Thank you for sharing this. It absolutely resonates. I have always made the conventional career choices because I didn't want to be cringe. I didn't want to fail. I definitely need some identity work myself.
The fascinating part is how much "inner" work is going towards permitting yourself to pursue socially shunned vocations, and how much inner work it requires to remain in the shunned vocation. There is an ongoing social and mental cost, even when you become good at what you do.
Yes. We’re always being shaped by societal beliefs and expectations. We’re a social species. It’s not as simple as telling someone not to care what other people think. We throw that around as if there’s some switch we can flip to turn off our biology.
My hope is that sharing my story helps people see this. This can be true and we can still have agency over our own lives.
Thank you for sharing this. It absolutely resonates. I have always made the conventional career choices because I didn't want to be cringe. I didn't want to fail. I definitely need some identity work myself.
So many of us have.
I’m convinced that the willingness to be cringe in the cost-of-entry to the life we actually want.
It’s wild to see the places where we feel so obligated to stay while not staying in the places that count.
It really is.
Totally resonate and super happy to hear you decided to follow your heart. You’re going to help a lot of people 🙏
Thanks so much, Charles : ) I read your story as well. Sounds like our paths have a lot of similarities. Rooting for you. 👊
Back at you Stephanie! The hardest & the best thing I’ve done yet
Thanks. 😊
The hardest things usually are.
The fascinating part is how much "inner" work is going towards permitting yourself to pursue socially shunned vocations, and how much inner work it requires to remain in the shunned vocation. There is an ongoing social and mental cost, even when you become good at what you do.
Yes. We’re always being shaped by societal beliefs and expectations. We’re a social species. It’s not as simple as telling someone not to care what other people think. We throw that around as if there’s some switch we can flip to turn off our biology.
My hope is that sharing my story helps people see this. This can be true and we can still have agency over our own lives.