It’s been a long and epic struggle, and I’m not proud to say I wasted a great deal of time being absolutely crushed by doubt and self-pity. I’m just now finding some solid ground.
I’ve bounced back and forth between “I want to be location independent!” and, “This is bullshit, I need a real career” for months. It’s been almost a year since I stood at Signal Hill watching for whales with all the promises of summer around me, saying forlornly to my roommate Renee, “I don’t know what I’ll do now.” She looked at me, rolled her eyes and said, “Is your life over?”