You are the picture of success. You’ve worked hard all your life. You got good grades, went to great schools and got a prestigious job, but something isn’t quite right. You know there is something else out there for you, but you’re afraid to go get it – or simply don’t know how. I know exactly how you feel because I’ve been there. After graduating from Harvard three times, I was able to pay my mortgage and my massive student loans and yet my mother and friends had to talk me out of quitting my “great” job every single night.I knew I wanted something different and as scared as I was, I left that job to create a fulfilling life doing work that I love. I’m not going to tell you it was easy. Stepping Off the Path is hard. And it can be lonely. But you are not alone. There are lots of us who are doing it.I’ve created this site and the SOTP Community to help you make the transition to doing work you love.Stepping Off the Path also offers advice and showcases the stories of real people from around the world who stepped away from traditional and prestigious careers to pursue their dreams. Their stories and advice are meant to inspire you, motivate you, and help give you the courage to do the same. 

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• Get advice on how to deal when you start doubting yourself, feel like you’re disappointing your parents, or just need to get health insurance while working on your own

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To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

- e. e. cummings