Just over a year ago I wrote a post about quitting my day job. At that time I was just moving from one firm to another (and moving from litigation to “wealth transfer” or trusts & estates).

This time I’m quitting my day job for real. Yep, I’m taking the plunge into being a full-time writer. I handed in my notice on Monday and my last day is a week from tomorrow. Then I leave for the pre-pub tour and when I come back… I’ll officially be a full-time writer!

It’s totally crazy! I alternate between thinking “is this for real?” and “OMG, what am I doing?!” And honestly, it still all feels so unexpected. But I had to face the reality that I just couldn’t keep doing both jobs and giving both everything. Something had to give.

It’s kind of ironic — the law job I have now is my dream job. It’s high end and challenging work at a fantastic firm. And only one thing really could make me want to leave it: lucking into my ultimate dream job of writing. It’s also a little ironic that I started at this firm exactly a week before my fantastic agent offered me representation. Talk about a crazy year.

And I’m so thankful to JP who’s supporting me 100%+ (though he has promised me that come hell or high water I will be out of the bed and starting my day by the time he leaves for work 🙂 Also, I’m so used to having a hyper-structured day where every 6-minute increment is accounted for — I think it’s going to take some work to transition away from that and find a writing schedule that works (and if anyone has advice on this — please share it!)

But hopefully having more time means I can blog more, I can finally get my website up, I can write more and read more. It’s a total dream come true and I couldn’t be more excited!!

Crazy how much can change in a year!!!