I don’t always deal with change very well. Changing jobs, changing relationships, changing pants, it’s all pretty annoying at first. You’ve heard it before that we’re creatures of habit, but looking deeper than that we just like having control over things. We’re all mad for POWER! At least in the context of what happens in our own personal lives, and that’s a good thing. Why shouldn’t we want to control our destiny?
Recently I quit my job cold turkey. I know that most people wouldn’t do something like that, especially what from the outside might appear to be a “good job.” I was completely miserable, and there was no sign of it getting better so instead of deliberating on it and possibly changing my mind, I made a decision and stuck to it. I figure that in the grand scheme of things a job should never hold so much control over a person’s life.
Not my life anyway, maybe someone else’s. I imagined myself as an old man retelling my story to children. What would I want to say? That I worked my fingers to the bone and have nothing to show for it after all these decades? Forget about it. The unknown may be one of the scariest things to face in life, but let’s not be cowards. Not now.
Am I telling you to follow my footsteps? If you feel it in your guts, then yes. Make a decision. If that decision is to stay where you’re at, then at least recognize that it was your choice. I chose to leave the place I felt I didn’t belong anymore. The change isn’t completely easy and simple, but I’m up for new challenges. New changes.
