Celebrating Yourself & How To Have Confidence When Pivoting Career Directions

Self-love tip: Contemplate how you will not only celebrate wins but also celebrate all of the steps you are taking every day to get closer to our wins! Sometimes our minds can get wrapped up in a distant future, thinking about how great it would be if only we had this thing that we want so badly. When we do that, we are really pulling ourselves away from the present moment and the groundedness that will eventually take us to that place. Come back to the present moment. Celebrate the progress that you are making.

Sometimes we can put so much pressure on ourselves for everything that we do. When I first began writing blogs, I put pressure on myself to write one full blog every single day. I got so burned out from that. I realized that something had to change and so I changed my view from being that I have to achieve this one big thing to the perspective of “as long as I am getting closer to my goals” then this day has been successful. So rather than a tangible outcome of what I need to do, I made it something more digestible.

Trust me, it’s understandable to want to be so much further than you are. That can actually be a good thing, it exemplifies that you are passionate about your personal development and growth! The key here is figuring out how to do it in a way that is positively constructive for you and not exhausting you.

Here are a few ideas that I’ve come up with and I highly suggest that you come up with your own!

1. Cook a great meal.
2. Paint your nails, wash your hair, take a bath, etc.
3. Simply telling yourself that you are doing incredible and acknowledging your hard work.
4. Doing a relaxing meditation that feels great for you.
5. Taking in deep and pleasurable breaths.
6. Allowing yourself to take a break.
7. Come up with your own!

My self-love question this week comes from Scott, he asked “When pivoting career directions, how does one stay confident in their course?”

Thank you so much for asking this question, Scott. The first thing that comes to mind for me is to remember why you started. What is motivating you to make this change? And when it gets hard, what will keep you motivated? Usually, when people are doing something for someone else, that can be a really powerful motivator. Sometimes, doing things only for material gain or your own ego can be exhausting. I recommend creating a list of 21 reasons why you want this so much. Really dig deep into yourself.

Another thing that I recommend is to have a definite outcome goal and action plan. If you aren’t 1000% sure where you are going, it will be a lot harder to be confident in your course. When you know what your outcome goal is, you’re able to plan out what will take you there. I recently purchased a best self journal where it is a 13-week tracker. You begin with 3 outcome goals, then digest those goals into weeks, then into days. All of these actions are tied to your outcome goal. Good questions to ask yourself are “Who do you want to become?” and “What can I do to get to where I want to go?”.

Lastly, I’m not sure what your faith is or looks like, but honestly, for me, the biggest thing is trusting in God to help me. A lot of people feel called in their hearts to do something and aren’t sure how to get there. That calling is your purpose. You were born with special gifts and talents to achieve that. When you are living out your purpose for the highest good of all, God definitely wants to help you. Trust and believe in that. Also, when you feel that God is supporting you, you will come from a place of abundance. This is important because the energy that you go into your work with dictates a lot. Energy can be felt by others, you just can’t really hide it. The more that you work from a place of love and abundance, the better that work will feel for you, and the better results that you will yield.

The last thing that I want to mention is to figuratively ‘take the stairs’. For example, rather than focusing on instant gratification and numbers, try to focus more on creating and nurturing meaningful connections. Focus on the big picture!

I hope this was helpful! Please share this with someone who you feel could benefit from learning this information. Much love and talk with you next week!