Achievement Unlocked: Self Employment by Age 30

Sooo tomorrow’s my 30th birthday and aside from all the various other feelings that arrive with that (read:my god I’m old) there is one feeling that I don’t think I’ve associated with a birthday since I was 7 and got a Sharkticon and my friend Kenny didn’t…

Pride.

Nana-booboo, Kenny.

(Also a hunger for cake… but anyway)

See, last year when I started Sky Blue Iris, and after enough time that I knew it was something I could see myself doing as a career, I set the goal that I would quit my day job and become a professional photographer full time by my 30th birthday. Well, as of April 30th of this year I left the day job and I’m actually achieving a goal that’s more ambitious than making sure the recycling makes it out on recycling day.

2 years ago I had no idea what I wanted to be “when I grew up”, I was working at a job that paid me but didn’t inspire me, interest me, or challenge me, and if you asked me where I’d be in 5 years I’d have probably started openly weeping.

bbbbbbhuuuuuhhhuuhhuhh

Now, time will tell if I made the smart move or if my family and I will be eating beans out of a tin can, but right now I’m feeling pretty good about this. I love the work, my clients have all been happy (at least they pretended to be :/ ) and I’m developing a network of like-minded people who’ll show me the ropes and also how to tie them to things.

Life is good and getting better. Hooray for me.