- Silvia Johnson
I escaped!! I left my J – O – B a little over a year ago. It was pretty scary, but I did it!! Some might think that was stupid, I think it was genius!!
Am I living better than ever before? Am I doing things I enjoy doing? Oh Yeah !! Do I regret my decision for leaving? Hell No !! If I hadn’t left when I did, I may have ended up one of those other bitter “professionals” handcuffed to a great company that would suck the life out of me no matter what I did to balance my life.
So what lead to my great escape? There were a number of things that got me to where I am now.
- Digging deep for what mattered to me the most.
- Creating a strong support system in my life which included people that said “yes you can” instead of “no you can’t”
- Changing some gnarly limiting and conflicting thoughts.
- Setting an awesome vision for what was possible in my life.
- Education galore!
After all the deep work and 6 months of recovering from the corporate world, I arrived!! The real me finally opened up her eyes and said – “Here I am, it’s time to live it up!”
So I say to all out there who have the golden handcuffs on that it IS possible to escape! And if as you read this you’re thinking:
- It’s impossible for me to replace my current income.
- I don’t have the money.
- I’m only doing this until the stock vests goes up/goes public.
- I don’t have someone to support me.
- I like the steady paycheck.
- It’s really not that bad.
- I can’t get paid “real” money doing what I enjoy.
- I’m not good at anything else.
- It’s too hard to learn something new.
or any other number of stories that tell you – “you can’t do anything but what you are doing today.” Those stories are the only thing keeping you from escaping. Yes, that’s right, you are the one that’s keeping yourself oppressed.
So, I challenge you to consider – What if the story you are telling yourself is untrue? What if anything were possible for you? What would you dare to dream?