How to Fail Your Way to Success
OK, confession time: I quit my first full-time writing job out of college after putting in a mere two days at the office with no second job lined up. This probably could be perceived as a mistake or a failure by many.
The reason I quit? It was a grant-writing job and I discovered pretty quickly that grant writing is boring (you try writing dense 30-plus page proposals all day and see how much you'd like it). Well, actually there was more to the story than that. My fifty-something-year-old female boss was a chain-smoker (guess what, chain smoking does cause premature wrinkles) who liked to smoke in the office and my desk was right next to her door. After eight hours in her proximity I felt like I had inhaled a pack of my own. After one day of putting up with her indoor puffing and wondering if it was even legal, I marched into her office and told her that the secondhand smoke was bothering me and asked if she could either smoke outside or move my desk to a different room. The next day I walked in and an air purifier rested on my desk. My boss greeted me with a cigarette hanging from her mouth.
I graciously quit my job on the spot and took an unpaid internship with an online teen magazine instead. No paycheck. No benefits. I also re-entered the world of retail for extra cash. But I gained more relevant writing & editing experience at that unpaid internship than I ever would have grant writing. That experience led me to the paying writing jobs I enjoy today. Some experiences are actually priceless. Just ask my lungs!
Question:
• When have you ever quit or failed at something that actually led you to success? Or just plain old felt good?
Leave me feedback at the end of this entry. I'd love to hear from you!

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