Christian Weisenburger Law, Inc. . Halifax, Nova Scotia . blog . Halifax business, corporate, estate/will, commercial, tax lawyer . beyond the box law

About one month ago at 6 am I awoke from sleep with the realization that I was going to quit my job, a job that I loved, by the end of the week.

I think that the beginning part of my letter of resignation describes some of the balls that must have been floating around my head as I slept:

Dear friends:

RE: Resignation

With a very heavy heart, I think that I must resign from the firm.

I am overcome with emotions and somehow typing the above makes it more real. It was only last Wednesday morning when I awoke to the realization and quick acceptance that my path must stray.

I have taken the firm’s suggestion to create a business plan seriously. Intrinsically incorporated into the business plan must be a life plan. Something like the Holy Trinity, they are different concepts, but the same. For me, I must be passionate, inspired and a number of other words that are synonymous with fire. From the life plan I work backwards. Increasingly, I have found fire with entrepreneurs and social and global innovators. Risk-takers. The ones with little resources but big dreams (perhaps like myself). The ones that need my services, but can’t pay me much.

I think that my business plan must be to put up my own shingle. I have high hopes that my student-like lifestyle will see me through the cashflow risks of a new business. Networking and working out of and with my friends at the Hub, I hope to be able to extend the supply curve low enough (by taking on little cost) to touch their demand curves. My friends and friends to be are a niche perhaps not penetrated by traditional legal models.

My letter goes on to share the incredible warmth and appreciation that I have for the firm and its wonderfully eclectic and knowledgeable people. They remain in my life and I continue to think of them as family.

As with any start-up business, there will clearly be some anxious times in the next year, particularly in the next few months. I am excited though. I hope to make the flexibility of my business work for me. I hope to be able to visit my parents, who live in Alberta, more often. I hope to be able to work in varied settings, including Hubs in other countries. I hope to become even more involved in Halifax. The reality of it is that I am “working” harder than ever trying to get things set-up. However, it really doesn’t feel like work.

Clearly I am taking a risk, but it is a calculated one.

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