I knew when I resigned the first time
The first time?
Yep, I actually resigned from teaching twice.
Now hear me out on the first time. I was moving out of state and there was no choice here.
...but honestly I knew that my teaching career was coming to a close long before my time was truly up. You see I'd prayed about it and honestly felt like my answer was just 5 years away. (Inserting that phrase, "God had other plans" here to make it really stick is an understatement)
...but again I'd known before I resigned the first time that my teaching career was coming to an end. I didn't leave disgruntled at the state of the educational system and how it failed. Nope. I resigned because the thing that I fell in love hadn't continued to be as lovely. I didn't fall out of love, but my flame was certainly too low to continue. Did I still love teaching when I resigned the 2nd time? Oh for sure. Was it the kiddos? Nope. Was it the adults? Nope. Well...hang on.
To be very transparent and honest...yes and no. The one particular adult that I felt was silently screaming at me wasn't fulfilled anymore and no matter how many different things she tried, still felt the same way. Now that chick...it was her.
It was me.
I needed to get out of a box that I defaulted to and double down in to truly finding what had been there all along.
In a sense, I'm still teaching because I am currently a Shopify Coach to a number of amazing women from all across the country as well as growing two businesses and helping other brand owners do the same through tech.
Although I resigned, I never gave up and for that I can say that I'm so proud of me. I'm certainly glad that I took a leap of faith, did the thing afraid, and will only look back to continue learning the lessons and reminding myself that I will always have a desire to teach.
I'm still writing this chapter and trust me, it's not Ai generated.
I do hope that as you watch this journey of mine you will begin to see how the creative has always been inside, she's just not in a classroom. She's outside of the classroom, but more importantly outside of the box.
Stay tuned!