I’m 43, going on 44. It’s surprising how many of those years I look back on with regret. I’ve been a person, son, husband, dad, friend and employee, each with varying responsibilities, expectations and roles. I have definitely not lived up to who I’ve wanted to be or even who my family has needed me to be. Possibly one of the greatest things I’ve learned in the previous few years is that despite how I feel about my past, none of that dictates my future. Change is possible.

But fear is a powerful killer of change. Fear of failure. Fear of rejection. Fear of not being loved. Fear of not knowing what I’m doing. Fear of looking dumb. Fear of the unknown. Maintaining the status-quo of what has happened in the past feels so much safer than trying to make meaningful change and risking the results, whatever they may be. My own personal mental and spiritual journey has revealed that the benefits of change outweigh all the risks. In fact, change has brought about the exact opposite outcomes of what I feared.

Only recently did I start contemplating the part of my life that I spend a significant portion of my waking hours and mental capacity on. My job. Fear and anxiety had become the primary driver for almost every job related aspect of my life. I felt like I had backed myself into a corner and couldn’t get myself out. But that was a mental lie. I could get myself out, but it might be really hard. Certainly scary. Definitely risky. But I needed to take that risk. So after 7 years of working on Simplecast and eventually SiriusXM, I decided to embark upon the journey of self-employment.

I’m both scared out of my mind and extremely excited for what’s in store. I’m pretty sure my wife and children are more nervous than I am, but I’m extremely confident in my abilities. With all that being said, today is my first official day living the self-employed life and the birth of |⫮| nonfractional a multidisciplinary tech studio helping startups evolve their craft from idea to reality.

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