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How to: release an old life and embrace the new

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Let me ask you this: have you ever had one of those moments where it has felt like your old self is literally in a boxing match with your new self? Where there's a part of you that's clinging to the past like Jack hanging on to the door in the Titanic and your new self is prying it off, finger by finger saying, "LET IT GO, why are you still hanging on to this?!" (Poor Jack.) Yup. I've lived through several of those moments. And they aren't fun, but they are important. Because it not only allows you to see how far you've come, it allows you see what part of you  -- you've outgrown. I outgrew my old life, and I had one very specific, very maddening "tower moment" that made it all blatantly clear. Let's dive in... I've owned and operated my own brand strategy business for about 6 years, working mainly with major advertising agencies as a freelance strategist.  There was one project that nearly cost me my sanity, but it was -- as the univ...