Dear friend,
Hot take: do not quit your job, and do not move away. Stop running away from your situation. Instead, take full responsibility for it. Disaster is a hidden source of power.
So many people come to me and say, “I want to quit my job, my boss is impossible,” or “I want to move away, there is no opportunity for me here,” or “I am done with my family.” But here is a truth you may not want to hear. Running away will not solve anything.
The way life works, what you run away from is what you go running to. Run from a bad job, and I promise you that within a couple of months the new one will be just as bad, or worse. So stop searching for the perfect job, the perfect team, the perfect country, the perfect family. You play the cards you are dealt, and there is great power in accepting that. Successful people do not have the best of everything; they make the best of what they have.
Taking full responsibility does not mean it is your fault, that you caused it, or that you alone must fix it. It is simply a place to stand. A powerful place to stand, the very opposite of being a victim. It is a new beginning. It is being a cause in the matter rather than at the effect of it.
This is one of the most foundational things I help my clients with. Only once I see that someone has taken full responsibility for their situation, and is standing in power rather than in victimhood, do I encourage them to move on and find something new.
So I will challenge you. Confront your situation. Commit to making it work with every ounce of wisdom and resilience you have. Take responsibility for your own satisfaction. Do that, and I promise you will uncover a power within yourself more potent than you knew was there.
With care,Saqib