That Tuesday Morning

Describe a risk you took that you do not regret.

“Your role has been eliminated.”

It was a crisp Tuesday morning of February a week before my birthday. My weekly meeting with my boss had been converted into a layoff call.

My job of last seven years went away with a poof!

At that point, my job was my only life. I had sacrificed my family, my friendships, my hobbies and my relationships for a career that had brought me to a dead-end.

With a single blow I was left to fend for myself without a support system. Suddenly I had nothing to look forward to and nowhere to go.

The following months went into an abyss of darkness that usually comes with a painful depression when the earth beneath your feet dissappears.

Now when I look back at that moment a year later I feel that was the best thing to happen to me!!!

Why? Because that moment propelled me to take a HUGE RISK..

I realized that while a successful career had brought me far in life it was time to make amends with other parts of my life!

So I packed my bags and decided to leave my career behind to give importance to other things that mattered – family, loved ones, passions and some much needed time for myself to recuperate.

I published my first book a few months after that fulfilling one of my biggest passions – to become a writer.

I spent the last year doing everything that my career had not let me do. Makes me eternally grateful for the decision I took last year.

Yes that was a big risk that I was taking. Leaving a career of 15+ years behind for an unknown future was indeed a risk. One that I will never regret!