We quit our jobs at 26, moved, and opened a whiskey distillery. I don't expect our kids to take it over.

Lucy and Andy Rieger quit their jobs and moved to Kansas City to open a distillery.

Provided by Lucy Rieger

• Lucy Rieger quit her job to help her husband open a whiskey distillery that had been in his family.
• Her two kids often hang out at the bar, and she credits their nanny for being a co-parent.
• The kids are learning responsibility and seeing firsthand what it takes to run a business.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lucy Rieger, 37, the cofounder of distillery J.