MONDAY MUSES

Happy Monday beauties and happy first day of summer…not that the weather has really shown for that today! This is going to be a super short post because I just wanted to spread some positivity.

Recently I found myself in a bit of a dilemma. I am currently nearing the end of that awkward year after graduating from University where you are supposed to find yourself and know exactly what your doing…well that wasn’t really the case for me and I have only just realized it.

After graduating with a Psychology degree the plan was always to pursue something clinical and work within the mental health field. I have always felt so much pressure to be great and thought this was just an easy answer. Get good grades at A-level…go to university…get a 2:1…become a clinical psychologist and be majorly successful. So that’s what I did. I entered into various mental health jobs after graduating and plodded along. Whilst there were moments where I loved what I was doing…and most importantly the people I was working with, there were far more moments when I was struggling. I knew that it wasn’t me anymore and I knew it wasn’t what I wanted, but I was so scared to admit that. So I carried on for another 3 months until recently I decided enough was enough. It was here that I really struggled because I felt somewhat defeated and really *for lack of a better word* a huge failure and I really hated these feelings. I had carried with me for so long this one idea the ‘right idea’ and now suddenly I was left with nothing.

It took me a couple of weeks to pull myself out of it and realize that this was okay and that every once in a while we have to take a step back assess and re-evaluate…and that’s okay! I have started hobbies that I never thought I would (like blogging) and feel so much more empowered and in control of my life. I am about to start a new job that I think will be far more suited to me and I am for once really looking forward to where it might take me.

  

Anyway, the point of this post was to give people the motivation to do the same. If you are not happy, do something about it because only you can change it and its okay to want to change something. After I had made the decision I wanted change, I literally trawled through Pinterest for hours reading the motivational and positive words and I gotta say…no matter how cheesy it sounds it really helped! I felt so empowered and ready to pursue a new challenge. I would really recommend pinning a positivity board or even making one because we all need a bit of positive motivation everyone now and then.

Sorry bit longer than I expected. Check out my positivity board on Pinterest here. Have any of you had any similar experiences? Are you going through any changes?

Thanks for reading

Much love

** THE IMAGE ABOVE WAS TAKEN FROM PINTEREST