I saved myself the day I decided I have “enough.”

In my former life, I worked in corporate oil and gas industry for 14 years. I was miserable, of course, but I also saw my colleagues suffering from the misery of “not enough.” Year after year, I witnessed the SAME people torturing themselves because in their mind, whatever next step in the ladder 🪜 they were reaching for…was not enough.

“I need to be paid more. I need to be at least middle management by now. I need…I need…I need…” They were making well over 6 figures, but for some reason, it was never enough. Like the Windigo, the more they had, the more their insatiable appetite expanded. And for a while, I let their toxic energy contaminate me and I thought I didn’t have enough.

Until one day, as I sat in my garden, harvesting my own lettuce, I thought…”But I do have enough. I have more than enough. In fact, I can live on half of what I make in this miserable job now and still would have enough.”

And that realization freed me from the shackle of the constant hustle. And while they were still agonizing over the next rung in the ladder to climb, I simply jumped off the ladder and took a 40% pay cut for a job that fulfills my soul’s purpose and allows me to stay home to enjoy my homegrown lettuce. “What were you thinking?! How could you?” - they gasped with horror as I took what they considered a demotion.

“I have enough,” I shrugged and smiled as I picked the fresh crunchy lettuce leaves from my backyard.😉