About

Hi, I’m Aimee Voelz.  I quit my corporate job to make my way in the world on my own terms — and found out that it is harder than I expected!

After quitting, I burned rubber out to Boulder, Colorado to work on my writing skills at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.  What an amazing summer: there were beat poets, midnight poetry readings in the alley and experimental prose.  Inspiration was as close as the Flatiron mountains.  I was surrounded by talent and felt like I found my tribe at summer camp for writing freaks.  I was high on life.

Then I came home to the Seattle area where my grand plan was to write a self-help book and work on a startup investment business.  Sounds like I was living the dream, doesn’t it?  Except that I couldn’t write for more than two hours a day and half the time I was writing poetry instead of book-writing.  The startup was slow-moving and I realized there was not going to be a salary — this was a long-term investment that may or may not pay off.

What was I doing with my life, anyway?  I left my stable job to see what potential I had and how big of an impact I could make in this world and felt like I was wasting time.  Yes I was slowly working on my book and a new business, and while those things were interesting, they didn’t feel like my life’s calling.  For the first time in my life, I wasn’t all-in about anything.  I was lukewarm about everything.  And my book was about inspiring people who want to quit their jobs to take the leap.  Cough cough.

I tried every technique I could think of to improve my situation.  I created a morning ritual, got exercise, joined writing groups and 50 other things that didn’t feel like they helped much.  But then the end of 2013 came and I had written over 50,000 words of a rough draft.  I launched a consulting company and realized my drive for truth and meaning pairs very well with my writing and business skills to help clients get results. And I created this blog, where I plan to post what I continue to learn about making our way in the world on our own terms.  Join me?