I am thrilled to be welcoming Escape Artist™ Diana Levin as a guest blogger for The Escape Hatch™. I met Diana at a Biznik event — (a great networking group by the way – I attend the mixer held in Studio City, CA™ organized by Lelah Baker Rabe). Diana is a very talented fantasy illustrator [...]
Stepping outside your comfort zone and quitting your day job to pursue your passions isn’t easy or – by its very nature – comfortable. You can experience moments of doubt or bouts of depression. Even when you’re sure you’ve made the right decision, sometimes it just helps to have a friend or two. Better yet [...]
Everyone’s looking for the quick fix. We live in an impatient, success-driven culture, and every time we turn on the TV or step out of the house, we’re bombarded with products and services that promise to give us fast results. How many times have you been told, “If you don’t see results in 30 days, [...]
Here’s the bummer about quitting your job and following your heart. Your heart doesn’t give you 10+ vacation days every year. Clearly, the freedom to create my own schedule and work from home feels like something of a vacation in and of itself. But at least until I start seeing some substantial income from my [...]
It is my pleasure to welcome aboard another “Escape Artist”, Nikki Klecha. Nikki will be guest blogging on the Escape Hatch sharing her experience as an artist who has escaped the 9-5 and is currently pursuing her passions — writing, traveling, acting. I’m sure you will be as inspired by her journey as I have [...]
What is it that keeps from breaking away from our soul-draining day jobs and going after what we really want? We know what would make us genuinely happy, and yet we continue to torture ourselves daily. Simply put, it’s a fear of the unknown – a fear of change. Sure, our job might suck the [...]
It’s the enemy. It lures you from productivity. Offers short-term satisfaction in the place of long-term fulfillment. Makes you believe that, unless you beat the other three simulated Hearts players on your PC, your morning will not be complete. I’ll admit it – I frequently fall victim to the wickedness of distraction. It doesn’t matter [...]
Guest post by Todd Kreisman: I’m out. For seven long years, I was merely a twig in the cuckoo’s nest of corporate America. I would pry my tired eyes open every morning at the crack of dawn (all right, well it was dawn somewhere) and drag my weary body to the office. I would slink [...]
Susan M. Baker - aka The Escape Hatcher is a Creative Career Consultant who helps people figure out what they really want to be doing, how to make money doing it and then how to get started... she's helping her clients change their lives one dream at a time.