(1) Have you ever re-evaluated the course of your life? If yes, how did you go about re-evaluating it objectively? What was your process?
Yes, I had a job where I believed I was working hard but making a sincere difference in young people's lives. I got a new boss who's job I still believe was to close down where I worked. My social service type/work related activities were no longer permitted to go on there. I did not re-evaluate. It just became apparent that my dreams and vision were no longer achievable through those means. I had been there 8 years. I decided what course I needed to take to be the person, I am to be. Some times people spend a lot of time mulling things over when they already know what they need to do but are too afraid to actually take the risk and do it. I just did it.
(2) What was the outcome? How did you tell your family and friends about the change? Were you happy with your decision?
The outcome is that I am currently poor
No job just school for the past 3 years. My family witnessed the change that was occurring in both my previous work environment and in me. When I was no longer permitted to recruit families for the program I had developed and serviced for 5 years my husband knew I would not be able to continue. Everyone seemed relieved when I decided to follow an alternate path. It's been pretty obvious my whole life, who I am and what I am to do, but I have been the sole cause for not having reached that potential. Be it fear, laziness, or settling for what was easier, they were all my choices to make. And I am ecstatic with my decision.
(3) Any advice, based on what you learned?
Listen to what your instincts are telling you about who and what you are. Make your decisions out of righteous knowing not fear or doubt. Time slips by faster than you think, don't be stagnant, be moving towards your goals, even if it's baby-steps.