If you’re a regular reader, you probably already know what I’m referring to. If not… I gave my notice at my day job. Yay!!!

I’ve been debating on it for some time now, and came really close a couple of times. I went in one morning with every intention of giving my notice, and my boss did something that made me decide to wait a while. Then one day I got frustrated and swore that I was going to quit again. But I thought about it and decided to wait until I got a laptop. Then I started thinking I could probably get one sooner if I went ahead and started writing full-time. You get the picture.

Here’s what gave me a kick in the pants: The past week or so, I have gotten precious little rest. I have had numerous writing projects lined up, have stayed up late almost every night working on them, and I still have yet to complete them all. One of my main clients sent me a message asking for an estimate on how long it would take on the projects she had given me, and in my reply I said that I may have more availability in the near future. She was happy to hear that, stating that she had been considering hiring more writers but would prefer to give me more work instead. That was all I needed to convince me that it was time to make the change.

I’m still a bit nervous, but I think things will work out well. Pumpkin will be starting back to school shortly after my last day at work, giving me time to work on my writing uninterrupted during the day. Then I can spend more time with her and Hubby when they are at home. And the money is getting good enough that I should actually be better off by writing full-time than I was writing part-time and working part-time at my day job.

I kind of feel like I’m flying by the seat of my pants, but I’m ready to make this work. I’m finally living my dream, and now I get to do it full-time.