While a lot of these self-care and mental health exercises helped me get to this point, I realized that a lot of the activities such as gratitude journaling, journaling, and even therapy mainly focus on the past and present struggles. I started asking myself the bigger question: “How can I set myself up to have long-term well-being? For the Future?” In pursuit to answer this question, I created a framework.
The Great Resignation has been the label of the phenomenon of people leaving their jobs in record numbers in 2021. Last September, the Labor Department reported 4.4 MILLION people quitting. This begs the question, why are so many people leaving? In this article, I talk about several possible reasons so many people are quitting and how to find for fulfilling work.
While a lot of these self-care and mental health exercises helped me get to this point, I realized that a lot of the activities such as gratitude journaling, journaling, and even therapy mainly focus on the past and present struggles. I started asking myself the bigger question: “How can I set myself up to have long-term well-being? For the Future?” In pursuit to answer this question, I created a framework.
For the longest time, I thought that if I wasn’t working hard enough or struggling enough, I wasn’t doing anything meaningful. Immediately after reading the first chapter of Effortless, I started asking myself: How can I get myself to enjoy the video creation process more? What if it could be easier?
If you're like me, you may excel at picking up a skill at the beginning. But when things get a bit tough, or you start to feel like you're plateauing, or when you feel like other people are surpassing you, it may be easy to just quit. More often than not, our fear of failure and lack of perseverance led us to quit prematurely and move on from one project to another.
Ever since I left my full-time job, people have reached out to me for advice on how to do the same. They’re typically burnt out, want to take time to recharge, and start a project they are interested in. With that said, a good amount of people have been curious as to how it's been going. The majority of them asked if I had any advice on how to approach this type of situation effectively.
As we all know, 2020 was a crazy year that will go down in the history books. Let’s be real, it could’ve been better. But I hope we all come out of it more hopeful for the future. I’m sure there was A LOT to learn from 2020, and I’d like to take this opportunity to share the 5 most important lessons I’ve learned that I hope you can take for 2021.
A great mission is one that is bigger than yourself. That means the mission is more important than how it affects your status in the world or how much money you make. They must choose what they’re willing to struggle in, building grit during the process. Finding your life purpose is intentionally living.
You may not have found the work that fulfills you. And that’s OK! It happens to a lot of us!
We all have it in us to discover what’s fulfilling. We can be that person who gets up every morning excited and ready for the day. Finding your purpose will reveal the mission and vision you believe in. That mission and vision will give you a sense of direction throughout your life.
As Millennials, we are currently living in a time with different struggles from the previous generations. We have the opportunity to question what makes us happy and fulfilled versus what makes us the most money. I believe that, through self-awareness and intention, everyone has the opportunity to curate their own thriving and fulfilling life. I break down the definition of intentional living and how to apply this lifestyle as your own.
