Stuck in your 9 to 5?
This is what I would tell myself if I could go back in time to when I was working 9 to 5...
Here is a shady truth about me - I am really good at being a valuable employee, not because I genuinely care about the company's vision and products. I just know how to do the minimal work that is required to be perceived that way.
Yes - there I said it.
And I know some of y'all are like me too.
Picture this:
I am in my 9 to 5 job, making 70K while only being in the industry for 3 years.
I get into the office at 10 a.m. and leave around 4 p.m.
If I had to be honest, the focus work I really put into this job is only 2 hours a day...MAX.
I get paid well with little work required. I should be happy right?
It was miserable for me.
In order for me to continue to be a valuable employee and stay in that job, I had to betray my authentic truth.
I had to stay incongruent to my truth for 6 to 8 hours a day - that's half of my waking hours.
If I were to continue to stay in that job - I would have to be inauthentic for half of the. rest. of. my. life.
Just a big fuck NO.
What am I doing in that half of the waking hours?
Brainstorming about how to spend millions of dollars on advertising and manipulating consumers to buy when deep down I just wish all this money could be put forth to something that helps humanity and Mother Earth.
Manipulating the perception of myself through pleasing my boss - doing minimal valuable work instead of being a person who can give my heart and my all into something that is meaningful to me.
Doing work for the sake of getting it done, not getting it done well, not trying to understand it - just "let's get this over with" vibe.
Pretending to be busy for the other hours being in the office.
Everyday...
I am pretending to care.
I am pleasing others.
I am doing things just to get it over with.
As an empath, in order for me to live that life, I had to stay disconnected from my heart.
But deep down...
I want to genuinely care about what I do.
I want my doings to have a positive impact on humanity.
I want to honour my authentic truth.
I want to give it my all into something.
My day used to feel heavy because I was not being ME.
That was my life four years ago.
Today,
My career feels purposeful - I LOVE my work.
My heart expands when I am in my purpose.
I don't need to pretend to care anymore. In fact, I care so much because what I do is so much bigger than me. It's more than about making money.
I am honouring my authentic truth in ALL of my waking hours.
I am giving my heart and my all - every. damn. day.
This is what I would tell myself if I could go back in time. So if you are in a similar position to where I was 4 years ago, listen up:
To work in a career that is purposeful and heart-expanding is SO POSSIBLE FOR YOU.
And it is actually more amazing than you could ever imagine. - The heart expansion. The joy. The fulfilment. The abundance.
The reason why you don't believe it's possible is only because you've never seen people around you do it.
But that doesn't mean it's not possible for you.
You deserve to give yourself a chance to find out what your life can be when every waking hour you are honouring your authentic truth.
You deserve a life that feels congruent to YOU.
