How I stayed in alignment: Knowing when to pivot

I wanted to be a doctor, then this…then that, but then none of that is what I wanted to do by the time I got a point to start working on my career. Throughout the years, I ended up discovering that even if you plan out your life to the T, something can come up that changes the situation into something you never expected.

Along the way, I figured that out the hard way. Always grieving the stage I was in or the circumstances that led me there. Out of that grief and years later, I am doing exactly what I want to do. Well, almost.

But I am a lot closer to my true purpose and further away from what no longer serves me.

The wisdom I found was much deeper than I expected.

The singular, one sided way to approach my career, wasn’t the way. Choosing a specific role, position, or company, held the expectation that if it fell through, I lost everything I worked for. But it was the complete opposite. I gained insight into what I really desired and how that could look for me.

So instead of focusing on the specifics, what could be my focus?

Here. My values, passions, and where I feel purpose.

I value time with my family.

I am passionate about financial freedom and traveling.

I find purpose in inspiring others to have a voice.

There were the key motivators. This is my outline to life.

Making moves, keeping those as my focus. I can create an opportunity for me to have flexible time off to track and be with my family. I can make sure that my income, investments, and assets give me financial freedom. In doing that, the opportunity would entail me inspiring others to have a voice, and USE IT.

Now all the specifics come as I go. I can pivot, change, adjust, adapt to anything that comes my way. Or if I just feel that where I am isn’t fully meeting those key components, I can adjust without pressure.

So that job isn’t the end all be all. That degree that didn’t work out, doesn’t matter. A role is not what I expected, so what. It can change. My specifics are always building me up to my big picture, the big picture is always going to be created or met, as long as I stick to my key motivators.

In 10 years, I could want a change in roles or responsibilities. A life changing event could happen. Anything can change but at the core, it’s all still coming together.