Take the Leap

I am so excited because today is the first day of my new life! I finished up my time at the corporation I was working for and now I am moving on to follow my dreams! I worked there off and on for the last twelve years. The company was owned by my dad for eleven of those years I worked there. I spent a lot of time thinking about and preparing myself to one day run that place! That was my ultimate goal and focus in life. I knew one thing for certain since I was 18 years old and that was that I would run my own business some day. I wrote several business plans over the last thirteen years but none of them was IT. I struggled to find what IT would be, until now.

Even though I was focused on something that never came to fruition, it is okay. It still got me where I am today and I learned so much along the way! Even though my focus has changed and for the better I might add… Lets be honest, working in corrections and selling personal care and food products isn’t something that I grew up wishing I could do. I want to make a difference in the world, do something to help make this a better place. In being a doula I can accomplish all my goals and wishes in life! I am running my own business, on my own schedule, while helping woman through a life changing time in their lives! If I get the chance to help a woman decide to have her baby over abortion, then I will have accomplished more than I could ever dream of in my life.

My point is that I was not happy in my day to day life at the job I held. The hours were too long and my heart was no longer in it with the company. I needed a better balance and to do something that leaves me feeling full filled at the end of the day. To make the change and take the leap I had to plan and work towards it for several months. I had to have the support of my husband and family as well. I am so blessed that he was okay with giving up my salary for me to find my happiness and place in this world. It is so important for your partner to be supportive and fully believe in you, I am so blessed to have that from him. I would never have left my job without his support, that is for certain. Doing this is far from the easier thing to do for us, but it also is going to have such a greater reward for us in the end, even though that reward may not be in the form of money.

I hope that if you are unhappy in your day to day life because of your current career that you can make the plan to take the leap. Maybe you don’t have the option to change your career as everyone has a different circumstance but if this is the case, then make the choice to change your mentality. Go into the day focusing on something positive, something to help you make it through with a smile on your face. If you are going to take the leap and change your life then be sure to do so with a lot of planning and strategy in place first. To be successful, you have to have a plan!

Thank you for joining me on this journey. I so look forward to continue to share what happens along the way!

With Love,

Brooke Elizabeth