A Time for a Life Update

If you have been looking for permission to make a change in your life, see this as a sign to allow yourself to make that change.

I had been looking for a new job, and I had a few interviews at verry different places. I wanted to be happy at my work place again, since I had not been as happy as I once was at this job. I knew that in order to be happy again I needed to make a change. I was applying for different jobs that I thought could be of interest to me, but was not sure exactly what would be the best choice. I knew there were possibly a lot of places that I could work and be happy, but I also knew that since I have paid off my student loans in 2020 I have been hoping and praying that I can use my degree more.

I shot an email to someone who was listed as a contact for questions for a position that was exactly what I went to college for. I was quite frank when I said I was intimidated to apply for that position, but I was hopeful to get my foot in the door to work my way up to doing that job. We exchanged many emails which led to a virtual interview and an offer for the job I accepted and am now 2 weeks in. It happened very fast- like over the course of 3 weeks I had an interview, offer, put in my 2 weeks, worked my 2 weeks and started a new position in a new city.

I am still living in my own apartment, and have been working on cleaning it to be prepared for the busy season of dance classes starting. I am adjusting to my new longer work commute. I have been cooking more meals for myself, even if it is not really “meal time” I am learning to cook when I am in the mood to cook and use it as meal prep for future meals. I have been going for more walks outside in my neighborhood and found a new extended route. I am happy again.

Life is too short not to be happy. I know that as a single person it is different for me than it might be for you. No matter, those you do life with will want you to be happy, too.

While my Grandpa (mom’s dad) was still alive, I was able to tell him that I got a job as a dance teacher, and he said that I would like that job since he knew that dancing made my happy. That was the way of my great- grandparents, too. I got to see that by hearing life stories from some of my grandpa’s cousins that I got to meet at the family reunion last month. I am so grateful to have had such wise great-great grandparents who knew that doing what makes you happy will help you find joy in your life along with the lives of those you do life with, and that it has continued on to my generation of cousins. It does not mean that life will always be easy. It does mean that if you have always wanted to open a flower shop, you can. If you have always wanted to be a dance teacher, find a way to make it happen. If you have always wanted to be a master chef, start small and share what you create.

Do more of what makes you happy, and those who are around you will be happy, too.

A lot can change over the course of a month – eventually the small steps will turn into the big ones.

Happiness is contagious.

What is stopping you from doing what makes you happy?

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“She was unstoppable. Not because she did not have failures or doubts. But because she continued on despite them.” – Unknown

“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – Unknown