For every post I've read in my inbox since subscribing 1 month ago, I'm more grateful for your voice and words. An identity death that I've been pondering has been my career in STEM. I've been at it for 15 years now and of late, I'm trying to reframe my dissatisfaction into gratitude for how it has served me along the way (this reframing is only helpful to a certain point!). Change is scary, and I think that I often reduce it down to a "grass is always greener" urge in myself in order to dismiss it. But when I keep coming back to that dissatisfaction again and again, over the course of nearly a decade...that's something to pay attention to, don't you think ?
Wow, Brooke. Yes, thank you for sharing. I definitely think the recurring dissatisfaction is worth exploring. I find it's also helpful to ask oneself, "What is my deep desire underneath this dissatisfaction?" Our longings are truly helpful guides. In time they can clarify what, if anything, needs to shift within us or around us.
For every post I've read in my inbox since subscribing 1 month ago, I'm more grateful for your voice and words. An identity death that I've been pondering has been my career in STEM. I've been at it for 15 years now and of late, I'm trying to reframe my dissatisfaction into gratitude for how it has served me along the way (this reframing is only helpful to a certain point!). Change is scary, and I think that I often reduce it down to a "grass is always greener" urge in myself in order to dismiss it. But when I keep coming back to that dissatisfaction again and again, over the course of nearly a decade...that's something to pay attention to, don't you think ?
Wow, Brooke. Yes, thank you for sharing. I definitely think the recurring dissatisfaction is worth exploring. I find it's also helpful to ask oneself, "What is my deep desire underneath this dissatisfaction?" Our longings are truly helpful guides. In time they can clarify what, if anything, needs to shift within us or around us.
HBD AMBW!
Thank you, Amara!