Tomorrow is my last day working 2 full time jobs! AHHHHHHHHH!
Yes, that is the sound of fear and excitement (and the beat) at the saaaame time.
For the last year and a half, I've been a graphic designer by day, and a wedding photographer by night/weekends. In fact, for the last 4 years, though Dara and I have considered ourselves professional wedding photographers, I have always had another job.
So why the switch now? Well, to keep this brief, it boils down to this: My wife, my daughter, my passion, and my sanity.
Most everyone thinks I'm nuts for quitting a great paying job in this economy... but actually, I'd be nuts to continue down the road of 80+ hours a week + family time, minus sleep.
I guess I could have listened to my employer, who called photography a "hobby", and hoped I could put it down to focus my efforts on my 'real job'... but, I guess I'm not much of a realist :)
Time to hustle! or actually.. time to sleep.
WOOHOO!
Austin
PS: double bonus points for whoever knows who I was referencing in the second sentence.