What message are you sending?

It’s amazing how differently things can be seen coming from two different perspectives.

I genuinely considered myself to have been doing a good job working in a corporate environment for the last 10 plus years, which allowed me stability, learning opportunities, holiday leave and the ability to tailor my days to work around my family life. So, imagine my surprise when I realised my daughter doesn’t see it that way.

As we drove past my office the other day, my daughter came out with a comment along the lines of ‘I’ll never work at such a boring job.’ Now, I know she’s only 13 years old, and in her eyes an exciting job involves travelling the world or doing something to better it, but I was still taken aback.

My core belief was that I had been demonstrating what a successful adult looks like, but what I haven’t been doing is demonstrating how to follow your dreams.

I chose the safe road, the responsible option and I did it happily and with intention. It’s only now that my kids are older and I have the ability to reassess what I want to do that I can see I wasn’t working at something I was passionate about. I wasn’t showing my kids how to find something they love and make it part of their future. I wasn’t practicing what I preach.

What message are you sending your kids? Or what message are you giving yourself? Do the responsible thing or do what you love?

Maybe it’s something to consider xox