My journey part two: The decision that changed my life

May 10

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Last week I began telling you the first part of a 3 part series where I’m sharing with you my story - real, raw and like I’ve never told it before. If you missed the first part you can read it here: the story I haven’t told you.Today, I’m going to dive into the 2nd part and tell you about a decision that changed the course of my life.At this point in my story I had spent a few years diving into self-growth and being single so I could cultivate a relationship with the most important person in my life, myself.But something was still missing…And I started feeling a deep discontentment in my chosen profession.The whisper (now scream) was growing louder each day and could no longer be ignored. She was calling me out and demanding that I lived more.

Following nothing more than a gut feeling than I was destined for more, I made a decision that changed the course of my life;

I quit my soul sucking job (aka the career I spent a decade building) and bought a one-way ticket to Bali so I could go on a solo quest to “find myself”.

And find myself I did.I spent four amazing months in Bali feeling more free and alive then I had ever felt or knew was possible.All the expectations of what I should be doing or who I should be fell away. As did the false identities.Up until this point I didn’t know who I was. I felt like a lost soul.But my time in Bali created the space for me to reconnect with me. For my true self to emerge and somewhere among the rice paddies I found myself.For the first time in my life I fell in love with myself, head over heals in love with me.

Why am I telling you this?

I’m not telling you this because I think you should walk into your job and quit!(Unless you’re really unhappy then maybe you should *wink wink*)

I’m telling you this because I want to inspire you to make your own life changing decision.

That decision to quit my job and go on a quest to find myself literally CHANGED. MY. LIFE.Who knows what my life would have been if I didn’t make that choice.I leaped into the unknown without even a plan. All I had was a bit of money, a one way ticket to Bali and a faith that I was destined for more.It was scary, really really fucking scary. I spent the first few days in Bali thinking “holy shit what did I do?!”

But being who you are and making bold decisions takes courage.

And guess what, I know that you’re courageous.

So I ask you,

What decision would change the course of your life?

What would it take for you to leap?

Do you think change happens over time or in an instance?I think it happens in a split second. The second we decide no more. Never again. Enough is enough.

And in that second your life will be forever changed because in that second you decided that you are worthy of more.

So I ask you again,