24The Quest(ions) to CompletionLessons in Following Your Bliss

Erin Hallagan Clare

DOI: 10.4324/9781003351344-24

In the summer of 2015, I made the decision I was going to at long last start my own business: an arts space dedicated to storytelling through all art mediums. The plan was to finish out the year at my job, find a property and then jump in headfirst.

I suddenly had the energy of two people. While tending to my already-demanding career, I somehow found time to form an LLC, build a website, write a business plan and learn QuickBooks. (Okay, the last one’s a lie, but I tried.) Summer turned into fall, fall into winter and at the moment of no return … I chickened out.

At dinner with my boss, as I fumbled through an attempt to give notice, ...

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