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Dear Friend,
Few of us were encouraged, especially by our parents, to take time to travel, work odd jobs, and discover what we wanted. Often our career choices were based on things we liked at the time, what our friends were doing, what our parents wanted us to do. What would make us a lot of money, or what looked interesting when we flipped through the career books at college orientation programs.
Few of us stopped to ask ourselves, “Who Am I” because we were too busy securing our first jobs or people pleasing (Doing what our parents expected or wanted us to do).
In order to remain successful you must first stop what you are doing in take a hard look at your life and ask yourself…
Is this the life I truly want to live?
Is the job I have satisfying me?
Am I excited to get up in the morning to go to work?
These questions will help you look at your career path a little closer. Pay attention to how you feel when you answer these questions. Do you feel butterflies or excitement?
Do you want to live this way? If not jot down in a journal how you feel and make the changes necessary to lead a better life.
Below are questions to answer to help you ponder your life choices deeper.
1. Who Am I as an employee? Example: Am I happy or excited to get up to go to my current workplace? Or, Are you drained and depressed in your current workplace?
2. Who Am I when I work with other people?
3. Are you happy in your current career field?
4. If, not what would it take for you to be fulfilled?
5. Are you satisfied with your position? If not, what role satisfies you?
6. Are you satisfied with your current pay? If not, what do you think will help you in your financial situation?
7. Have you made any decision or taken any action to change the way you feel if you answered no to any of the above questions?
8. List 3 things you can do today that will make you feel more secure and fulfilled within your career.
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Being a truly independent woman means making independent, yet responsible, choices. In order to raise your children and continue to have free-time for yourself you must once again prioritize you life.
Go back and read “How to Develop a Plan for My Career and Incorporate it Into my Family Lifestyle? This article will help you to prioritize your schedule.
Note that this time you will add an additional step be seeking how you want to best spend your free time. Once that is completed make a to-do-list by listing all your urgent first, then important goals to least important. This will give you a schedule for your career, parenting, and self care needs.
Many of us are unaware of how we spend our time with a little preparation and awareness we are able to balance all of our needs while living a life we love. Rather, then doing things we just hate doing.
Now I’m not saying we will never do things we hate. That would be absorbed! We all have things rather not do. By taking time to plan our days we have better control of what we want to do and rather not do. We are more successful, happy, and peaceful when things are done. We spend time with the people we love and are at peace rather than stressed out.
I learned along time ago that having a plan makes you feel more confident. But I learned that the plan was put in place for us to set goals and direction for our lives. I use to lack direction because I had no clue how I wanted to spend my day.
For instance, “What I wanted to do.” I learned what I wanted and what I was made of when I put my plan in place. I hope this article have put some type of direction and hope into your life so you can feel the same way.
To ease the woes of uncertainty in life, we can remind ourselves that just making the best decisions that we can everyday is good enough. So, grab a piece of paper and make your plan. You have nothing to lose!
I hope this helps. Till next time!!!
Love and Blessing
LeToya
LeToya White is the founder of The Light of Day, INC. a research center that develops personal development and life tools that help people overcome the adversity of life. If you have moved to a new city…don't know many people, don’t have any friends, are stuck in a rut, feel trapped, performance is trending low, lost your drive for life, or have insecurities please feel free to contact me at lightofdayinc@yahoo.com for a free consultation or visit www.lightofdayinc.com.
Things to think about, Life will always have challenges just remember this too shall pass. Your ultimate goals and objectives you have set out for your life resolves around your fears, anxiety or low self-confidence. Do you have a sense for which one of these may be causing the hiccups you mention? If so you have the first step to getting out of your rut.
Many of my clients respond to their problem with this statement, “Every time I say to myself I need to make a change, it always backfires and I end up going one step forward, 500 steps back.”
Do you feel this way, if so you are not alone!
The truth is when you get the feelings that your goals are impossible to reach, do you believe it has to do with the goals you have selected or with uncertainties/fears/negative challenges that impact your belief that you will get there?
When this happens you need to try harder to put yourself in situations that will create opportunity of change. Not only will doing something for change and the enjoyment of it help get out of your mental rut; it will give you a new opportunity to form relationships and friends… breaking down your fear boosting self confidence are all supported by the willingness to change.
I look forward from hearing from you!!!
Love and Blessing
LeToya
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