i'm not sure this applies to anyone beyond my peculiar self, but i'm 100% self-taught in my field. everything i've ever learned for work has been on an as-required basis, and when clients are (frequently) perplexed by how i have built a business out of literally nothing, all i've got is this:
how hard can it be?
in my twenties, i did have a hard time picking a field - since everything from medicine to law to science to art was fascinating, but once i got too old to flail around anymore, i just settled into something that stuck. if i had to switch right now and take up something new, i'd be nothing but excited - and if it weren't for the mortgage, i probably would do just that!
i know it's a weird way to live, but i thank my lucky stars every day for this approach, since it's really given me the confidence to push myself to the point of failure: i guess because i feel like i don't have to know everything... yet.
and ha - without it this approach, i'd never have been able to cope with my kid (or even
had her, for that matter!)
