I took great pride in checking off life’s to-do list. After a while, the pleasures of the journey to adulthood faded away. I was pretty dern good at my job, but I didn’t actually enjoy. I was underpaid, unappreciated and underutilized. But most importantly, I was unfilled. I really wanted a change.
So I took a leap. I left the industry that I loved (higher education), and joined a Fortune 500 company for a position with a six-figure earning potential. Go big, or go home, right? I traveled all over the country on the company’s dime. I was making more money than I knew what to do with. By all accounts, I’d made it. But all the money in the world didn’t make up for the emotional, mental and physical toll the job was taking on my body and relationships. I really needed a change.