Imagine Every Time You Make a Choice, You’re Told Whether You Made the Right One
How would your life be different?
Burnt out and unable to face another meeting, I took a year off from work. Stepping away just a few months before the entire economy imploded, I looked really smart, even though the timing was a coincidence. Some applauded my bravery; others asked sincerely, “Have you lost your mind? How could quit such a good job!?”
Was I making the right move? Who knew? I’d saved money, moved to a new state, and was taking a year off come hell or high water.
One day, about halfway through my sabbatical, my friend Liza invited me to join her at a seminar. I’d met Liza at work, and we’d become friends who talked about our dreams and the latest books we’d read. I wasn’t working and had nothing to lose, so I agreed to join her. This was just the kind of adventure I took a year off to go on.
It was 2010, and I was planning my return to work in 2011, I still felt like I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. If it turned out to be good, this seminar would be the perfect thing to energize my job search. If the seminar turned out to be awful, I’d get to hang out with a friend for a week at a swank hotel.
