Thrive, not survive

Thrive, not survive. To first find what I do want I first need to know what I don’t want, this narrows the field down. I’m going through a bit of a career crisis at the moment. I left 22 years of stable employement in the UK to come to Australia. It took me 6 months to get a paid job, it took me back to ‘ground zero’. At one point I had three jobs, all unskilled and manual. It was humbling and I learnt alot from this period. I was grateful that I was working but also frustrated that I had to start from scratch. I got a break whereby I was offered a job in an office back in July 2018 (this was what I was used to). This one thing kept me in Australia and I will always be grateful. Since being here I’ve realised that I don’t like ‘corporate’, for me it’s a game I don’t like playing any more. My contract ends this month and whilst I’ve been applying for jobs I’m not going to sacrifice myself any more. I’m not going to take a job that doesn’t fulfil me. the reality of losing my job has pushed me to explore other areas so I have volunteered and got myself other qualifications towards where I want to go. The universe is really testing my trust and faith at the moment. I want to thrive and not just survive, now is the time to be couragous and push through the fears that are holding me back.