anonymous said...

I believe the root cause of every problem is a lack of faith. Good going, Donna. Your faith-leap is an inspiration.