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Well, it has arrived…the end of one era and the beginning of another. This week is the final week at my day job of 14 years before I focus on running this business and movement I created called “Going the Distance.” As I prepare for my final two shifts, I can’t help but wonder that there is a lot of thoughts running through my mind…what changes are to be expected or what the future may hold.
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If you have been following me from the beginning, you probably may have seen a couple of blogs that I wrote regarding how changes and transitions bring a degree of anxiety. Some of it’s good, but most of it is natural. We all have to face change eventually, no matter how hard or easy it is. In fact, this was a change that was a couple of years in the making where I was constantly on the move trying to figure out where to take my career and my life away from a stressful and anxiety ridden situation that I constantly found myself in.
But when it comes to changes, it is important to focus on the reason why a transition from one era to another had to happen. The main reason why this transition from retail to a self-run business was both mental health related and the fact that I can do more than the position that I was in.
I know for a fact that I can do better than being in a retail environment, but there have been times during this process that I have had thoughts of anxiety because I have been in the industry for almost 20 years. When you get into something for so long, you become complacent and your mind feels like it should stay in that position, but your heart says otherwise.
In this case, I’m following my heart and my passion to inspire you, the autism/neurodiversity community. In fact, you might say that I’m sending a message to those who believe neurodivergent/developmentally different individuals can’t do anything outside of being in jobs that they have to stay in for the rest of their lives. Remember that we all have goals to obtain, no matter how small they are and we have to prove naysayers wrong.
Still, knowing that this is the week where the turnover is going to happen from retail to self-run business can’t help but bring some level of transitional anxiety, which is natural. But it’s something that must be faced eventually and the last day of being in the same position can often be the greatest challenge for a lot of neurodivergent/developmentally different individuals.
I will discuss more about this in the next blog…
Catch you all later!!
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