New goals, new happiness

If you look back at how you pictured your life was going to be, has it eventuated? Have you achieved what you wanted or changed paths along the way?

I had a vision of adulthood - kids, house, travel, career, etc. Now I find myself with a level of success and achievement, but not necessarily job satisfaction. So here I am, along with many others that I know, at a point where I can continue down the ‘normal’ trajectory of my life or take a leap of faith and go searching for something more fulfilling. Let’s face it, it would be easier to stay the course and stay in an industry I’ve already proven myself. Good for the resume and bank balance. But that inevitably means doing the same thing over and over again for the rest of my working life. Yawn!

The alternative is to jump off the merry-go-round and look for something new. So that’s what I’m doing. Funnily enough the best piece of advice I got was to look backwards at what used to make me happy (before it became about how I could make a living from it). For me it took a long time to come to the realisation that what I always enjoyed was writing. So where to from here?

Remember it’s a journey not a leap, so as a first step I’m doing an online course in creative writing. I’m also putting together this website as a way of sharing my story with others that might be at the same point in their lives. I’m learning to enjoy the process of writing again and looking forward to seeing what the future holds.