happy

I, being duly sworn at, solemnly confess the following:
1. That I am happy in my work;
2. That I am not the smartest – I’ve never been first in my class and I’m usually not the smartest person in the room;
3. That I don’t have all the answers – I don’t even know all the questions;
4. That I would rather spend time counseling people than drafting documents;
5. That I suck at spelling and the rules of grammar confuse me;
6. That I do not drive a sporty car – I live in the mountains and drive a bright (when it’s not covered in mud) yellow pick-up truck;
7. That I don’t often wear dressy cloths – my clients would think they were paying me too much if I was in a suit all the time;
8. That I went bankrupt trying to make the hourly billing model work for my entrepreneurial clients;
9. That going through bankruptcy humbled me and taught me some hard lessons–especially that I need to be cash-flow-positive all the time, because credit can be a trap;