It is blowing my mind that I left my full-time job more than four months ago - does time go even faster when you’re NOT working? It’s been really interesting to see how time has changed when I don’t have structure. Days can get away from me. While working there were weeks that felt like months, like there was no way they would end or that I would make it through them. Now I wake…
My phone is on “do not disturb” for most of the day. The volume button has been shifted to “off”. The app icons do not have little red bubbles telling me how many items I’ve missed. I never see a banner message with a Gmail preview, and I uninstalled Outlook long before I left my job. My wrist does not buzz with any incoming transmissions. I try to use my phone when I need something…
When I stepped away from full time employment without a specific plan, I needed a set of values to help prioritize my time and actions. (Honestly, all plans should start with organizing principles and priority setting, but in my experience we usually skip discussing values and go right to the plan). My decision to leave my job came from a place of needing to get out rather than having a vision for some wonderful future,…