Amy McMillen - Wandering In Uncertainty & Writing A Book (Mid Pandemic)

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 1:12 – How Amy Introduces Herself
• 5:08 – Grappling with what “success” means to her and why she put so much pressure on herself
• 8:45 – The cognitive dissonance of wanting to take a different path and not doing anything about it
• 11:30 – What it was like right before quitting her job “I have zero plans for what I’m doing”
• 15:51 – Moments from the first few months of “non-work”
• 20:10 – The process of writing a book and making sense of her own story and narrative
• 25:00 – GROUP Q&A
• 25:05 – How Amy processes grief and how she thinks about it now
• 27:20 – Mental health & happiness as she made the shift
• 31:15 – What habits help grounded her? Journaling and meditation
• 39:00 – Why she wouldn’t allow herself to question her happiness
• 46:00 – Amy’s go-to reflection questions
• 52:33 – Making money and the creative journey

I had a great conversation with Amy McMillen via a live group conversation and we talked about her journey of leaving her full-time job WITHOUT a plan, what it felt like, what she learned and how she ended up documenting it in a beautiful book during the pandemic.

Our full conversation, including Q&A can be found here: YouTube Link

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