Early in my career, I was a partner in a mannequin company.

For eight years, I loved it.

I worked with talented people, collaborated with some of the best fashion designers in the industry, and had the opportunity to do some pretty amazing things.

Then something unexpected happened.

I couldn’t stop thinking about writing children’s books.
Or creating a children’s television series.

No matter how hard I tried to push those thoughts aside, they kept finding their way back.

For more than a year, I wrestled with them.

My wife finally said, “You’ve lost your sense of humor.”
She was right.

One day I realized what was really bothering me.

I didn’t want to wake up at 70 years old and ask myself one question:

“Could I have done it?”

Once I knew the question, I knew the answer.

Over the next few months, I hired and trained my replacement, packed up our young family, and moved to Woodstock, New York.

That’s where I began writing children’s books and creating the first of three children’s educational television series.

Looking back, I’m grateful I never had to answer that question.