When Work Isn’t Working..

Is work working for you right now?

I worked at my last corporate job as a fashion designer for 17 years.

I knew before I even took the job that it wasn’t the right environment for me, yet I somehow stayed there for the better part of two decades.

Why?

Because I thought it was safe.

I wanted security.

I wanted to know that I had a paycheck coming in every week.

There was a price to be paid for that “security.”

I was under a lot of stress. I was drinking too much, taking sleeping pills every night, and crying far too much inside and outside of the office.

I knew I needed to change.

But there was so much fear.

Leaving that job and becoming an entrepreneur was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.

People screamed at me- “What are you doing? How could you give up all that SECURITY?”

After one bout of breast cancer and several other health conditions I knew that I needed to leave. My body wasn’t giving me a choice. I jumped off the cliff, I pushed through the fear, and I learned how to build a business.

Here we are today, several years later and what has happened?

The vast majority of the staff in that company has been furloughed- including my old department.

My job today as an entrepreneur is actually MORE stable than that day job.

I’m not saying quit your job and start your dream business, not at all, but it’s interesting, isn’t it? That the things we think are stable truly aren’t.

Right now, people all over the world are questioning everything they thought was stable and secure.

Their health. Their finances. Their jobs. Their economies. Their freedom.

If you’ve been staying at your job because you believed in that security- tell me- how is that working for you right now?

Perhaps you’ve been laid off and you’re frantically looking for a new job or wondering if your company will make it through this to hire you back.

Or you are still working and worried about taking a pay cut or getting laid off

Or you are still working and feeling guilty because you SHOULD be grateful that you still have a job when others don’t- even if you don’t really like it.

Or you’re still working and loving working remotely and think that maybe you could make this work if it continues after quarantine.

Or you’re still working, and you realize that work is just not working for you.

No matter which category you identify with- it’s time to start working on our relationships with work.

I’m writing a series of articles about this and I’m putting together some public complimentary workshops. Follow me and/or sign up for my email list to learn more here- https://www.laurafostercoaching.com/blog