I spent the first 25 years of my career working hard and continuing with my education. My parents instilled in me the notion that if I got a good education and worked hard I would be successful in life.
They forgot to define a few things for me. Just exactly what is a good education? I spent a longtime in University and eventually obtained a Master Degree. I figured I was set for life on the learning front. As I progressed in my career and wasn’t feeling the sense of satisfaction that I thought I should have I once again signed up for another course.
The Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA) was the most difficult program that I had ever signed up for. I spent 6 months of the next 3 years reading text books and study guides on the bus. I studyed almost every weekend to the pass the 6 hour exam. I did all of this to get ahead in my finance career. Only to find out that the people I worked for really didn’t care that I had done all that work to be qualified to take on more challenge.
This was working hard. I had lost all sense of happiness and knew that I needed to make a change or I was going to die. There had to be more to life than this. The universe provided and I was offered an opportunity to leave with pay. Yahoo, this was working easy!
I said Yes, and I have never looked backed. I started the journey to find happiness in my life. I have been on this journey for the past 7 years. I have attended many seminars, none of them were as tough as the CFA degree and all of them were more useful. I am pleased to say that it has been a wonderful journey and not only have I achieved happiness, I have also achieved a strong sense of love for myself and others.
I look forward to sharing my journey, what I have learned and experienced along the way. I would like to inspire you to share your journey, to find work that is inspiring and to have a life filled with passion and joy. That’s what I call working easy and having life balance.
Welcome to the journey of an amazing life.
Love and Hugs,
Jacque
