Now I know what you are thinking? GIRL...GO GIRL GO! Why are you staying in this career? If you knew me ,I am a bit stubborn and determined to make this work! Whatever "IT" was at this point! I really wanted to get out of my industry at this point ,but I already had reached a decent income and didn't have the finances to take step down in pay, so I had to continue to look for a job in my industry.
A coworker and a friend introduced me to LinkedIN and I was able to start doing some networking. I found out that I really enjoyed helping others find a job they were seeking more than I enjoyed looking for myself. A few months of being laid off I found my next fashion job.
The next few years were nail biting as I made it through several layoffs at other companies , I stopped counting around 5 at that point ,through the years. Not so glamorous huh? It is hard after two layoffs ,to really pick yourself back up and to keep a positive attitude, but I wasn't going to give up.
I was a fighter and I got this! In 2013, I was living in Florida at that time working a crazy job and just had gotten back from a 3 week trip from China, Korea and Shanghai. I started to get extremely sick with hives, heart palpitations, dizziness 24/7 and all kinds of other crazy symptoms.
That was it! My body, my mind, my soul had said ENOUGH! I went to every doctor you could imagine and no one could help me or figure out what was wrong. They kept saying stress, or it's in your head! It was the extreme low time in my life.
I started doing lots of research on internet. Google became my best friend! I read a lot about functional medicine and acupuncture. So I was willing to try anything at this point. I was beyond tired of looking like a puffer fish and feeling like I got ran over by a bus!! This is where my journey of taking care began, but also seeing the power of self care.
I started, from recommendation of my acupuncturist, by meditating for 5 minutes a day which felt like 50! I couldn't possibly sit still for that long! I have too much to do! Once I started, consistency daily with the practice I started to see the benefits. I had to trade in my running shoes for a yoga mat. I started going from 3 hours a sleep to 5-6 hours a sleep. Hey! I was starting to take care of me again!
In the years of trying to recover from this stress, adrenal fatigue...whatever this may be! I decided yet again I was turning 40 so it was time to head to CA and start a new life...yet still took job within the fashion industry , now at this point I truly hated it.
Within a year and half being in CA ,I got laid off from another job, broke up with an ex and relocated for another job in Miami area.
This is where J.K. Rowling says in her quote about hitting rock bottom..mine was yet to come.
Within 2 months of moving to Miami, I had gotten laid off yet again.
I felt such despair, anger, heartache, every emotion you could possibly think all at the same time. My world came crashing down. I had zero motivation or desire to do anything.
Have you had those feelings? Where all your hope, dreams and motivation go out the window?
