At the same time, I had groomed myself as a writer since I was old enough to hold a pencil in my teeth and write on the walls of our modest duplex halls After ten years of bureaucratic bs, such as telling staff there was such a budget deficit that they would have to do some massive layoffs—then six months later were adding buildings and hiring into high-end administrative positions, I took the offer (a kind of golden handshake for those too young to retire) to give up my job(s) at the college I did so not only that older colleagues with homes and mortgages and kids and whatnot needed to keep their positions, but because I never had, after a twelve- to fifteen-hour day, time for my deepest passion, writing
It took guts, also called intestinal fortitude by my high school English instructor, to make such a dramatic career change It also is supposed to take capital, of which I had none (and I am NOT exaggerating—had about twelve bucks all tolled) But I had internalized the career change advice of the Oprah guest that many years back (a guest whom I cannot recall a name for, so I apologize) And I had made the career change as an adjustment, but more, as a reclamation of what my soul pointed toward doing to begin with I wish the same desire to eclipse should/would/could voices in you and give you the impetus to make that career change for the better!
Granted, there were at first many times—that first transition year, especially–whereby I felt anxious, terrified, where I felt guilty, where I got overwhelmed, or where I got depressed These times get fewer and farther between, and they come with less impact as time passes and I get further from the career change date(s) These emotions are normal, actually According to Eileen McDargh, author of HOW to WORK for a LIVING and STILL BE FREE to LIVE (a book I just found a month or so ago, which I hope is still in print for you to find as well), these emotions are natural for individuals making a career change or making the decision to be “faithful to our giftedness, our ‘work’” McDargh also follows up the discussion of the negative manifestations as a result of career change with empowering details on our 1)faith; 2)self-esteem and confidence; and 3) willingness to risk For that, dear soldier of commerce or creativity, is what career change rests most soundly upon.
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