DAY EIGHT // ADVICE, FROM ME TO YOU.

So I fell off the bandwagon a little bit but I think I'm back on now for the most part. I had a very crazy few days.
I've recently injured my hand pretty seriously and there have been a lot of doctors trips and talking about various options. It hurts but for now, that's just the reality I'm dealing with. I've also had assessments due and Albus crapping everywhere. I'm sitting here literally just staring at a mound of things, just piled onto the billiard table. Rubbish, bags, scarves, boxes, cameras, photos. Most of it is mine but that's irrelevant. There's so much life going on. Things are slowing down now though.
I made the big decision to quit my job on Monday. I've been there for about a year now and it was draining my soul. I loved the work but the environment was so negative and it was eating away at me. I was suffering from anxiety before every shift and that is not something anyone should have to experience. It is just time for me to move on. I love customer service and am going to look for a job where I can still interact with, and help, people as much as possible, just in a different environment.
That is what today's post is on I guess. Don't be scared. I'm a pretty scared person. I'm all tough but I'm also all talk. I'm scared to be assertive and to do what I want, for so many various and poor reasons. Everything is over-comeable (that's a new one) and in a few hours, days, weeks, months, the scary things will look far less scary. If you are unhappy, make a change. If you're being treated poorly, make a change. Fear holds me back a lot and it's only when I let go that I realise, I really had nothing to fear but fear itself. I am learning to let go earlier, before the serious and debilitating doubts really pull me under. It's a race between who I want to be and who I feel pressured to be. I think I'm winning and hopefully you can win too. Don't be scared.

Image by Matt Lief Anderson