SEVEN (7) SIMPLE THINGS
THAT NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU
ABOUT SEARCHING FOR YOUR
“Happily Ever After”
1. SUCCESS ONLY COMES WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN! Otherwise, you can end up wandering and grouchy like a Publix shopper who forgot the grocery list.
2. LEAVING FULL-TIME WORK IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN MOST STRESSFUL TIMES IN LIFE. Yep, it’s right up there with Parenting, except no one’s calling you Mommy or Daddy and asking for a snack every two hours.
3. HAVING A PLAN IS NECESSARY. BECAUSE YOUR WORK WON’T REALLY BE OVER. You’ll still be working hard. Figuring out your future takes time, patience, and knowing where your glasses are at all times.
4. PLANNING WILL HELP YOU AVOID THE DARK SIDE – because there really is a Dark Side. No, not Darth Vader, but the siren call of endless streaming series, the alcohol cabinet, and eating chips and salsa in your sweats.
5. WAITING TO SEE HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU GET THERE WASTES TIME. Leave the improv to the comedians. Start now to PLAN something about something so that if you want to volunteer, you can tell them you don’t want to drive carpool.
6. YOU’LL LOSE ROUTINE AND CONNECTION WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR FULL-TIME JOB. With PLANNING you can avoid naming your houseplants after former coworkers just for company.
7. WHAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE, JUST MIGHT NOT BE. Family is busy, travel is harder, and no one warned you about the knee pain. PLAN ahead by making a Curious List.
In case you didn’t get the message. Reread #1.
You’re welcome.
It’s important to have someone telling you the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So, since I take my job seriously and it’s February - cold and possible snowy – take some time to PLAN.
Loretta
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