In my last post, I spoke of my layoff. If I had to be let go, the timing was perfect. I was about to head into my final weekend of coach training. From there I was set to go on…
Category: work
063 – The Layoff
I’m officially unemployed. I’ve never said those words for more than a few days since I was 16 years old and now, I find myself without a job. Strangely, it’s ok. The past year has been turbulent for me. The…
049 – My shoes don’t fit…
Shoes are a funny thing… I don’t really like wearing shoes and long to live in a place where I don’t have to. Where I could own just one pair, a pair of flip flops that I could throw on…
047 – Necessary Regrets…
I’m back here again, back at the place of debilitating burnout that I experienced last year. Well, that didn’t take long. I thought I was better. I thought the trip to Costa Rica would be the cure, I thought being…
045 – Change is hard…
Change has never scared me as much as it does now. I witnessed this as a young person. I’d laugh at the older people who were terrified of change. Now I am that person. But I am fighting it with…
042 – Do I want a new job? Or something else?
Instead of doing what I should be doing, I sit here writing. Because I should be preparing for the interviews that I’ve secured, that is what a competent person would do. Instead, I am actively brainstorming ways to self sabotage…
040 – There are so many signs…
I got hit by a baseball. It hurt. But I feel like it was a warning shot. Like the universe is telling me that I’m about to be a statistic. Woman, 44, dies of a heart attack while sitting at…
039 – Rejection
I applied for a job recently. I knew it was likely a long shot, but I applied anyway because it would have been a dream. It truly would have been something that allowed me to help change the world. I…
012 – I can’t keep up…
I have been going to this yoga class for the past few months which I have been really enjoying. There are actually few yoga classes that I don’t enjoy. Being a road warrior, I have to take my yoga where…
010 – I am a boiling frog…
When will it stop? When will I wake up and realize that I have reached a point of burnout that I can barely function? When will I see that work and stress have infiltrated my life to a point that…