a ship and the harbor is safe but that's not what ships are built for
sometimes in life we come across a quote that changes the course of our lives and this was
the quote that recently changed mine it's a great quote that challenges us to go against our fears
and take risks to broaden our worldview it's not the first time i've heard it but this time
it really spoke to me since i've been stuck in a transitional phase in my career for some time
some of you guys know that for the past four years i've been working for a non-profit agency
where i taught about homeownership and financial literacy to the affordable housing recipients
through the job i had incredible opportunities to teach my course in women's shelters homeless
shelters and to high school students who are preparing to go out into the world
like any job most days were spent tediously filing away papers and making routine phone calls but
then there were days when i was able to witness my clients receive their keys to the first home
and these moments outshined all the difficult ones
i played a small role for a big mission and through the job i learned what it
meant to think bigger than myself and it humbled me and always imaginable
so you're probably thinking why would she even think about leaving such an amazing job
i guess it was my time to see what's out there for me in the open seas
i wanted to update you guys on what's been going on in my life and as from the title you probably
already know but i recently quit my job i wanted to talk about why i quit my job what i plan to
do moving forward and how important i think it is to honor the change that happens within us
so here's my story i graduated as a philosophy major and i had no idea what i wanted to do with
it but one thing i was always sure of was that i wanted to do something meaningful with my time
i was 26 very new to the island and somehow my boss decided to take a chance on me and that's
how i landed my first job at the non-profit agency like i mentioned so many times on my
channel but this really was my dream job basically my job was to teach people in the community and in
order to do that i really had to know a lot about real estate to create my curriculum i really had
to know the ins and outs of how a non-profit agency worked and i had to speak in front of a
lot of different people big crowds small crowds so i had to work on my public speaking skills
the salary was okay but it was steady and i could really see myself doing this for the long run
within our jobs i think we all have aspects that we like more than others then it's only natural
for us to start diving deeper into that one topic which then could spiral into something else
for me i became really interested in learning more about real estate so after work i would come
home and i would just research more about real estate investing and how i can do more diy home
projects by myself at one point i even thought about branching out and becoming a real estate
agent or maybe even taking my course and teaching it on youtube and i even thought about opening up
maybe my own interior design company i had so many different ideas but the point is i found
myself constantly thinking about new ways that i could transition from my current position i didn't
realize that at the time but it's clear to me now that i had clearly outgrown my job and naturally
i wanted to expand and branch out and learn something new and i think when we begin to feel
that it's only right for us to honor it and think of how we can pivot from our current trajectory
a couple of years ago i came across a quote from jordan peterson that really
stuck with me order is not enough you can't just be stable and secure and unchanging because they
are still vital and important new things to be learned nonetheless chaos can be too much
thus you need to place one foot in what you have mastered and understood and the other and what you
are currently exploring and mastering quitting my job didn't happen overnight it was actually
premeditated for many years i think the first thing i did was write a proposal to my boss
and i asked her if i could teach remotely from home and to my surprise she said yes that really
freed up my time i was able to help my husband fix up this house then i also had time to start
this youtube channel i remember during that time we really had to reevaluate our budget
because our income was reduced and also whatever paycheck that we had most of it was going towards
construction materials but i think in the long run it was so worth it it was really a
small price to pay because what i was getting in exchange was some more time for me to think about
what i wanted to do moving forward while starting up these little projects on the side
so i put in my two weeks notice about a month ago and it feels like i'm closing a huge chapter
in my life and actually my husband is also going through a huge transition in his life
and he's taking some time to think about how he wants to move forward for now we're okay we have
some money in our savings we have our investments and i also have this youtube channel which i'm
really grateful to all of you and i think why this youtube channel is so much fun for me
is because it's completely different than anything i've ever done i didn't really know much about
cameras or editing it was a steep learning curve and i think i really like those challenges but of
course i think about where is this going is this going to be forever and probably the answer is no
you know i'm always going to be looking for new challenges and my hobbies interests and my values
and priorities change all the time so i don't think i'm the type of person who will stick to one
thing forever and i think that's okay sometimes i even dream about opening up a little cafe
or working at a cafe or even starting a non-profit myself or really buying that mango orchard and
live off the land in the meantime i'm just gonna enjoy the ride and put my hundred percent effort
into whatever i'm doing at the time the biggest change since adopting a more minimalist lifestyle
isn't the fact that i have less things in my home and i have less pieces of clothes in my closet but
it's more the fact that i'm actively thinking more about how i can live more intentionally
i find myself asking a lot am i getting any value out of this am i still getting fulfilled
by what i'm doing and i think these questions are really vital because we change constantly
i just want to say if you're not happy with your current situation
maybe you feel like you've outgrown your work maybe your hometown or even your relationships
i hope that you can find the courage and the willpower to put yourself in a position where you
can transition and i know it was so much easier for me and my husband because we have dual incomes
and also no kids so it does make it so much easier but i do believe that it has to start somewhere
and i think it starts with the right intentions it is never too late no matter what your age is
no matter how much you've invested in something
and no matter how far you've come you can always start over and i think that is truly the beauty
of life in the next few months i have so many new updates for you guys i'm really excited to
share and if you want to follow me more real time then you can go follow my instagram at malama life
let me know in the comments if you guys have been going through a transition yourself thank you guys
again so much for watching until next tuesday take care guys and i'll talk to you soon bye
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