I am overdue on updating this blog and sharing how I am Seeing a Greater Purpose in my life, my career and my business. I hope to jump back into this a bit more as time allows. My blog posts may be short and sweet but hopefully they will share a glimpse into the things going on in my life and can be an encouragement to you.
The last few months I have been digging into what matters to me – what I really want to be doing, how to be more purposeful in my actions. I had been in a season of feeling like I was in a rut or stuck with just going through the motions each day. I am coming out of this season and this is largely from spending time doing some reflecting and intentional goal setting. I am loving the fruits of this process. I look forward to sharing a few other bits and pieces of this journey but the biggest area where this is showing up right now is with a BIG job change that I am making this month with my full time job. I have worked in the same place for almost 14 years but when a new opportunity came along a couple of months ago, I had to dig deep and determine if it was the right time to make a change. Since I had been spending time over the last 6 months evaluating what was important to me, this opportunity came at a strategic time for me. I was ready to make a change, I knew that I needed to make a change, I just had to decide if I was brave enough to take that step.
As I am still in the process of turning the page over to this new chapter, I will share a few reflections I have had this week as I have wrapped up one job and prepare for the beginning of the next. The friends I have at work have helped me celebrate this process well. We have shed tears of sadness that we will not have each other in the day to day aspect of our lives but we have also celebrated that with change comes growth for many and we can find new ways to continue our friendships. I love this photo that was captured at my Going Away Party and the story it tells. My smile shows the joy and gratitude I felt that day and the name of the book I received Do More of What Makes You Feel Alive” is so very fitting for the season I am in.
I have been touched by many friends, longtime coworkers and colleagues who have been intentional during these last few weeks in connecting with me, sending me an e-mail, stopping by my office, going to lunch, offering to help me in my new role or writing out their thoughts in a card. To hear that you are leaving a legacy with the work you have done, that you have inspired someone with your kindness and willingness to help when needed, that you have given someone strength to be brave in their own journey of being stuck – each of these are precious messages that I will treasure long after the cake is gone, the balloons fade and the new job starts. I am a better person for relationships with the people who have crossed my path and experiences I have had these last 13 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days.
I am thankful for this journey I am on and look forward to seeing where this next chapter will take me.
I am so encouraged by the goals you have set and for beginning your “intentional life”. The information you shared with our team on doing what matters most came to me during a season of restlessness as well. I am taking baby steps in my goal setting and can feel a reduction in frustration already. It is a slow and thought-provoking process. “Pruning the tree to get to the fruit” is indeed a slow process. Thank you for your encouragement and showing me a new pathway to contentment.
My eyes are overflowing as you have expressed yourself and shared this vulnerability. Some of us have been watching this from the side-lines and so wanted to “jump in” and fix it – (AKA – mama syndrome)! You are such a teacher at heart as you are such an example of going through a due diligence process for an outcome (known as engineering mind). To know how purposeful you have been in goal setting processes that have had such a ripple effect in all avenues of life is encouraging to others around you. So, so proud of you and know we are enjoying this part of the journey too.