It’s been almost a year since I sent that school-wide email announcing my resignation. Has every day been easy? No. I am working in an industry that I tried to run from (see Chapter 1 of my book), but I also saw the writing on the wall of job security for the future. I have spent the past year learning a whole new vernacular and adjusting to new opportunities for growth.
Have I missed the students? Sometimes. Have I missed my colleagues? The great ones, yes. But at the end of the day, I realized that this was one of the best and healthiest moves I ever had to make. I love the fact that I’ve been able to look at my new job as a job and not a ‘calling’, so it makes it easier to close my laptop at the end of the workday. I’m learning that when I feel ‘off’, I can take a day and it’s not earth-shattering and no one is guilting me to be in the office or online.
Have there been obstacles over this past year? YES. But truly, I am grateful for these obstacles because they have made me stronger and ingrained in me that life is too short to commiserate over the irrelevant. If you stand at a crossroads and have been worried about where you’ll land after you leap, leaping with wisdom and not emotion is going to yield better results- not always the ones you want, but definitely the ones you need.