I’ve had my fair share of shit jobs.
Standing on a line cutting cauliflower or broccoli for 10 hours a day or cutting swede! YIP, I can cut you broccoli or cauli ready to go for your roast in under 10 seconds! (you always learn something!)
It’s quite sad actually that so many people settle for the job that they’re in, even if it’s sucking the life out of them, one day at a time.
People don’t get that they spend a huge part of their life at work, yet they stay there feeling unfulfilled, unsatisfied, unappreciated and like they’re just living through the motions each day.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘.
How do I know?
Because I was one of those people.
After years of waking up and dreading the day and the week ahead I started to get ill.
Not physically, but mentally. 😪
I didn’t really know much about depression at the time.
This was about 2005 so back then it wasn’t as discussed as it is now.
At my lowest, I had suicidal thoughts, but instead of focusing on how I wanted to end it, it felt like things were so hopeless and I certainly couldn’t have imagined ever finding a job that would light me or fulfill me.
BUT I never got that far and the only thing that stopped me was my parents. Any pain I felt being alive did not even come close to the pain that committing suicide would do to my parents and that’s what stopped me.
Fortunately, I went to the doctor for something else and she diagnosed me with depression and that was the first start to my recovery.
That and a book called “Notes from a Friend” by Tony Robbins. Little did I know who he was at that time!
Since then I joined the police force – my lifelong dream! Or so I thought. Although I enjoyed the job mostly, I also felt unsatisfied and I was dealing with the same criminals day in and day out and didn’t feel like I was having much of an impact. BUT I never woke up not wanting to go to work and I had such an awesome team that I worked with.
However, once I was diagnosed with PTSD everything changed and after 7 months of treatment, it was clear that going back wasn’t going to be the right choice for my mental wellbeing, and the decision was pretty much made for me.
I could never have imagined not being a police officer anymore, but the Universe had other plans, which led me to where I am today and when I look back I think PTSD was a gift from the Universe as it gave me an exit strategy.
Now I get to do something that not only lights me up 🥰 but also helps me look after my own mental health and body, through Pilates and Yoga whether that’s my own practice, teaching my clients or being a teacher trainer.
I now know that it is OKAY to leave jobs that you don’t like and it’s okay to leave jobs that you do like, but perhaps aren’t serving you fully in some way, whether that is physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually.
So fast forward 15 years and I won’t lie, there are still low days and high days. Especially over the past 18 months – but then everyone has felt that. However, I received amazing help from therapists over the years and I’ve learned how to cope with my anxiety and can now manage my day-to-day life so much better and it’s rare that I even experience those really “bad” days. 👏
So why am I telling you all of this ❓
𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑤𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤
Things CAN get better if you DECIDE you want it to be better and then you DO something different to improve your circumstances.
If you had said to me back then, that I’d be in the police or I’d be running a successful Pilates & Yoga studio with a 6 figure income and it would support our whole family and we’d only be working about 20hrs a week I’d have said “no f******g way!”
BUT… this is our life now…
𝑀𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑠 “𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟” 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝐴𝑁 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑.
I look back on my life and sometimes it’s a blur, how on earth did I get to where I am now?
🤜One day at a time.
🤜One step at a time.
🤜One action at a time.
You might think that doing your Pilates or Yoga teacher training is minuscule or it couldn’t possibly give you an amazing life.
👉 I am evidence that it can happen.
👉I’m not anyone special.
👉I am just like you.
👉I cry and I laugh and I get angry and I get happy.
Being a teacher has allowed me to help others in a way that I could never have imagined – giving them a better quality of life as they’re not in pain or they suffer less with anxiety or depression or they’ve come off medication….
It’s also been the source of income for my own family and it supports both Paul and I.
Working with a business coach to build a business has meant that we now run a business around the kind of lifestyle that we want and sometimes Paul and I will sit in the hot tub and giggle because the life we live is just so laid back and we have so much time to spend with each other.
If I can make a successful business out of it, so can you. If you’re fed up with your job and you’re missing out on important things with your children or you’re stuck with a boss you hate or perhaps you’re in what you thought was your dream job, but it’s just not lighting you up anymore, guess what 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝐶𝐴𝑁 𝐶𝐻𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐴𝑇!
Don’t wait for the next 2 years or 3 years or 5 years!
Life waits for no one and you are only delaying your success and happiness if you do wait!
I’m really excited to help you on your journey to not only getting your qualification but also getting you started on creating a life that you really love!
Lots of love
Tanja xxx
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