Start With WHY

In this post, I wanted to share WHY I do what I do here at Legally Bold.  

In 2017, I wrote this post about my decision to take a sabbatical from work and focus on my mental health.

At the time, my decision didn't make much sense. I'd left my job about a year and a half before making this decision to start a solo legal practice working from home. 

That meant I was doing all of the jobs —the marketing, the sales, admin, and the legal work. Though I had some help from a few apps and contractors, the buck stopped with me. So if I didn't work, I didn't bring in any money. 

It also didn't make sense because my business was growing. I was surprised by how well things were going as a first-time entrepreneur, and I love it. I loved my business model, my clients, and the idea that I could create something out of nothing.

Still, I was severely depressed (though I didn't know it), and the cracks were starting to show. So much so that one of my best friends staged an intervention that got me into my t…