How To Know When It’s Time To Quit Your Job With Jaclyn Goldis

Dying To Ask: Road to Paris

From big law to big adventure to big-time author. Jaclyn Goldis' new book is called "The Chateau" and the thriller is topping summer beach reads lists.

But Jacyln's personal story has some interesting chapters too. And it starts with quitting a prestigious and lucrative job.

She quit her job in Chicago as an estate planning lawyer right to travel the world. And, she quit that job after seven and a half years, right around the time most attorneys make partner.

The decision was met with a 50/50 reaction from friends and colleagues.

She brought two small backpacks and the hope that she could realize her dream of life as a fiction writer.

It worked. The trip unlocked creativity and fueled her soul in a way her more linear career path was not.

Seven years later, she's settled in Tel Aviv, Israel, lives two blocks from the beach and is living a lifelong dream because she took a chance.

"I had so many fears of how it was going to work and where it was going to end up, and how the writing thing was going to go. And you know, there were a lot of stress in terms of that. But ultimately, I'm so happy I took that risk and I'm really happy where I ended up," Goldis said.

On this Dying to Ask:

• How Jaclyn knew to trust her gut and quit her lawyer job.
• What her colleagues said when she left law right around the time she was about to make partner
• A reality check on what quitting a job and traveling the world as a single adult is really like.
• What did she pack in the two small backpacks on her trip around the world?
• Where Jaclyn ultimately ended up settling and what her new life as a buzzed-about author is like.
• The quote that guides her life.