trusting instincts
I was meant to be going to a second viewing of a house today, but I've cancelled it.
The house itself was nice, but I knew it wasn't going to be right for me. Over the years, I've learned to trust these feelings I have when something doesn't feel right.
I've had a few examples in my career in particular.
The first example was when I'd been signed off as long-term sick with chronic migraines/cluster headaches (the doctors couldn't decide which one it was) and my ex's parents at the time were telling me to get any job available.
I didn't want any job, I wanted a job in design. Thankfully, my gut told me to hold on and that it would work out. Sure enough, a few months later, I got my first design job and since then I've never left the design industry (albeit it's in different forms now).
The second time my instincts kicked in was when I was offered the chance to join a different team within the company I'm at now. It would have taken me from the print team to the web team. Once again, something felt off, and it felt like a sideways move with no way of progressing whereas I could see progression within my department.
Well, 5 years on and I'm running that department while our web team got split into different bits and pieces.
I appreciate that sometimes our instincts are acting out of fear, and we do have to be careful with that, but I've found if I truly sat and thought about my choices, there's always one that feels 'right', even if it is scary.
I have no doubt that I'll find a house I love (and as of writing, there is one I'm hoping to get a viewing for that does look perfect) and I think now it's time for me to consult my gut again about what I want to choose to do with my career.
Gut don't fail me now.
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