I’ve been pushing myself too hard lately to make things work in some aspects of my life that now I’m having a burnout 🙁
Back in 2015, I remember reading a looooot of articles about “how to be successful?”. (I had this weird obsession about successful entrepreneurs… lol) There were many “secrets” like doing meditation, waking up early in the morning or journaling.
Even though you know that it’s useless to dwell on negative stuff, sometimes it’s just too much. And the pain you were keeping only for yourself, suddenly explodes. You start to cry as if it was the end of your world when actually it’s just the beginning. The beginning of a new chapter where you are the hero and you’re stronger than ever.
You can never know for sure how things are going to unfold in your life. There will always be some part of uncertainty in whatever decision you’re gonna make.
No matter how much we plan our lives, at some point something will go wrong. And when it happens, you have two options: you either deal with it and go with the flow or blame the entire world and dwell on your situation.
You’ll only make them worse than they actually are. Because most of the time (if not always), you’ll only come up with the worst case scenario and it will cripple you. You end up thinking more than doing anything about it.
When I decided that it was time for me to quit my job, people told me that I was brave when I’m pretty sure, instead, they were thinking out loud “you’re stupid”. Because that’s what I was thinking at that time…
If you decide to do something considered uncommon for normal people, then you’re wrong.
You’ve got to learn to be patient and consistent in what you do.
One of the questions I dreaded the most during job interviews was “What’s your 5-year plan?” or “Where do you see yourself in 3 to 5 years?”. I had no idea about what to say. I would come up with something completely fake just to make them understand that I was planning to build my career in the company. The truth is I had no idea what direction I wanted to give to my career. And since I didn’t know it, my focus was on these two things: “am I qualified to do the job?” and “how much will I earn?”.