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In Episode 016 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Goli Kalkhoran, who quit law and started a portable photo booth company, Usie Booth. Goli also hosts the podcast Lessons from a Quitter, where she interviews inspiring people who have left traditional careers to start over and create a life they love. In this conversation, Goli shares about: Deciding that she was going to become a lawyer when she was 10 years old; Heading off to law school convinced she would love the lawyer life; Why she wasn’t surprised she didn’t like working at a law firm, but didn’t think that meant she shouldn’t be a lawyer; How the culture of misery amongst lawyers is so common and so destructive; Why a move to a new state kept her from returning to her lawyer job as planned (and why she thinks without the move, she probably would have gone back even though she was miserable); Feeling sick as she looked for a new lawyer job after moving, and how it made her realize she should consider other options; Why she put off telling people she was leaving the law for almost 6 months after she made the decision to do it; The process that led to her making the decision to leave the law; Learning to question the stories that she believed about herself; Why you probably already know what you really want, and how to listen to yourself; and much more! Show Notes: Get Sarah’s free guide, First Steps to Leaving the Law  Connect with Goli on her website, Instagram, or Facebook Listen to The Former Lawyer Podcast on your preferred platform!