It seems like only yesterday that I was graduating from college, landed my first job and I felt “delicious!”
I was only making $22,500 and living in New York City, but I felt powerful! I was living in my own apartment, I was heading to the subway that would take me to my high-rise job as a sales assistant, but I walked like I was earning one million dollars a year….I was “delicious!”
Then it seemed like I woke up overnight! I looked in the mirror and realized I had been married for almost 7 years, I had two kids, was working a job I no longer liked, and looked haggard!
What happened to me? How did I go from inspired twenty-something to a tired, worn-out 30-something? What happened to my “deliciousness?” What happened to my dreams? How was this my life?
Don’t get me wrong, I loved my boys more than anything, but I found that my stressful, nothing-I-do-is-enough job was morphing itself into every aspect of my life! I was crabby, impatient, unfulfilled, and found myself asking one day, “Is this my life?” That question was followed up by an overwhelming feeling of guilt. “How could I think that with two beautiful
boys and a loving husband?”
That was a defining moment in my life. Fast forward a few years, we took a look at what needed to change in our lives to live a more inspired life. We moved across the country, I quit my dead-end job, cold turkey, started a business I love and truly realize what feeling fulfilled in all aspects of life feels like.
It’s magical.
Even better, I found my “deliciousness” again! After two children and a few years of, a-hem, aging, my body doesn’t look like it did all those years ago in New York. I am working everyday towards the ultimate vision I have for my personal life and professional life, but, by George, I feel “delicious” again!
I buy our “Pull-ups” with the confidence of a Hollywood movie star. I walk taller, I feel powerful, I feel fulfilled, I feel “delicious!” I’m ready to change the world and spread the “deliciousness” epidemic! All hail, the woman entrepreneur!
Guest Writer – Vidette Vanderweide
Vidette Vanderweide is the renowned leader in transitioning women out of Corporate America to start businesses doing what they love. Vidette draws on her own personal experiences in life to assist women to live a freer, fuller and more inspired version of themselves. Vidette is a humorous and inspired mother, wife, entrepreneur and public speaker. Learn more at www.DitchYourJobNow.com