asking and receiving

Just sent off three e-mails to contacts in the location I might move to next year.

It's amazing that I got these names from the professional development chair of the local chapter of American Planning Association. Having a total stranger help me gives me so much optimism about moving away.

Even if the three contacts don't result in a meeting, I feel lucky to get more ideas about how to make this transition work.

No expectations, but when things happen so naturally I get so excited! YAY!

Alone but not lonely

Hit a bump with work this week. First contractor is upset about my second contract.

Lesson: as a contractor, I don't have any obligation to disclose anything after I secure the contract.

Also eye-opening as the second contractor welcomes my experience with the first contractor and big-name client.

As I throw myself into work, I also see that my devotion to friends and men held me back professionally.

I am finally ready to focus on my business and financial future. My lifestyle is too expensive for me to just let things happen.

Being intuitive means letting go of ties that are not in alignment with my goals and form new connections.

I am proud of this new direction. This next chapter is me the businesswoman.

the lessons from sports

This new job is like learning a new sport: rocky in the beginning.

I have been having some rough days, but this is all mere transition.

I have fallen so many times in learning all the different sports that I don't stay frustrated long when life hands me lots of bumps on the road. I know just what this is - adjustment period before mastery.

It feels great to go at my own pace. I know my co-workers get frustrated with me, but I am just doing things my own way in order to get them done.

Things are far from perfect, but I am relishing in this difficulty. All difficulty will pass.