This past month, I opened my own architecture firm and said goodbye to being someone else's full-time employee. A number of stars aligned, such that it seemed like the right move to make and the right time. But I won't lie: I'm scared about doing this, scared about bunking conventional wisdom, scared about the amount of risk involved.
One of the things I keep telling myself, in the back of my mind – or right up front and center on my blog – is that for most of life, I've been pretty good about staying in the lines and doing things the way that everyone else says to do them. Sometimes we have to break the rules and defy convention to venture into new territory. So, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that figuratively climbing over the fence was the right thing to do (this time around). It feels exposed. It feels a bit lonely. It's also an exhilarating and hopeful feeling. And, if you've been reading this blog for any amount of time, you are probably very tired of reading about me wanting my own firm, but taking no action in that direction.
Well. Here we go. Hold on.
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