I Refuse.

Before I made the decision to uproot my life, sell all of my belongings and say goodbye to friends and family so I could gallavant around the world, I was working at your typical 8-5 office job. I had been with this company for about 2 1/2 years and to be honest, I was pretty miserable. I felt unchallenged, I felt unheard, and I felt no promise of growth. Day in and day out, I would go to work, do my routine, and constantly ask myself, "Is this it?"

Needless to say, leaving that job was one of the best decisions I've ever made. (Sorry, not sorry.)

However, now I'm faced with thoughts of what I'll do with my life when V Dizz and I decide to return home, wherever that is. I'm well aware nothing is free and income will need to be made. But I cannot, will not get myself into a position where I wake up every work morning with a sense of dread for the next 8 hours to come. That's just no way to live.

Trust me, been there, done that.

Traveling for the last 2 1/2 months has taught me many things, but one thing in particular is that I dont want to spend another day of my life not doing what makes me happy. I won't. I refuse.

So. What makes me happy?

Having a sense of freedom and voice in the "workplace", writing/blogging, travel, being challenged, adventures big and small, social interaction and communication...and the list goes on.

Anyway.

I recently came across this freelance writing position with a health & fitness website that I found from Jobs.ProBloggers. I've never done anything like this before, but I thought to myself,

"Hey, I like blogging, I like writing, why couldn't I do this?" 

So I mustered up some courage to write a cover letter, dust off the ol' resume, and send over a few links to previous posts I've written.

A few days passed and I didn't hear anything, so to be honest, I kind of forgot about it.

Then, I got an email.

She said she was interested in my writing and wanted me to write a "test article" to further see if we could be a good match. She sent me a list of topics on heath & fitness and said to pick one, write about it in a way that was informative, compelling, and fun (in that order), then send it in by February 6th, with promises of a $25 PayPal transfer for my troubles.

I'm in the middle of writing an article on deceiving high-calorie salads and tips on how to keep your salads "lite." Nothing mind blowing, of course. But so far, I'm kind of sort of really liking it.

I mean, I'm basically Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and The City....minus talking about sex, living in New York, or writing for a popular column.
But, you know, tomato tomahto.

Point is, I have no idea if I'll even get this "job," but what I am learning is that this is fun;
Writing, being able to work anywhere, on my own time, etc.

I'm not sure what the point of this post is other than to just put it out there that I'm learning just like everybody else. I'm trying to figure out this life thing, just like the next guy.
Sometimes it's not easy. Sometimes it's stressful.
But if we can just focus on what truly makes us happy and what's important to us, then something tells me we'll all be okay.


Hope you had a great weekend and I hope you have a wonderful Monday!

xoxo

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