Finding Happiness

At the most recent L2L Mixer in Nashville a young woman around the age of 22-years-old asked the panel when do you know when it is time to leave your job.

Dominique Alexander’s response stood out to me as she told the attendee that our twenties are made for movement. “20-year-old bills are different than 30-year-old bills,” she shared.

We are living in a time where recent grads are entering the workforce and immediately hit with the realization that corporate America may not be for them. We aren’t staying at companies long. No longer are they waiting it out, paying their dues or working their way up. They’ve had enough. We’ve had enough.

For me, I never felt comfortable telling someone what to do about leaving their job, because I was always the person who stayed in situations longer than I needed to. I stayed when the burnout started to affect my health. I stayed even when I lost interest and lacked motivation. I let my jobs decide for me instead of making it myself, and I regret it. However, many people bet on themselves and leave before their jobs get the best of them. Recently, I had the opportunity to ask a few women why they quit their jobs to find their happiness and each story was different, but what remains the same is that each woman found the confidence to step into their purpose. Now they are each doing what they’ve always wanted to do.

I knew to get to my happy; I would have to let go of my independence because living on my own was the only thing that kept from leaving situations that made me unhappy. I moved back home, my job quit me, and now I’m in the midst of creating the life I truly want.

The takeaway I gained from Dominique’s response to that young lady was a reminder to “reverse engineer your life if you’re not happy.” What’s your ideal life look like? Layout the absolute steps to get to your happy.

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