Pursuing Dreams After Job Loss

What was your life like one year ago today?⁠ ⁠ (Save this post to remind yourself that you have the power to change your life!)⁠ ⁠ I know we all had a hell of a 2020 and by June we all were more than ready to ring in 2021!⁠ ⁠ For me, June, and specifically June 18th of 2021 was really the cherry on top of a great year. (I hope you read that with extreme sarcasm.)⁠ ⁠ At this point, I had been working from home for a few months and had my routine of waking up and getting the day rolling by checking loads of emails I inevitably had from my boss. About an hour into the morning I received a text from my boss asking me to call him, so I did.⁠ ⁠ And he told me he had to let me go.⁠ ⁠ I didn't have a job anymore. To say life got weird quick is an understatement.⁠ ⁠ I cried a lot, I laughed a lot, I slept a lot, and then I starting hiking A LOOOOOT, which lead to even more dreams of travel and adventure!⁠ ⁠ I had been wanting to start my own business for a few years at this point but hadn't really thought about how I was going to do it. So after that initial shock wore off and I took some time to rest I decided why not try to start a business now? It seemed a bit insane considering what the world was like at that time, but I figured the year has already been crazy so why not add a little more crazy to the mix?⁠ ⁠ So I did, and one year later I somehow have made it work. Am I rolling in the dough and have the most successful business ever? No. Do I always have the confidence that I made the right decision to start a business and that I am going to make it work? No.⁠ ⁠ But am I happy with what I wake up and do every day? Yes! Every single day is a day I live on my terms and I don't think I have ever been happier with my career.⁠ ⁠ Sometimes you have to change your perspective about what the universe is throwing your way so that your life can grow to be everything you have ever dreamed of it to be. And sometimes you have to show the universe how you want your life to be by pushing through the crap it is throwing your way and making your dreams come true.⁠ ⁠ Just know that it takes time, but will always be worth it!