It's 2014. I'm living in a basement room in a house full of roommates, working away at my own venture. The year before, I'd lost pretty much all my contract work, freelancing gigs, and part-time jobs. Now I was trying to drum something up from scratch, surviving on maybe $500 a month.
I had an unpaid intern working with me at the time. He didn't always show up on time or put in a full day's work, but he was looking for something too — and he thought maybe internet marketing was it.
As with most things, there's no such thing as overnight success. But I had a decision to make: Do I go looking for work again? Do I try to find a job? Or am I going to keep building my business?
The decision I made was: I'm going to keep building my business. Because I didn't see the alternative as an option. I'd already been in jobs where I did things I didn't like, for far too little money, around people I didn't enjoy. It was time to take a chance on myself.
I'm tempted to leave this as a cliffhanger… but here's how it all turned out: I struggled for months. But when summer rolled around, things started to change. The wheels started to turn, and all of a sudden, opportunities started landing in my lap. People started throwing money at me to blog for them. I was asked to teach guitar again. I was asked to work at the university as a theater tech.
Suddenly, all these opportunities showed up for me. Maybe it wasn't exactly what I imagined… but there was still a miracle in that moment. The way things started showing up for me made me feel valued.
In this post (and video), I share that exact moment I realized the "safe path" wasn't for me — and what happened when I took a chance on myself instead.
https://davidandrewwiebe.com/?p=27987
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