Unlike much of the world’s population, I and most of my friends — and readers — are concerned less with putting food on the table, and more almost immobilized by the wealth of career choices we have to pick from.

And if you’ve been reading green LA girl for a while, you’ve read me blog ad nauseum about how I can’t figure out what I want to do. You’ll be happy to know that after one too many tweets from me about my inability to make any decisions, my friend Britt Bravo, a fellow BlogHer contributing editor, stepped in to make me her latest Big Vision Career & Project Consulting client.

Britt helped me get more productive while giving me the flexibility to continue figuring out what I want to do — giving me a roadmap that takes financial realities into account while letting me pursue new interests.

One month and 4 sessions later, my life’s got more direction than it’s had in the last decade. Britt singlehandedly made me pursue work (I was living on savings, but that was gonna run out one day) as a freelance blogger and writer. Just in this last month, I started blogging regularly for FilterForGood and Low Impact Living in addition to BlogHer and Lime.com. I also worked with my blog technical consultant Kim Woodbridge to revamp parts of this blog. And for fun, I started taking a drawing class — and am really enjoying it!

I’m still on the lookout for interesting freelancing work. And I still often have freakout moments — mostly when I feel overwhelmed by all I could, should, or would do had I but world enough, and time. But I’m much calmer, focused, and less panicked than I’ve been in a long time.

Need career counseling yourself? Britt’s services cost $85 per hour, or $300 for 4 sessions. As you can tell, her services come highly recommended from me. Unlike many career counselors who basically just advise you on how to make more money, Britt’s interested in the whole person, and her counseling will be especially helpful to artistic or do-gooder types.

As for me: Britt and I have one more session at the end of October — aka right before my 30th birthday on Nov. 1 — to see how I manage on my own in this next month –

Britt Bravo’s Big Vision Career & Project Consulting. 510.757.9684. britt@brittbravo.com.

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