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…
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,…
It’s been two months since I quit my job. The first week and a half felt somewhat like vacation, somewhat like the usual end of semester rhythm where you finally have time to get your life together. Then we went into full-on wedding prep mode, and June was a whirlwind of wedding, honeymoon, and contracting and recovering from COVID. July has rushed by with some projects and speaking engagements, and here I am in the…