Archive for January, 2011

Jan 26

Life in motion and pondering possibilities

This last week and a half has been interesting. I say interesting because I’ve been productive, relaxed and well received by the Boy.

I’m always talking about how my life has changed and the truth is that life is always changing and shifting. Still the magnitude of change for me, after my life having been fairly stagnant for the better part of a decade, has astounded me. I won’t recount everything that’s happened over the last few years (again). What I will say is that life in motion is so much more fun than life in pause.

Which brings me to a few more changes that are impending. Some of these changes are already in the works, while others are just ponderances of possibility.

What possibility am I pondering? The possibility of becoming a health and fitness professional. I suppose submitting an application for a yoga teacher training program is a little more than pondering, but it felt right. Because what better way could I find to incorporate fitness into my life than to teach fitness to others?

There’s this voice in my head that keeps saying I’m not fit enough to teach fitness to others. But that voice is a lie and as I submitted my application, answering the questions designed to gage my desire to become a yoga instructor, I had this feeling of excitement. It was excitement about the possibility of entering yet another new phase of life and not knowing what’s on the other side of the open door. Excitement about taking a leap of faith.

And why shouldn’t I make that leap? This is what the life in motion is all about. Who knows? Maybe life will continue to reward my leaps with positive return and more possibilities to ponder.

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Jan 15

Change is good, especially when the timing is right

I spent the first week of 2011 in Ireland. I returned to the US feeling refreshed and happy in love. Went into work spreading good news (that I’m not prepared to share here yet) and everything was lovely.

That is, until I got the news that I would not be attending this year’s conference in ATL. I had been looking forward to it since last year’s conference in Miami. I couldn’t figure out why they would leave behind one of the hardest working and most experienced online editors at the company (granted the fact that I was most experienced with only six years of experience is a little scary. LOL).

I left work early on Thursday for visit to the Dr and returned on Friday ready for the weekend. It’s a good thing too because my weekend would be starting early. Not 20 minutes after I sat down at my desk to get started with my day, I got a call requesting my presence in the conference room. It was the kind of call where you know exactly what it means. This was the end of the road for me at Entrepreneur.

I walked into the conference room with a smile. And then the lawyer told me what I already knew was coming: Online editorial was being moved to the New York office. I could relocate (with no help) or accept a “rather generous” severance package.

For many young editors living in SoCal, the opportunity to move to New York with a job already guaranteed would be the opportunity of a lifetime. However, for me, it was a lifetime opportunity of a different type.

You, see…at the beginning of 2010, I had set a goal to be in the full-swing of a full-time freelance business before the start of 2011. Aside from the fitness goal, I hadn’t really hit any of my benchmarks for the year. I started to think about it and knew that I needed a new plan if I was serious about getting my business started. I had read all sorts of articles and books that said starting a business is best when you have time and savings, but without savings, its best to keep the day job until your side gig can replace the day job income.

That shit is easier said than done. So I was discouraged. I wanted to launch my business but I had neither the savings nor the time. I felt trapped in a job I honestly had a love hate relationship with.

So when offered the choice of relocating or taking the money the choice was easy: I took the money.

You see, the timing couldn’t have been better. Now I can really focus on doing the work to get my business started. In fact, I don’t have a choice because going to back to work for someone else is simply not an option for me.

What’s next? Oh…I think I’ll relax next week, taking my time to build a plan, enjoy the sunrise from my balcony in the morning. Make the boy a proper breakfast before seeing him off to school. Prepare for David’s arrival at the end of the month…

Life is good.

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