🔥 7 LESSONS I LEARNT DURING MY TRANSITION FROM ARCHITECTURE TO WHAT I DO NOW 🔥

My friend Carole Favre interviewed me the other day.

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She asked me questions about how I made the transition from architecture to what I do now and what my learnings were

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I’d love to share some of them. These could be useful in any transition, not just career related:

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✨ FOLLOW WHAT COMES TO YOU NATURALLY ✨

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We know what comes naturally to us. It’s in us when we were born and it stays with us. I was never a natural in architecture. I felt like an idiot not getting how to do a technical drawing. What came naturally to me was feeling people and knowing what they need.

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✨ BE COMFORTABLE BEING IN THE UNKNOWN ✨

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Creating something out of nothing happens in the unknown. There’s a mid-point where you know what you don’t want, but you don’t know what you want. Hang out in that space knowing you’re guided. Your imagination and creativity will kick in to bring resources and syncronicity to you.

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✨ IMMERSE YOURSELF ✨

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In order to know if a venture is a hobby or a business, immerse yourself in it. Go all in. You can’t go to the result thinking your way through, you need to take action. If you see that it’s not it, that’s ok. You move on. But if you never try, you never know.

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✨ YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE ONE JOB ALL YOUR LIFE ✨

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You might do it until 30, then change. You might do it until 50, then change. You can also do more than one thing. Louise Hay wrote her first book when she was 51 and started her publishing company Hay House when she was 61. Before that, she did modelling. You’re never too old or too young. You don’t have to fit into any boxes you were presented. 

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✨ YOUR BEST IN TOUGH TIMES WON’T BE THE SAME AS YOUR BEST IN GREAT TIMES ✨

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When I was going through grieving my dad and a breakup at the same time last year, it also brought up all the pain I didn’t allow myself to feel from the past. I carried on with sessions and workshops but I didn’t started anything new until the beginning of 2019. I didn’t stop but I slowed down. Do your best in any given moment and be compassionate to yourself.

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✨ CHALLENGING TIMES WILL EITHER BREAK YOU OR MAKE YOU ✨

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Choose for it to make you. Rather than going into victim mode, channel all that pain into your creation. It’s just energy. You decide which definition you put onto it. That’s healing, transmuting your pain into love. You don’t have to feel great to create or serve. You just create and serve. No conditions need to exist.

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✨ FOLLOW YOUR TRUTH ✨

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When you’re putting yourself out there, especially people who are close to you might share their fears. They use their survival strategies to protect you. It works for them and their lifestyle. It’s also your own fears being reflected back at you. If you want to live the way they live, listen to them. If you don’t, don’t pay attention. If you want to listen to someone, listen to the ones who made the change you want to make.

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It’s also easier to put someone down than making a change yourself. Eliminating the threat that challenges their beliefs, which is you stepping out of norm, is easier. It’s not personal.

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I hope these are helpful to you in some way 🙌🏼 

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I’d love to hear your comments or questions below.

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I certainly didn’t make this transition on my own, I got professional support from 2 people. Neither do you have to do it all on your own.

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Message me if you’re interested in coaching. I have spots available for the new year 🙏🏼

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Love you 💛

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