Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First - Episode 270/Are You Struggling Internally? Torn Between the Life You Have and The Life You Want?

Monday                         11th June 2018

Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First

Hello and welcome to #MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 270

Title:          Are You Struggling Internally? Torn Between the Life You Have and The Life You Want?

He switched from taking the proven path of corporate law to the scary life of being a dedicated artist. 

He was probably on track to being one of the top lawyers around because of the cases he was involved in.

He was working on Wall Street. 

Huge cases. 

Corporate law. 

Lots of money, 

lots of potential upside. 

But then the market collapsed.

“Me and the big short had a good week,” he said.

“How?” It didn’t make sense. 

Everyone was drowning. 

People were killing themselves. 

There was no work.

“There wasn’t 100 hours of work available,” he said. So he started writing. He dedicated himself to this. His dream. But still held on to his job.

 It was like a gift from the gods of career changes. A gift most people don’t get.

So how did he switch?. 

How did he commit to leaving his job… and how did he make the next phase work for him?

Here’s what he said

1.      Don’t Get So Deep

This is hard. But that’s what he said.

“I don’t think I got so deep into it (into law),” he said. “That’s one part of it.”

He was new to the business. 

Fresh out of law school. 

And already ready to quit.

That sign showed itself early.

I think the longer we wait, the harder it is to take action on our own heart’s desires. 

2.      Figure Out Who You Want to Win

Adam was in battle with himself. 

He felt it all throughout law school. 

Because his first writing experience was back in high school when he had to fulfill an arts credit. 

And the only class that fit his schedule was “directing theater.” 

“That class just wound up being incredibly meaningful for me,” he said. “And led to me doing some plays in high school and led me actually thinking about theater as a life when I went to college.”

“I spent all of law school kind of in this battle with myself, 

‘Do I want to be pursuing something more in the arts and entertainment field or do I wanna be here in law?”

He analyzed this argument from every angle. 

He even asked himself if it was “responsible” to be an artist “in this political climate.” 

And I’m sure people are asking themselves that now, too. It’s age old question

“Am I good enough to be happy?”

He finally decided “yes.” 

But it took the economy falling apart to make it happen. 

Sometimes we don’t see our potential. Until we’re forced to.

But it helps to at least look at the questions you’re asking yourself. 

“Should I quit my job?” 

Should I this or should I that?

The questions point the way, like a compass in a confused mind, we see through. 

3.      Don’t Let Money Stop You

Okay, this one is really hard. 

Especially if you have kids and a mortgage.

Adam was really young when he started considering a writing career. 

But he noticed something about the people around him. And it stopped him from going forward for years.

“I realized other people who were going to go live the “artist life” were vastly wealthier than me,” he said. 

So he switched courses.

Fear got to him. And the law became the next step.

Every now and then he had a reminder of his dream of being a writer

And finally when he couldn't hold on again to the tiny fabrics of law practice, he followed his dream. 

The internal struggle is when you feel torn between the life you have and the life you want is real and you can do something about it.

You can change the direction of your life if you are not comfortable with the life you are living right now and it is never too late to get to what you really want, what your heart beats extra hard for and what you will find joy, happiness and fulfillment in.

Go do it

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