EPISODE · Apr 21, 2026 · 12 MIN
What Quitting Pottery Made Me Realize About the Job I Stayed in Too Long
from Real Time Creator | A Career Break Diary · host Alison Kinsey Langone
I did NOT expect a 6-week pottery class to turn into a bigger conversation about quitting, intuition, and the things we stay stuck in for way too long. But that’s exactly what happened. What started as a small creative experiment on my career break ended up showing me how much resistance I was feeling and what kinds of creative experiences actually light me up.In This Episode:What resistance reveals about creative expansion vs. adding another open tab to your lifeMy unexpected visit with a reiki healer a few months before I got laid offThe complacency I felt in the final stretch of my tech career, even while still liking my jobThe internal tension between leaving a stable job for entrepreneurship, and sunk cost fallacyLet's Connect:Follow me on Instagram: @alisonkinsey or send me an email: [email protected]. Connect with Alison on LinkedIn.I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives.
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I did NOT expect a 6-week pottery class to turn into a bigger conversation about quitting, intuition, and the things we stay stuck in for way too long. But that’s exactly what happened. What started as a small creative experiment on my career break ended up showing me how much resistance I was feeling and what kinds of creative experiences actually light me up. In This Episode: What resistance reveals about creative expansion vs. adding another open tab to your lifeMy unexpected visit w...
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