New Mindset
Hey Y'all
So I have to start by saying that I have been thinking about starting a blog for some time now, and just never had the balls to do it. I did not want people to judge and criticize, but what people think about me is not my business. So, I am 11 months, 3 classes away from graduating with my MBA! Say what! To say that I am freaking out is an understatement. Everyone wants to know what my plans are and like a true student, my answer is I don't know. If I had been asked that question a year ago while I still worked for a fortune 500 company, my answer would have been to move up into a new role. Well, I decided to quit that job about a year ago because the environment was TOXIC... I mean it drained my soul to go to work every day. I began talking to God asking for a solution, I had been praying to be able to stay home with my little ones, but things never worked out that way. So over several months, I had conversations with my bosses where I was told that I needed to be more of racial stereotype, that my schooling was not more important than my job... there were many other conversations that put me in a position where I felt uncomfortable with what was being asked of me. I look back now and realize that God was giving signs that I needed to walk away. I was at work and I stepped outside to talk to my husband and he told me to quit, just like that quit. I am a planner, I have to make plans... I have 3 planners! this was not something I had planned on doing that day I went to work, but I did it. I quit my job...now what.
It has been almost a year and I haven't looked back, It has actually worked out for the best. My husband is a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and while he plans his schedule accordingly anything can happen. So it has been nice having a parent home to stay with our sweet 3-year-old girl while making sure our 11 and 7-year-old boys are up and ready for school on time. I had been a stay at home with both our boys after they were born but went back to work within a year, I did not do that with our baby girl, so it has been great getting to spend alone time with my mini-me.
So the reason you are reading this blog today it because I decided to take a leap! Again, in my talks with God, I have been asking for direction and purpose, I surrendered and gave up on the idea that I can do anything alone, I can't... I don't want to do what I want. I want to follow HIS plan for my life. I have done the planning thing on my own and it's time for a change. I am currently doing the Trust, Hustle, and Rest Devontial on the YouVersion app, and came across this verse today, "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established." Proverbs 16:3. What this says to me is to go to God, and ask for help and trust and believe that you will get it and you will succeed. God wants us to do well in all we do as long as we honor him while doing it.
So I have to start by saying that I have been thinking about starting a blog for some time now, and just never had the balls to do it. I did not want people to judge and criticize, but what people think about me is not my business. So, I am 11 months, 3 classes away from graduating with my MBA! Say what! To say that I am freaking out is an understatement. Everyone wants to know what my plans are and like a true student, my answer is I don't know. If I had been asked that question a year ago while I still worked for a fortune 500 company, my answer would have been to move up into a new role. Well, I decided to quit that job about a year ago because the environment was TOXIC... I mean it drained my soul to go to work every day. I began talking to God asking for a solution, I had been praying to be able to stay home with my little ones, but things never worked out that way. So over several months, I had conversations with my bosses where I was told that I needed to be more of racial stereotype, that my schooling was not more important than my job... there were many other conversations that put me in a position where I felt uncomfortable with what was being asked of me. I look back now and realize that God was giving signs that I needed to walk away. I was at work and I stepped outside to talk to my husband and he told me to quit, just like that quit. I am a planner, I have to make plans... I have 3 planners! this was not something I had planned on doing that day I went to work, but I did it. I quit my job...now what.
It has been almost a year and I haven't looked back, It has actually worked out for the best. My husband is a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and while he plans his schedule accordingly anything can happen. So it has been nice having a parent home to stay with our sweet 3-year-old girl while making sure our 11 and 7-year-old boys are up and ready for school on time. I had been a stay at home with both our boys after they were born but went back to work within a year, I did not do that with our baby girl, so it has been great getting to spend alone time with my mini-me.
So the reason you are reading this blog today it because I decided to take a leap! Again, in my talks with God, I have been asking for direction and purpose, I surrendered and gave up on the idea that I can do anything alone, I can't... I don't want to do what I want. I want to follow HIS plan for my life. I have done the planning thing on my own and it's time for a change. I am currently doing the Trust, Hustle, and Rest Devontial on the YouVersion app, and came across this verse today, "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established." Proverbs 16:3. What this says to me is to go to God, and ask for help and trust and believe that you will get it and you will succeed. God wants us to do well in all we do as long as we honor him while doing it.
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