I have received immense love and support from across the board for listening to my heart by taking a sabbatical. I have been complimented for being brave.
However, I never thought it was bravery that drove me to take the leap. The anxieties of being unemployed with a gap in your career, leaving an amazing company and country were far greater.
May be it was bravery to some extent but was that the key factor? Consider this -
What is harder? Continuing down a path that may not make you miserable but also doesn’t make you feel self motivated to continue. Or taking a detour to see if this itch in your heart means something - could be pressing pause, could be turning from an expert to a fresher in something that excites you or could be saying NO to bullying or gaslighting and walking away. What would you regret doing the most? Not on your death bed, but say 6 months from now. My decision to step away may have been the easiest decision I ever had to take. When I finally took it, I felt this sense of peace because every square inch of my body was longing for this to happen. The tough part was, admitting that I needed to just - take a break.
Remember, hard or easy is relative.
So i ask you, envision yourself 6 months from today, which path looks harder?
Quoting Robert Frost -
‘I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference’
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