Thank you for sharing the story of Barb’s courage.

Barb,

You had one irony in your corporate career – that is was unfortunate there was no severance option for you in any of the corporate restructures.

Many employees have the opposite problem – severance being the only option! That happened to me once. I think I would rather have had your problem.

I can relate to your wanting to leave the corporate rat race at a young age. Two years ago, at age 28, I too left the corporate grind to take up a teaching job in rural South Korea – and it’s just great!

Good on you for being your own boss. That is also one of my dreams after I return from Korea.

A good choice of field in financial planning. Before his retirement, my father spent three years as a financial planner after nearly thirty years as an accountant. He loved it. He worked for a financial planning firm (unlike you) and I had never seen him so passionate about anything before. He talked about it all the time.

I hope you get as much satisfaction out of financial planning as my father did.

Go for it!

Cheers

Andrew