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Just Because I don’t Work for “the Man” doesn’t Mean I don’t Work
I haven’t worked for “the Man” for nearly three years now. I was let go of my super flashy corporate job. It was the blessing in disguise because I took time off and went to South Africa on a writers course for about a month. One of the best decisions of my life! Afterwards, I did work for an agency and a tech start up for about a year and after that I quit.
Yes, I quit! I couldn’t deal with all the nonsense. To be honest I never fitted in the corporate world or office work. Office work is great and it can be amazing but I got so distracted and so far away from who I was that I did a degree in something I hate. That’s how blinded I got. Because I quit my life changed. I was open to anything and everything. I was thinking of setting up my own marketing services.
I even had my very first client too. Somehow this whole business never materialised. Thank goodness! Intuitively I knew that marketing isn’t it. I met the love of my life. I had space and time for the love of my life which I never had before. I was free as a bird and let go of wanting to control my life and what job am I going to do next. It wasn’t going to be easy but I trusted myself and the universe, god or whatever you want to call it.
I knew that no matter what I will be ok. I will find a way to support myself. Forward a…
