As you can see I’ve since cut the long hair!

Since this story aired on Clay’s site, I’ve completed the “Bliss” experiment (I no longer keep the “whatilovetodo” domain and all the lessons are freely shared on my personal blog at janechin.com – look for the link that says “Life Experiments” and you will see the “Bliss” experiment, and my conclusion/finding of whether “following your bliss can indeed create success”. I have also conducted, and completed another life experiment that I called the “Significance” experiment. This came upon the heels of the “Bliss” experiment, when I began to wonder whether it was “success” that I was looking for – or perhaps it was “significance” that I wanted.

I have also retired the business that I talked about in my above story, and founded another. I’ve written 3 books and am now working in a new venture with like-minded people who already tasted success but are now asking, “how can I make a difference that will outlive ME?”

I appreciate your words of support and encouragement!

Sincerely,
Jane Chin

Not only did I enjoy the post, but I am seriously blessed by your comments here. I've just jumped ship myself, still flailing, it feels like, but more at peace than I have been in decades. I'm 40 now, no dependents, 2000+ miles away from my hometown.. and freer than I have ever been in my life thus far. I made the jump after months of prayer and now that I have done so, I feel as if I have been emancipated.

Love this site!!

Catrise

I’m sure I had (have) critics, although for the most part, I was simply echoing the sentiments and concerns of my colleagues who were just as troubled as I was, but they have their own reasons for not speaking out.

I’ve learned that when you’re doing the right things, and doing things right, you will see two group emerging.

One group is made up of the people you are serving and providing either tangible or intangible value to, who are thankful that someone is addressing their concerns and putting in an effort to move things forward.

The other group is made up of people for whom you will never be young enough, old enough, experienced enough, smart enough, credible enough, rich enough, poor enough, tall enough, short enough, etc. etc. etc.

You get to choose which group whose opinions you believe, and what you can do about it.

I do have one question for Jane: How did you deal with criticism from your former colleagues (if there was any) when you started speaking out against their business practices?