I Walked Away from My Husband, Our Adopted Dog, a Job, and My Hometown to Start Over... This was my first official day in Los Angeles back in 2014. My youngest sister had driven with me across the country. We did 2600 miles in about 46 hours 🌴🚘 Previous to that I had felt stuck for years. About 7. In my twenties, all I really knew how to do was to people-please. (To make choices to make other people happy, which often caused me to suffer on the inside.) I had no real vision to inspire me in my twenties. All I had really ever wanted was to be in a romantic relationship prior to finding one at 22. I did go through a honeymoon phase and then, pretty quickly I realized that finding someone who wanted to be with me was not the end all be all of Life 🙏 (We did have many lovely moments. Romantic love just wasn't the savior I had believed it to be based on cultural norms.) I'll say again, I had no vision and so I stayed. I thought that was the best that could ever happen to me. My twenties became riddled with anxiety, fear of being myself, and deep lack in terms of fulfillment. Let me tell you I was suffocating by working one job after another that had nothing to do with my passions 😔 When Hope Came Back In At 28, I began to remember that I once had a Dream 🎭 I had always wanted to live in LA and study Acting 🎬 I took action on that remembrance. It was a gift from my Soul 🕊 The first thing I did was look up an Acting Podcast on iTunes 🎧 I found one and it was great. It began to help me vision 🙌 Suddenly I could see myself living in LA, going to auditions, and eventually being in productions that people would see 👀 I stayed with that vision and right around 30 it became abundantly clear that my old life was meant to fall apart 👈 The Moment of Choice My husband (at the time) had learned of my dream and he knew I was holding back due to a fear of leaving him. (I didn't want to hurt him and I had only known life with him for the past 8 years) The unknown did feel a bit intimidating 🥺 He said, "If this is your dream you need to go for it. I'm not going with you and I'm not going to be the reason that you didn't go for it. If I were you I'd quit your job and get there as soon as you can. We only get one life." It wasn't easy to hear that we'd no longer be together -- and -- it was the only real thing holding me back. The obligation I had placed on myself to stay 👈 The process was emotional and I began making moves from there. Things started to come together fast... ----- Ready for Part 2 of this Story? Click here to continue 👀
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