A Life Changing Decision & A New Chapter

Hi friends!  Happy Friday! I hope y’all are having a great day.  Craig & I are en route to the beach for a few days to spend with both of our families.  I look forward to this trip each year!  It’s really convenient that our families go at the same time, so traditionally we’ve spent half the week with my family and then half the week with Craig’s family.  The beaches are only about 45 minutes apart so it’s an easy drive to make the transition to the next fam!  This year, however, following our 12 day trip to Italy, PTO is a little tight.  So the plan is that Craig will be heading home after a few days, because he has to head back to work.  I will more than likely stay at the beach for a few more days after that…

…because I no longer have a desk job that I have to go back to!

*takes a deep breath*

Yes, you read that right.  A few weeks ago, I put in my notice at my corporate job that my last day would be today, Friday, June 15th, 2018.  I’m so excited to finally say that I took the leap, and I am officially beginning my career as a full-time blogger and fitness coach (more on that in a minute!).  If you haven’t already read this post from January, go read it!  This post will make more sense once you’ve read that one.  But in a nutshell, I have been blogging since 2010 because it is something that I love, and each year I’ve been provided with more and more opportunity to expand, but unfortunately it was getting to the point with my full time corporate job that I simply could no longer do both jobs well.  There were not enough hours in the day.  And I never wanted one to suffer because of the other.  I kicked my butt for a few years, lost *a lot* of sleep working into the night and early mornings, knowing that this is what I was working for, this was my end goal, and it was all worth it.

The first thing I want to do is to thank you for your support, for stopping by here and reading my posts, for sharing a bit of your life and time with me.  I’m excited to be able to have the time to share even more of mine now.  So what will look different around here?  Well, you can expect more routine posts (I know I’m generally pretty good posting almost every day, but for the past month or so I have been just so slammed with stuff I was just trying to keep my head above water!) which will likely be a new blog post each day, and more about my daily life!  If you read my old blog, this will be familiar to you.  This opportunity lets me give a little more of my day to day life with you for what I think is really a deeper connection to my reader, which is what I’m after.  It’s why I have always done this, because connecting with readers and having that bond is something that has always given me joy!

I’m also taking this leap so I can make space to do something I’ve always wanted to do, the way it should be done.  I’ll be starting up one-on-one fitness coaching within the next few weeks!  I’ll be putting up some more info very soon on that but I needed to create the space and time to do it right, so that’s what I did.  Be sure you’re subscribed to my emails if you aren’t already, so you’ll be the first to know 🙂

That’s all for now, but I wanted to let you know of this exciting new chapter of my life, and I am so so grateful to you.  I’m looking forward to giving back to you in big ways!!

I’ll end with this: If there’s something out there that you want to do, or you want to achieve…do whatever is necessary to make it happen.  Because you can and will be able to do it if you put your mind to it and commit yourself to it!  I believe in you.  The decision to leave my job wasn’t easy.  I was pretty stressed out about it for a few months actually.  I mean, it’s terrifying!!  I became progressively more and more unhappy when I’d be driving to work.  Some days I even cried on the way there and I cried on the way home.  I sometimes, towards the end but before I made the decision to go, felt resentment about doing things there because I wanted to be spending my time doing things that fulfilled me.  I hope that doesn’t sound callous, I know many people out there would love to have the job that I had.  I don’t mean to sound like I wasn’t grateful for it.  I was, for everything.  I never, ever wanted to feel resentful towards that job because it was the best job I could have asked for and I had the best boss (& friend!) that anyone could have.  It was perfect for me for the four years I was there…but then life shifted.  I just started feeling this thick resistance towards it, and I knew I was being pulled in a different direction.  I just needed to have the courage to follow the path.  I’m so lucky to also have such a supportive husband who, at every time I start to second guess myself, tells me that I have to do this.  He’s a real keeper, you guys.  I am blessed with him, with my family, and with you, my friends.

Love you all! Looking forward to sharing this part of my life with you.  Thanks so much for being here!  I’m going to pop some champagne and cheers to you & this next chapter!

PS- My champagne tank is from here, and I currently have a giveaway going on over on my Instagram where you can win the same tank and a $50 gift card to the boutique!

Is there any life change you’ve been wanting to make but haven’t? What do you think is holding you back?

xo,

Bess