Since I spent the weekend disconnecting and not checking emails, blogging or even thinking about work I thought continuing on with Tina’s 30 Days of Self Love was especially important today. Perspective. Such a powerful word and an even more powerful tool. For me, perspective has made me a much happier person. Last year about this time I was miserable in my daily life because of a job. I should have been at my absolute happiness because my personal life was great but work was consuming me.
I was working for a person who thought 45 hours would never be enough and would tell me often how bad I was at my job. Hearing day after day how bad you are at something is certainly not motivating! The person I worked for was one dimensional and thought you could only succeed by working 60+ hours a week After a particularly demoralizing meeting I decided I was done. My personal success would no longer be tied to my job. Who I am as a person is so much more than where I work and what I do for a career.
Perspective is what made me leave a job I hated and start branching out more towards my passions. I am thankful that I finally saw a job is never worth compromising happiness. At the end of the day I need to be able to look in the mirror and be truly happy with all the choices in my life and right now I am proud of what I see in the mirror.
What has been a moment of perspective for you?
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