Change

It's been a while since my last post and my promise to change is bearing fruit. In the past 3 months I have done a lot of soul searching, talking to friends, colleagues and family. A friend who just finished a coaching course and offered me some career coaching sessions. The main focus of the sessions were career progression and professional development as I felt stuck at where I was with my career.
Honestly, when we started the sessions, I didn't expect much out of them but now, 6 months later, a lot of things have happened. I have opened myself for change and I got a lot more than I ever expected and it's all very exciting.
A few weeks ago, I turned down a position that I was offered within my department. It would have been a great opportunity for me to learn a lot but it just didn't feel right to me, it wasn't something that I would have wanted to do long term. One evening, while I was driving home after conducting an interview with a possible candidate for one of our open positions, a thought crossed my mind that made me smile. Why am I not trying to develop myself further in human resources? All of a sudden, this felt the right way to go and it gave me a lot of energy and zest to make it happen. I had conversations with the relevant people in my company to get what I want and they were open to discuss it and see what they can do for me, which made me very happy.
In the meantime, my life is taking an unexpected turn with a lot more change than I had expected, but that will be another post whenever I am ready to share the news!

The moral of this post is that if you want change, open yourself up, talk about it and welcome it. Change is great and makes life more interesting!