When you’re in the jar you can’t read your own label.

I did this for years.

Lived in an Epidemic of Overload as I tried to figure it out by myself, by piecing it together, for free, of course (because if I’m smart, I should be able to figure this out, right?😏)

I was in 9-5s that I was highly qualified for. It was my zone of excellence, not my zone of genius (to borrow one of my favorite terms from Gay Hendricks). I’d been a career counselor and a professor - good jobs and skills I still use now.

The 9-5 did not work for me, but I could not figure out for the life of me the strategy to leave. It was so frustrating on a daily basis. I became anxious,very depressed, and thought I wasn’t living into my potentia. I thought my friends who were doing it had a secret 🙊 I didn’t have; I was terrified, I was trying to apply employee thinking into being an entrepreneur. I couldn’t see the path and I was totally overwhelmed.

When you’re in the jar you can’t read your own label.

I was constantly doubting myself, questioning myself, and for five years I did that while building a side hustle. When I finally did quit, I replaced my income in the first month and was booked out in the business…

...five years into that business, I had created another job for myself and I was burned out. 🤦

I was very good at it, operating in my zone of excellence, but there was more for me.

I just an employee, still, and I wasn’t living a life with passion.

(Hang in there with me... you know there's a good ending to this story!)

➡️Where does your story have you currently?

Wherever it is, remember it's just a chapter and there's more to come. 😊