How epic would that be if you were reading my official two week notice right at this very moment.. Would you think to yourself good for her or maybe even think about your current situation and contemplating the same?
For the record this is not my official notice. At least not yet. Don’t get me wrong chucking up the ✌🏼to corporate America is a goal that I don’t mind letting people know about.
The Powerball was at a billion dollars not too long ago. I told my team that if I won to not judge me but I would not be giving a notice. I would however make it up to them by paying off their houses and cars so they could focus more on what makes them happy vs working to pay off debt.
Ryan and I of course talked about what we would do if we won. It wouldn’t be taking lavish trips or buying fancy things. It would quite honestly be just building on to what we currently have after we bless people in our lives. We would be the type of folks where we would not speak about it but there definitely would be signs here at the farm. Things would get done a little quicker around here!
That truly got me thinking… if that is what it took for me not to give any notice. What would it take for me to give a two week notice. The truth is… I started to look at more than just my career. What am I hanging on to that is holding us back from achieving more happiness that I can give a notice to?
I started to apply this mindset to everything. I look at the two week notice as a form of giving myself grace while I change the way I look at things.
For example, it is unbelievably difficult sometimes for me not to always take lead. I came from a very strong woman that showed me if you want it done right do it yourself. What I have discovered is all that really means is, that if you want it done your way do it yourself. I found that when I stepped back and let others do the same task their way the task still gets done. In some circumstances it gets done better. I also found that it brings forth growth. I am knocking down this mindset one notice at a time.
Working full time during the day and then immediately jumping into the farm at night can sometimes be a little challenging for me to switch gears to not having to take lead on everything and letting my husband take the rope. He is the one who has really put in the research on this master plan of ours!
Think about that for a moment. Is your dynamic with your significant other something where there are certain things you each take lead on? Have you had a situation where you both took lead? We have that a lot and what I find out is the rope is too short and we both have to take steps back in order to have enough vs holding the rope while the other one ties it and we keep moving forward together.
It is a daily struggle for me. The pandemic changed a lot of our dynamics. Before we had quite a bit of space between us. Nowadays we don’t go a day apart. We had to learn how to work better as a team. We learned that very quickly at this farm. Things get extremely difficult if we are moving in the opposite direction.
We are both very strong and stubborn individuals and most of the time it’s me just not wanting to let go of that leadership mentality. I am constantly working on shifting that mindset. From a control freaks perspective it is so unbelievably hard.. I am that person sitting in the passenger seat saying the light is green… or there is a car coming 😊. Do you know someone like that? Is that person you?
I think for me when I make incremental shifts of letting go life gets a little easier. When I find myself reverting back to that space I take a moment to reset, show myself grace, and then try again. A lot of self coaching going on inside of this head of mine. That’s why giving certain mindsets that feed on stress and anxiety a two week notice has become my priority.
Moral of the story… It’s time to give a 2 week notice on whatever is holding you back – ✌🏼 Jamie
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