Part Two of Quitting Corporate to Become a Full-Time Substack Writer:

In April 2025, during my short stint as a full-time entrepreneur, I booked my side business absolutely SOLID—as if I'd be operating it full time for a while. The business wasn’t as big as it is today, and I was scared about going broke.

I took on collaborations, client work, out-of-town teaching in states I'd never been to. I was saying yes to anything and everything because I wasn't expecting to get a corporate job so quickly.

Looking back, I realized two things about that promise I'd made myself in part 1: My promise was made with a built-in loophole—and that tiny opening was enough for me to rationalize this corporate opportunity as a sign I should take it. It was my “out” of following my dreams.

When I started the job in May, I poured myself into it, eager to make a good first impression and learn (Lean In, am I right?)

If I’m being honest, I liked the idea of being able to do it all. That’s how deeply I believed in girl boss culture.

At this point, I already had incredible help from Carrie and Maddie, without whom this entire story would not be possible. Thank God. A very important detail—they really kept the wheels on.

But I had a big problem: I'd already committed to everything.

And so I traveled, I taught, and I tried to do it all while tired, impatient, and over-extended.

In June or July, things came to a head.

In tears, I made the very difficult decision to return most of my finishing incomplete to clients who had entrusted me with it.

I felt terrible, but the blowback was even worse.

I lost a lot of trust in myself and people lost trust in me. I lost people I once considered friends.

In fact, you’re probably losing trust in me reading this.

This is part 2.

You can read part 1 below.

Part 3 drops tomorrow.