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Many people have associated me with my university role for the last 5 years. There was an inevitable shift in identity as I declared this bold career move.

I have received some really wonderful responses from the people around me – 

who were inspired by this move and by my willingness to align my life goals, values, as it relates to creating a life intentionally by design.

who were excited by the fact that I chose not having to work hard but instead work from a place of ease and flow and not burn myself out in the process (one of the major factors that led me to make this decision). 

Even though I could do it all, I didn't have to. I had to find what aligned with my life at the current moment and move forward from that place.

I also received some reactions from people who were in disbelief – shocked by the news. 

It was interesting because there is no 'story behind the story'. What I had shared is what it is. 

Leaving my position, and receiving surprised responses (or at least, shock) made me realize how sometimes people can envision no other possibility than what they are doing – and see only the same for you. 

They project their own status quo onto you, and when they see you step into a completely new way of living and embrace a new transition, and it can be rather shocking to them. They respond in the only way they know:

“Why would you do something like that? You have a full time job, benefits, have created this program, you've done all of this work – building something from the ground up over the past 5 years…

Why would you let it go?”

It wasn't just a matter of making this decision, but about the journey that it took for me to get to this clarity – 

To decide that I was willing to give myself a shot, and 'go all in' in the process of what I'm building in my business. 

To release the things in my life that were no longer serving me in the way that I needed them to. 

Instead of asking yourself “why would I let this go?” try “how can I create ways to determine whether in fact I am pursuing my life from a single frame of thought?” or “how can I step outside of what I am already doing and explore what could be possible?”

You don’t need to comment, or reply, or take any action right in this moment except to sit, close your eyes, and ask:

What if there were other ways for us to reach our goals? 

What if we could do things better?