The Broken Vase Incident

About 3 months ago I was getting ready for work when a catastrophe showed its ugly head. The funny thing is had I taken a 30 seconds to make a simple adjustment then the issue would not have become a crisis. Early one morning, as I used to start a normal day at approximately 5:30am everything was going as planned. Keurig on, sleep out of the eyes and morning news on.  Then I checked my email at 5:45am only to find that I had 2 mega client issues(ok not really, im bad about putting other peoples problems in front of my own) and I had to be out of the house by 6:45 to be in Jax at 7:30. While getting the coffee etc prepped I noticed a vase on the top of the fridge had done a little dance closer to the edge but I had made a point in my head to move it before I made my eggs. In the haste of my new found issue I neglected to move it and the vase broke into a million tiny fragments on a Friday morning, this Friday morning, why this FRIDAY MORNING when I already had so many things to do, and its Friday night shuffle! AHHHHHH Hobbs, and Mabel, and Kai, and Lani and Mallory and any of the other children who come over and eat the cookies(when i get home in time to prepare them) and play on my floor!!!

So here we are at what I call the Broken Vase Incident. No im not into superstition, but I am a believer in reading the writing on the wall. The broken vase in a split second became everything in my life I wanted to change. I was the rigid vase, who had shuffled to close to the edge, and just needed a little distraction to open my eyes! I was wound so tight, but didnt have time to fill the vase with flowers, or take the time to save its life. And that was my AHA moment.

So I will leave this post with this for now, as Im so incredibly excited I can not possibly write more about the why, so here it is, I resigned from my corporate job today, my executive career path with all its presidents club glory to pursue my passion. Officially I have taken a position with the Chamber of St Johns County in Membership Development and I cant wait.

Below is part of a letter I wrote this morning to my first real mentor from when I was an intern in college. After re-reading it, it really spells everything out very simply, very direct, and from a very honest place;

"I decided to leave the corporate world(3 years, 3 promotions and a Presidents club does not equal happiness) and pursue the "save the world one starfish at a time" challenge. After "previous employer" I went to ADP starting in Jan of 08. Its quite possibly the best corporation I think anyone could work for. Best products, great support, and very very profitable. But after being in a steady relationship for 3 years and married for about 5 months now, my personal values have changed and made me realize I should take this sales talent of mine and use it for good outside my own wealth creation; doesnt hurt that I married a very stable business man who supports me and gives me freedom to do such things."

So thats it! Now off to make cookies, do the Friday night Shuffle, then First Friday Artwalk and Celebrate with Friends, and see my family this weekend!