About

Hi, my name is… Hm… I can’t say it yet. (I hate all this mystery by the way).

You see, I have decided to quit my 9 to 5 job and start working for myself. And I have decided to write a blog about that (both quitting the 9 to 5 AND starting my own business) to help me through it, and, hopefully, to share some useful information with other people who are planning to do the same but are a few steps behind me.

The thing is, I haven’t yet told my boss I’m going to leave the company, so I don’t want anyone who knows me at work to know about it before I’m ready to break the news (which will be sometime in January). Our company is full of computer geeks with too much curiosity, so I ain’t risking being discovered before the time is right!

Anyway… I am starting a photography business, and it is really scary. Although I really think I am not born to work 9 to 5 and don’t really like offices, and someone trying to micro-manage me, the thought of trying to do it on my own really scares me. I mean, will I be able to manage myself? Will I still be scared to pick up the phone when I need to (I have a strange, unexplainable fear of calling people)? Will I be able to produce art that people will actually buy? Will I have enough money? Will I be able to overcome my fear of pricing myself at a level that will allow me to work as I want to, and not to become slave to my business? Will I be able to…?

That’s why my blog is called “And Do It Anyway”. Because although I feel all those fears, I repeat to myself that I can handle it, and that I will do it anyway.

If you are like me, and desperately want to change something in your life, but are stopped from taking action by your fears, I can’t encourage you enough to go and get yourself a copy of “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” by Susan Jeffers. It absolutely should be the first book you read. The rest of the self-development books, blogs and articles can come later. Go, buy it. And share you thoughts and experiences with me.

I mean it. If you are in the same boat as I am, I want to hear from you. I think together we can help each other, encourage each other, and succeed together.