My journey to find self-employment has been an amazing education so far. Not only have I learned a lot about self-bossing but I’ve also learned a lot about myself.
I’ve always said that I don’t want to “be a number” at some big, faceless corporation. This desire to not become some anonymous drone stuck in Mega Corp USA led me to believe I needed to find a J-O-B with a small company that functioned more like a family than a machine.
Until I started this new voyage, I hadn’t realized that this conviction was an early clue to what I’ve always really wanted out of life. I just never saw it even thought it was hiding in plain sight!
I was correct in thinking that I did not want to become a mindless cog in the corporate wheel. However, that didn’t mean I should find a “happy home” in a small company where I wouldn’t get lost in the shuffle. It was an indicator to me that I didn’t want to be part of that game at all. Period.
This belief was my subconscious screaming at me to become an entrepreneur!
Unfortunately it has taken me many years, lots of ulcers, thousands of sleepless nights and more gray hairs than I care to admit to figure out that I’ve been misinterpreting my own desires.
In my defense, though, up until now I’ve been deciphering my feelings with the tools that society gave me. Sad to say, but I wasn’t educated enough to understand that my desire was not to work for a small someone; it was to work for NO ONE.
I guess that’s why I’ve felt so restless all these years. If only I’d stumbled upon the entrepreneurial option sooner!
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