Ha!

@Andrew Brooks super interesting wow

Mine was on a boat in the middle of the ocean. I had this realization that I could quit my corporate event planning job, the one deeply rooted in the nonprofit world, and start living for me. It hit me all at once. Life is short, and then we die. If you’ve worked in nonprofit, you already know what I mean. I was working six to seven days a week on salary, wearing far too many hats, and I hadn’t taken a real vacation in ten years. Not until that moment. My friend and I had managed to book a three day getaway in the Keys, and for once I was fully in vacation mode. Sitting there on the boat, I felt overwhelmed by the contrast between how alive I felt in that moment and the unhappiness waiting for me on Monday. And she said, “You don’t have to work there, you know.” It sounds so simple, almost ridiculous that I couldn’t say it to myself, but I couldn’t. I had given ten years to that theater. I had grown up in it. I was married to my job, and yes, that meant I was missing parts of my life too. The next day, I went back to work, but something had changed inside of my heart.. Eventually, I became a flight attendant so I could create space for my art. I moved across the country and chose a different path, one that actually felt like mine. Now I’m a creative living in Hollywood. I still fly, but it’s different. I do it because I love traveling, because I want to see new places and gather inspiration, not because I’m stuck chasing a paycheck. That moment on the boat didn’t just change my career. It changed how I choose my life.