Recently, I celebrated turning 30. Whew! That was hard to type. My birthday was only a few days ago, but I have already learned something important. You have to embrace life’s plan.
At this age, I thought I would be working at my dream job. Life laughed at that plan. I’m currently a wife, mom to two, and not working my dream job yet. Being at this age and not having a career started for myself, has been hard.
I have days where I just breakdown, because I didn’t plan my life out this way. Things didn’t fall into a perfect order, but sometimes that is when the most amazing things can happen. When you take a moment to embrace life’s plan, you may see some good in it.
Often, I get sad thinking about not using my degrees and having a perfect career started, but I have to think about what has happened. I have been able to be present for important moments in my children’s life. I get to fully embrace the moments instead of having to leave for work or missing it completely. For that, I am thankful, because my plans would have gotten in the way of that.
If life has taken you on a different path, from which you would’ve chosen, try to embrace it. Try to take more moments see what positive things have happened, because life didn’t go the way you planned it. I know I will still have moments where I think about where my career could’ve been. However, I want to always remind myself of the amazing opportunity I gained, in place of it.
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