Where I'm At, One Year After Quitting Healthcare
Greetings spiritualists and welcome back! 🙂
It’s been a year since I left my job at the VA (healthcare system), and I wanted to update y’all on where I am at now.
A lot of the people I am inspired by are several years out from leaving their previous jobs/lives in order to create the ones that they have now. I would have loved to hear from more people who were earlier on in this path.
But I didn’t have that, so here I am giving this to you 🙂
And if you want to read the story about how and why I left healthcare, here it is.
The Beginning
I still remember telling my friend, Vicky, at dinner that I was leaving work, a little over a year ago. I was sooooooo nervous!!!
I stayed nervous for a while after I quit. I was upending everything I had ever thought I knew about money, safety, security, and honestly, my self-worth.
It was very unsettling. I picked a fight with my brother when I told him. He didn’t do anything wrong!! I was just finally grasping what I already did - and feeling so nervous and scared about it!
The Early Months
The thing that surprised me the most after quitting work was how badly burned out I really was. I was sleeping a lot those first few months, and napping a ton as well. Beyond taking care of myself and Rocco, I had very little energy to do much else.
I was starting to settle my money and security fears by doing EFT tapping and reading a ton about the Law of Attraction, though there was still a bit of fear running on in the background.
Telling my parents was really hard. It has definitely changed our relationship. But I was at least sleeping okay.
Then in spring, I all of a sudden had really bad insomnia again. Sometimes, it was because I was downloading my next steps for the blog, but sometimes my mind was just racing too much and I couldn’t contain it.
Also in spring, I went to Australia for my cousin’s wedding and a big family reunion. The jet lag allowed me to reset, thankfully.
When I returned from Australia, I was jet lagged for 8 days - so I didn’t sleep much during this time. I was still a bit nervous from time to time about my future. Shortly after I recovered from jet lag though, I was able to settle back down and sleep consistently.
Summer
My energy started returning around the beginning of summer, slowly. I noticed I needed a bit less rest, and I was starting to feel social again. I was able to visit and meet up with friends.
I saw my brother in NYC in July. I was telling him about how I was thinking about starting a weekly sourdough bakery out of my house. And he, being the amazing entrepreneur and coach that he is, helped me come up with a business plan that would be good for my energy. I didn’t sleep the night we talked about it because I was so energized and happy to bake for other people!
Mid-summer was also when I started feeling drawn to doing Rover dog sitting. I’ve used Rover dozens of times with Rocco (my dog). I got to dog-sit for my friends (who’ve also sat for Rocco!) and I realized how much I loved it so late summer I signed up to do it!
The other really cool update is that I felt in my belly it was time to get a spiritual life coaching certification. So I applied and was accepted to Awakened Academy’s Spiritual Life Coaching Program! I feel like this is my dharma (soul’s purpose) manifesting in a very aligned way, and it makes me really happy to think about it.
Many people this past year have asked me if I’d coach. And I kept saying, HELL NO! It felt like it’d be too much work and really, I didn’t have the energy.
But now I have enough energy 🙂
Nowadays
I bake, blog, and dog sit week-to-week. I work through my Awakened Academy lessons. I love working through them. It’s like going to school for something I actually really care about. I believe it makes me a better person, and now I can bring what I learn to this blog and to coaching, (once I start doing it).
I love that the program is self-led too. When I interviewed, I cried when I told them how badly burned out I really was, and how taking my time with this program was really important to me. They empathized and were really kind about it.
I can now say that following my joy has allowed me to follow my soul’s many interests and be able to set up multiple ways to receive money. I’ve always been a multi-passionate person and I feel like I’m seeing this reflected in my day-to-day life.
I am grateful to receive more and more spiritual and financial fulfillment from all of my endeavors.
Closing Remarks
I left work to create a life of ease, grace, peace, joy, harmony, flexibility, and fulfillment. I wanted to be able to listen to my body and express myself in ways I hadn’t done before.
And one year later, I can truly say that that’s what’s unfolding here. I followed my joy every day and this is where it’s led me so far. And there’s more to come.
So to anyone who is questioning their work life, I say, listen to your intuition. It will guide you through this.
There is always going to be fear. Even when you’ve settled some fears, your fear brain will want to come out and sabotage you again. Especially when you make big and positive changes.
But beneath the fear is a powerful force that creates all worlds.
That’s the energy you should be listening to - and you’ll always be glad that you did!
Thanks for reading!
Sending all my love,
Angeli xoxo
“Say no to the demands of the world. Say yes to the longings of your own heart.” ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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