My 2nd Entrepreneuriversary, or Why Being a Solopreneur is Bullhonkey, Special Cele-bray-she-owns Your Effective Escape Stories

My 2nd Entrepreneuriversary, or Why Being a Solopreneur is Bullhonkey, Special Cele-bray-she-owns Your Effective Escape Stories Oh, kids. Im all verklempt. Today marks 2 years since Ive become a Woman of the World (aka full-time entrepreneur), and its tough to wrap my head around. On one hand, it seems like such a long time. Ive only been doing this for two years? It seems like 5 (maybe thats because Ive been The When I Grow Up Coach since 2008yeah, thats probably why)! On the other hand, it seems like time has flown, and Im having trouble comprehending that When I Grow Up isnt a baby anymoreAw, they grow up so fast! I honestly wasnt sure what to write about today. A new I Quit My Day Job video? An update from my dark video that I posted last week (Im feeling way better and love all the love you guys gave me promise to post an update soon!)? A letter to my 2010 self (ooh, thats a good one, actuallymaybe later this week!)? A listing of my accomplishments since then? Thankfully, I got inspiration from my recent session with Stacy of Ethical Launch (whos an uber-genius, BTW), when she pat me on the back for being honest about my disappointing Clubhouse launch. Ya know, everyone always thinks that we have to go this alone. We want to be entrepreneurs, we dont have any capital, and we feel like we have to do everything ourselves. But we dont! And people dont!, she said. I dont like the entrepreneurs who we all know are super-successful, and they dont share that they have a team behind them. Its a false reality to present to people. (OK, Im paraphrasing, but that was the gist of it.) Yes, we might be (wannabe) solopreneurs, but no I have never been alone in this journey at any point. Since I started working as The When I Grow Up Coach in 2008 (before I escaped the Golden Handcuffs), Ive hired: a graphic designer for my branding a website designer a website developer 3 different virtual assistants a Public Relations rep at least 4 different coaches/consultants a sales page fixer-upper a workbook illustrator an accountant for my taxes (actually, Ive had one of these for years I just kept on using him!) Ive also leaned heavily on my husband (he designed my original site, coded the updated site, and has been my sounding board every single day), put together a group of creative entrepreneurs that all live near me who have brunch together once I month (were the Brooklyn Brunch Business Babes, natch), have the most amazeballs tribe ev-ah (consisting of my peer coaches, those who also empower creative peeps into living their passionate lives, and almost 200 clients who Im grateful Ive gotten to work with each every day) and have formed the best partnership in the history of partnerships. So, while Im still a solopreneur, theres no way that Im alone. Theres no way that youre alone, either. Which brings me to how were celebrating today (yes, it might be my entrepreneuriversary, but were the ones that are celebrating). Because I have 2 candles on my cake, I came up with 2 great cele-bray-she-owns, with 1 to grow on: An Effective Escape, the workshop I gave last month, is now a 70+ page workbook that includes the audio + video + transcript of my workshop, multiple articles, resources-a-plenty, a take-this-job-and-shove-it playlist, and juicy questions to craft your own Effective Escape. Til midnight tonight, its pay-what-you-can. No more excuses to figure out when you can leave your soul-sucking job, or what it would take to not end up in your parents basement eating Ramen noodles. Todays the day. At 1p Eastern today, you can join me for a live QA where I promise to answer every question ya got for me (and you can ask em via text or your webcam its so the future!).  Wanna know how I manage my time?  Done.  Wanna know my favorite new productivity tool? No problemo. Insert-your-question-here, and Ill have an answer for ya.  I may also have an original song written that Ill play for ya at the top of the calland by may I mean definitely, so make sure you RSVP dont be late ?? I wanna hear your take of An Effective Escape. What was the biggest factor that contributed to you making your passionate career a reality?  What would you do differently if you had to do it again?  If you still have a day job, what are you doing to ensure you have An Effective Escape?  Do you feel it’s possible to have a successful career that you’re passionate about in this rough economy? Write a post about it anytime this week, and add your url to Mr. Linky below. I wanna have a big, fat list full of Effective Escape stories/viewpoints from all around the world, because again were not alone in fighting this fight! For the rest of this week, Ill be sharing the people and platforms that make my solopreneur-ism a fallacy (so dont be mad that I didnt put a ton of links up to the peeps Ive worked with I promise to share give em their due!), so keep on coming back to learn more of what Ive done in the past 2+ years and whos helped me make it a reality. Before I sign off, I also cant not reiterate the fact that the live web-based QA Cele-bray-she-own starts at 1p Eastern, and An Effective Escape will go up to $19 after midnight Eastern tonight (but is pay-what-you-can today!). (raises a glass) To all of our Effective Escapes, and to not having to do it alone! (click)