One
morning a few weeks ago while I took some time to reflect and look back, I
noticed something I hadn't before.
I've
always wanted to be a successful career woman. Ever since I can remember having
mature goals and aspirations, I envisioned myself working in the corporate
world, wearing a skirt and blazer set, carrying a briefcase, travelling to and
from work in my white BMW. To me, the moment I had all those things
meant I had achieved success. It just hit me, in this moment, that I have
accomplished all of those things, maybe just not to the degree I dreamt of all
those years ago.
I
currently work at a marketing/advertising agency in a career role in the
account services department; when I have to travel to/from client meetings and
sometimes home I do carry my laptop in a briefcase type bag; I don't always
wear skirts/blazers and dresses, (mostly because I dress more for comfort on
the day-to-day and that type of attire isn't required of me) but today I happen
to be wearing a blazer, doesn't make much of a difference that I'm wearing it
with black jeans, right? I look professional. And sure, I don't have a white
BMW sports car, BUT, I do have a newer white Jeep that I'm paying for, and that
fulfills that requirement in my book. Honestly, I don't know that I would even
spend the money on a BMW if I had it, because where I'm at right now, the type
of car I'm in doesn't matter as much to me.
So
there you have it. I realized today I have (pretty much) accomplished a few of
my longtime aspirations. Yay for those winning moments! Knowing myself like I
do, I'll probably try to talk myself out of feeling proud about it by, say,
reminding myself I don't make the amount of money I might have hoped to
by this point or feel I deserve at this point, but hey, that's not the point
right now. Let's all take a moment to tell ourselves we did a good job and we
should be proud for getting to this point.
Whatever
it is in your life that you've accomplished, I'm sure it deserves to be acknowledged and celebrated.
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