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Here's a funny story... If you dare to read it all!

 

Not that long ago someone shared on here how they hated their job, but didn't want to quit because they didn't want to disappoint anyone. I told them to quit or at least work on quitting, since they needed to do what's best for them. Something along those lines.

 

Why's that funny?

 

I have been in a job I've started to loathe in the past months and wasn't even thinking of quitting. Yet I told someone else to do that. Yep.

 

Why couldn't I follow my own advice?

 

I thought I needed to stay where I was to achieve a very personal and important goal to me. I needed to keep saving money for it and that meant staying in a job that was killing me slowly from inside out and clenching my money every month to make sure I save as much as I can. The end goal was to quit after all was done.

 

The problem?

 

Not even that I've grown to hate my job, but the fact that I thought this was the only way to achieve my goal. I realized that it's been a while since I've felt genuine joy. I spent 6 years in a foreign country on my own. The best decision I ever made, because it changed my life beyond my expectations. But my time here was over. It was way, way overdue. I've been feeling like I needed to leave and go back to Europe, go back home, since about a year ago.

 

Now what?

 

Last week, I resigned, bought a ticket home, and got an invitation for a job interview back home—all in one day. Crossing my hooves that I get that job!

 

The lesson?

 

There is more than one way to achieve my goals. And I don't need to suffer. I can do what I need to do and make my dreams come true.

 

Not to mention I've missed nature walks, enjoying all four seasons, having four-legged friends, driving, and being more free.

 

On January 26th 2020, I am going home.

 

Thank you for coming to my TED talk!