Hello, friends. This is Ana’s husband again. I just wanted to let you all know that we are figuring out our path together. We hear your suggestions about Patreon, a book club, and ways of communicating with you all. We have many ideas, but in this particular moment we are focused on our reunion. So, please understand that if we do not reply in short time, it’s not because we don’t appreciate all of the support you are giving. If anything, the overall kindness expressed from all parts of the world is incredibly inspiring and illustrates what we adore about travel and getting to know people from every part of this place that we all live. We will expand soon on ways to exchange ideas with you, but just know we see all of your stories, ideas, experiences, and it provides a hearty boost of kindness that’s invaluable. Hope you all are well. Peace. ✌️❤️
My english is too bad to write so many words. I send you and Ana all my love , peace and hope! Ana is the loveliest soul I had ever seen and I pray every day !🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Wishing you both all the very best and that some happiness comes from everything that is going on right now. Sending lots of love and positivity from the U.K. xx
I’m sure that we all understand where your priorities must lie and naturally that is in being together. Personally, I am very glad that Ana has you, and you her of course. Take care and my wishes for a happy life are with you.
I'm so glad to hear an update! You and Ana are in my prayers. God grant that you will be together very soon! I pray for your safety and that you will have everything that you need. Ana is a beautiful and kind soul! Sending you both my love, Anne from Michigan, USA
I gave a sigh of relief when I saw the notification of your video Ana. Anything you post is always very welcome and thank you for sharing your work story. My parents had little education and very little money and sometimes when I was a teenager I would be embarrassed by the work they did. Now I am quite old and I see their resilience in leaving the country and finding work in the city, and am glad of it because it made me more resilient too. I’ve had a good education and many careers, but there came a time when I could choose not to compromise my ethics or morals, when I could live a life I choose. And I am know how fortunate I am for it. Take care my dear. My thoughts are with you.
You definutely inherited a lot of resilience from your parents. It's such an important gift! Thank you so much for sharing and being here, dear Judith 💚
Dear Ana. I was just thinking about you and glad you are back. Hope you have the support you need, but as you mentioned you will soon tell us more 😁 I love your wise view on our working life and relate to what you said. Security really is an illusion and yes the job doesn't define us as a human itself, there is far more than meets the eye. Stay safe Ana 🙏
Your message is perfect. I left my job as a registered nurse to stay at home to care for my disabled adult son, help on the farm and follow my passions. Our income decreased by half but we have never been happier.
Dear Ana, so happy to see you. Hope you and Ulysses are safe and well. Interesting perspective on jobs. I have often thought of those things also. Please take care of yourself and our furry friend. Big hug and much love 🤗🥰🐈
Dearest Ana, I was delighted to see and hear from you, knowing you are safe. I understood your video and know where you are coming from. I was a bit worried that you did not post from your home. I thought maybe you had to give up your apartment due to your job circumstances. In any event, just know that whenever a door closes, another door will open to you. Trust in God! After listening to many Russian RU-vidrs lately, your English by far is the easiest to understand and the most eloquent. Your well-thought-out words resonate with me and I’m sure, with others. Stay safe my beautiful friend wherever life takes you. Please check in with us whenever you can. Sending you lots of love from Michigan USA. ❤️
Dear Anna I clean a cultural house, nobody really talks to me except my collegues. We are 15, we clean all the places that belong to the city hall. I love my collegues because they are so funny, lot of jokes and fun. I love my job I prefere to move all day but sometimes its hard for the body. I dont earn much money but its better than nothing. 😀
Glad you're safe. I am a semi-retired registered nurse. I can relate to some of what you said. Nursing has defined my life. About 10 years ago I had an accident while on vacation. Fast forward 5 operations and multiple bouts of physical therapy later. I still have to use a cane to ambulate so I couldn't work shifts in the hospital. I became depressed and felt lost. Then someone got in touch about taking care of a gentleman in his home. I loved it. Nothing gets me out of my own head faster than taking care/thinking of someone else besides myself. So I became an independent contractor and have been taking care of people in their homes ever since. You're right. You don't know what the future will be. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come so we only have today. I try to make the best out of each day. Look forward to seeing you again. Stay safe.
Ana, glad to see you back. You are an amazingly beautiful soul. You have a healing energy about you. The vibrations in your voice and your words are so comforting. Yes, the working world is difficult. I am a nurse, by profession and endured so much on my job. But , I am also and artist and an HSP. It always bothered me that nurses give so much and are often treated as if they are slaves. HSPs really have it tough in the medical professions. It is very taxing on our nerves, but I was also helping people so I did not feel a moral conflict. I finally left my job after 32 years and have been living as a hermit on a small amount of money. Everyone tells me , I need more money and should get back to work, but my soul says no. I need to recover from my working life and the peace and quiet I experience now is so precious to me. Ana, you are so wise and inspiring...I hope all your dreams come true!
You’re really beautiful inside and out, just want you to know that. Thank you for your videos. So sorry what’s going on with Russia. Sending prayers. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
So great to see your lovely face! Glad you are safe and making videos! Please know we are sending our love and support to you and are thinking of you! Thanks for another lovely video.
I can so relate to what your saying! I always struggled being an introvert in work culture. My heart goes out to everyone in Russia who is struggling due to no fault of their own. ❤️
Hello Ana, Your videos are always enlightening, no matter the subject. Your new hairstyle is stunning. Hold tight to your loved ones until we can meet again. You are in my thoughts.
Ana, I think of you everyday with what is going on over there. I wish you well, and keep you close to my heart with wishes of peace and clarity for you. Your job does not define you, YOU define you. No matter what or who or where you find yourself.... You will always be you! No one can take that from you, except maybe yourself.... So dont do it! Be kind to yourself, theres enough discomfort outside right now, so keep all the things that are great about you close to your heart... -J
Hi Anastasia! I work as a teacher librarian in a public school in Portugal. I love my job, it's so rewarding to work with children and stimulate the interest for reading. From the past weeks we are welcoming a lot of news students, russian speakers. They are not familiar with latin alphabet wich is a challenge for the library work. I'm trying to re-open a chess club as a way to integrate them in school. Stay safe, Spring will come! ❤
Ana...I am so happy to see your beautiful face again! You remind me of how much I really am blessed. I would love to know what it is you say when you are finishing up your videos. Is it puka puma? I would love to hear the translation of that. I think of you and yours often. You are in my prayers and thoughts.
I agree with this video so much. In fact, I have similar dilemmas at the moment, and I hope I will manage as a freelancer. But to be honest, I would watch your vids even if you were taking about cutting fingernails :D because I love the overall feeling of your vlogs. Happy to see you safe, I keep my fingers crossed for you and hope you will find a way out of this situation ❤
Although I only recently discovered your channel, I have been thinking of you often lately. I am also a freelancer (translator). I gave up a historical editing job that paid very well (for me, at least;-)) 27 years ago and have never regretted it, although I often had no money coming in for weeks or months despite always having work. The freedom and lack of a boss suits me too, but of course it is too lonely for many people. I enjoy working alone at home and being with my dogs, and having time to do home checks for animal rescue organisations. At the moment, though, world events make it hard for me to concentrate on my work. I am sending you courage and strength in these deeply dark times. Please stay safe!
Wonderful to see you again! Wishing all the very best for you & your family! Really appreciated this topic, I have struggled mightily with these things for many decades. Aiming for peace within this year as well as more peace in the world at large! Your videos are such a bright light in a dimmed world, I hope my comment adds a tiny cheer to your day. Envisioning safe passage through this current storm & a joyous reunion with your beloved before too long.
I feel so sad that you and yours are being cut off from the 'outside world'. Thinking of you, and if you do get cut off from youtube then know we are thinking of you x best, simone
This was an interesting topic. I am probably close to the age of your mother. I went to college, but did not graduate. I had some good jobs, but nothing that paid well or “looked important on a business card!” When I was in my 40’s, I had a wonderful boss who encouraged me to go back to school and finish my degree. I did and it opened many new opportunities for me. I loved being in school and the learning process. After I graduated and had a new job, I was asked to do something that was not only unethical, but illegal. It went against every fiber in my being. After discussing it with my husband, I decided it was time for me to leave. I did not want to compromise my morals. At least I left with my head held high! I love listening to you. Somewhere inside you is a book, waiting to be written and shared with the world. Know you are in my thoughts. Please keep in touch. Someday, I would like to meet you in person, have a meaningful chat, and enjoy a cup of tea. Stay safe and strong! Sending you much love!
Yes, security is ephemeral. Whether it’s a job loss, an illness, a death, or other factor that disrupts your sense of security it is important that we don’t attach our value to the role we are playing. To hold on to our sense of value we must maintain our sense of moral clarity. I’ve lost jobs, loved ones, and my health is compromised, but I continue to believe in myself and my ability to adapt and maintain my moral center.
It's always a pleasure when you post a new video. You have such a way with words and story-telling. You are so right...we are much more than a business card. I'm a retired nurse and I always felt secure in my profession. They pretty much need nurses wherever you go. One thing I have always disliked is whenever you meet someone new, the social norm is to ask, "What do you do?" Why does it matter so much? Why is it so important? Stay safe, Ana, and post what you can, when you can. Lots of love from Australia! :)
Nurse is such a wonderful profession! Oh yes, that type of social norm was always a bummer for me too:) Asking what is one's favorite color could be a better way to know the person... Sending love to you, lovely Linda 🌸
Hello Ana. I’m so happy to see you again and glad to see that you’re safe. Please take care! I enjoyed this video and agree with everything you’re saying. I’m very fortunate that I’ve had the same job for most of my life (33years). Nothing in life is ever guaranteed, things can change overnight, as is evident and I can’t imagine how insecure I would feel without this job or a regular income. So many people in the world don’t have it. I’ve been homesick for Europe for most of my life but suddenly I feel grateful to live in Australia. It feels safe, for the moment! Sending you love and hugs. ❤️🌹🐈⬛
So happy to see your video Ana. I have been thinking about you and wondering how you were. I opted for a form of freelance too. I'm basically subcontracted for my work. Yes, there is a freedom there but not without risk. I think all humans have an inner coward. We get stuck in a rut that can ruin our creativity when we cave to the corporate model. I feel I get looked down on as well but I don't care (anymore) because I do what is best for my life and family. The corporate grind would have ruined me had I continue down that path. In some ways, I am similar to your janitor friend. I only have one daughter and gave up the corporate to focus on her and work independently from home. I chose instead of being enslaved to money. We aren't wealthy but we have enough...more than many others. Sometimes you have to make a decision about what's important.
Oh, you are so lucky to have a wonderful daughter, inner resilience, and love. Yes, we need to choose what's important. Jobs come and go, people stay. Thank you for sharing your beautiful story, dear friend 🌸
Your video is a welcomed sight and hope the best for you. This video is also personally relevant for me now as well. Thank you. Are you still able to enjoy a coffee if someone buys it?❤
Dearest friend. Just yesterday I was talking to my eldest son about you and your channel, wondering if RU-vid disconnected Russia or not - I was so delighted to see and hear from you today. Sometimes I wish I could have a philosophical circle, where I can meet with like minded soals, to talk and discuss, to elaborate on things that go on in my mind. I find myself often thinking about the most curious things. When you spoke of your husbands friend Kevin, it reminded me of a thought process I had recently. (By the way, my middle son`s name is Kevin ;-) ) Is it not curious, that our names are not really our names, because we did not pick them. Our parents gave them to us! Most names have a certain meaning and one can look it up in books and online. This was probably also considered by the parent who named the child. My mother told me once, that she wanted to name me Helena, but because she had such a difficult birth, almost dying, she prayed to God and she promissed to name me Christina (after Christ), if she would make it and live. This is how I got my name. I read once, that in North American Indian tradition, the tribes people would rename themselves, after trnsforming and growing spiritually. Every so often, they would change names. This is a very interesting practice and I like that idea of it. You are right, that safety "from an outside perspective" can be fragile and that it is important to establish an inner support system. Following ones heart is a brave thing to do, but is is also very rewarding. The fact that people try to find security in status, wealth and social circles comes from our "old" days, from our surviving days. Our dinosaur brain still works that way. In the ancient days we dependet on the tribe or clan. There was no life for a "freelancer". Maybe you had a special function inside a clan or tribe, such as a medicine woman or healer, but nevertheless you had to be within this community to survive. So I think it is o.k. to still have some of that outside security, but we need to balance it out too. Therefore your mom`s advice was not so untrue or negative as it seemed at first glance. It is actually the way many stoic historical figures thought, like Marcus Aurelius for example. In acknowledging that there can be the worst outcome, you create also room for the possibility of the best outcome. Like the black and white fields of the Yin and Yang. Somehow it gives one a feeling of Peace. And if you can connect with the inner beeing of your true self, with God, with the Devine, then you have a strong anker. Blessings from Rose-Cottage, Schurwald Forest, Germany. P.S.: I made your delicious beet salad the other day. Yummy. :-) I would love to see you make more veganized dishes from your country.
Dear Christina, there's so much to process in your wonderful message! Every response of yours is so profound and meaningful... I truly wish we could be members of one philosophical circle:) I've been thinking about the names we're given a lot too... It's so interesting how they define us or how their change affects us as well. The story of your name is so interesting and deep! My mom wanted to name me Snezhana (which means "snowy"), but my brother insisted on Anastasia 😊 In many Eastern traditions people are given new names after a special ceremony of "rite of passage". I always fancied the idea of picking a new, additional name by yourself. I'm so glad you liked the beet salad! I hope to make more recipe videos in the future🌼 Sending love to you, dear friend!
Stay safe and positive. I truly appreciate your authenticity and your perspective on many topics. Your communication and delivery is calm and peaceful. Thank you for sharing your perspectives.
Hello Ana, I’ve been thinking about you a lot these days. I’m glad to finally see you again and see that you’re ok. Thank you so much for this wonderful and thoughtful video. I agree so much with your insights and wish we could be friends in real life. I am a coward too but when something touches my heart, I am all in. Stay safe, my friend. 🌸🙏🏼
Dear Ana, I wanted you to know that I’ve been praying for you, and sending you love and positive energy. Stay safe my friend. May all the blessings be with you 🙏🏻🌷❤️
I'm so happy to see that you are back and okay. You are so inspirational, and I hope you will survive all of this--like you, I don't want to say too much. Hugs from Vancouver.
Dear Ana, I m worried about you. Thank you for your curige to post & share...i would love to do something for you to help. Please let me now if there is something i can do...in the meantime...take good care! 💕
Hi Ana! Thanks a lot for another video full of honesty, authenticity, and reflections. Wishing you all the best with the channel and your professional life!
So happy to see and hear you!! 🌸🌺🌹 I can relate to this video too. I am in a situation where I'm not sure where I want to work. My energy gets drained when I'm in a place where it's very busy, rush, rush, rush. I don't like that. I also don't like "corporate" companies. But I need to make money so it's getting more difficult as I get older. I've become more aware of my HSP/INFJ/Introvert personality. It makes it very difficult to find a job that suits me. It was so lovely to see your RU-vid video pop up on my main page ❣️ Stay safe and many prayers coming your way. 🏵️🌸🌺
Hello Ana, I have only recently come across your videos and like your gentle style of delivery. I wonder do you script these philosophical types of videos or keep a journal? - your musings are very thoughtful and eloquent! Perhaps you should write a book... :) Wishing you happiness and peace in your life.
So pleased you are safe Ana. Good to see your face and hear your sage words. I have been in work for over 30 years and despite 2 degrees, am now employed in a low paid, sometimes thankless job, which I nevertheless love. I work for the NHS in the UK, which, thankfully, is still in the public sector. I've worked for private companies, but felt the pressure to work hard to reward shareholders incredibly debilitating and numbing. At the end of the day it isn't about money or prestige, it's about morals and ethics. I sleep well at night after my day's work ❤️
I first want to Canada as a cook/maid for an older couple. I was 18 years old. I lived in their house. They ate by themselves and I ate alone in the kitchen. I could not really speak English. The man thought very highly of himself and his English roots. It was very very lonely and depressing for me. When I told them that I was leaving them he asked me why. I answered that I wasn't happy. I have never forgotten his insensitive answer : "You are not born to be happy! You owe us to stay with us until we die because England saved France." Your message reminded me of this! On another note, I visited Russia in 2019. I crossed it from Mongolia to St Petersburg in the Trans Siberian. I visited 6 cities. My favorites were Irkutsk Kazan, Moscow and St Petersburg. I stayed in hostels. The people were so nice and helpful. I always thought that I would go back to Moscow and St Petersburg. How can we help you from afar? Can we send you some funds? Marie from Canada.
Very good video. My son is your age, and he is questioning his career. He calls it "soul sucking." He is looking at other opportunities, but he has a family, so he has to put them first. I had a career in healthcare administration, and understand the whole "prestige," aspect. So much time spent in meetings! I retired in 2016, and took a part-time job in an organization serving the disadvantaged. Such a different culture. Work in the 21st Century causes most people to disassociate from their true selves. Good for you for being brave and following a different path!
Dear Ana, I understand your situation totally. I can relate to all you have said and all you haven't said. That is about current situation in your country. Talking about your topic, it is just as you said. We are all so different and live in different circumstances and many of us don't have chance to dare to even think about carriers. Carrier is for privilege or lucky ones. Most of manhood have jobs and yet also big number is unemployed and wish for any job. I say- any !?"@%^&^%%(** For many even job that totally sucks, that is super underpaid is out of the reach !!! And yes, weather on good or bad job, circumstances can change in the split second but as you mentioned we all have to try not to loose our minds when it happens but to believe that smithing bigger care for us and that with the grace of that bigger power we shall survive losses of different kind. Please keep strong and trust me- this CRISES shall past as many more before and life will be beautiful again !!!❤🌈
Sorry to hear about your work situation Anna. I sure hope my job doesn’t define me, I’ve had nothing but crappy jobs for half my life. I don’t like my job (I work in a recycling center) but it’s steady here. I do enjoy my day to day interaction with customers and staff.
Dear Ana! I just bought some postcards from you, they are wonderful 🧡 I feel like the rest of Europe is very supportive of Ukraine but doesn't think enough about the Russian people who don't approve of all this and have to bear the consequences of all these sanctions on Russia. I'm thankful to know your channel and be able to support you. You have, as always amazing insights and you always inspire me! I am still fresh on the job market but already feel all these paradoxes and it is hard to find my way in all of that. I am very happy to see that you are safe! Lots of love from Austria and all the positive energy and support I can send with my mind 🙏💙✨🌿Saskia
Sweet Ana ...I am so glad to see your post. I have been thinking about you quite frequently in the past weeks and days. Love this video. It spoke to me in a big way. It's very insightful. Take care. Be safe. There is someone on the other side of the world in the north Georgia mountains, USA keeping you in my heart.
Hi Ana! As always I enjoyed your video. We are definitely not our jobs! I have worked in the corporate world in the USA for over 30 years and I have seen a lot of greed , selfishness, shallowness, bloated egos, gossips, mentally unhealthy people, bullies and much more....it often makes me question if there are any good people left in the world. I can't wait to retire...or even just get a silly part time job , and find a way to make it cover the bills. There are so many things I would like to do, learn, enjoy...but no time...so the old saying goes "your money or your life, which do you choose?" You have the courage to be free and live life on your terms. Your courage is a blessing! You are an inspiration to me:)
I'm so sorry for what you are going through, please know that in Australia, we know the truth of the situation. I loved the story about the Jana (is that the correct spelling?). At the moment my partner is supporting me financially and although I appreciate it and feel very fortunate, it makes me uncomfortable. I raised a child by myself and have always paid my own way but often it was by doing jobs that weren't fulfilling. I started my own tour business and when my son left home I decided to study writing. Covid killed my business and now I'm starting a freelance career and it's SO hard. I feel anxious and overwhelmed most of the time but I'm determined to try and make it work. Take care and thanks for the thought-provoking videos. xxx
Hey Ana, thanks for your Video! I worked in so much professions, but some are Not good for HSPs, even can destroy one. I Was inspired by your thoughts, and I remembered the work ive done in a Hospital for many years to pay my College. There i've learned that life can be over unexpected and nothing is safe, so prepare a little to be a little safe but on the way there will be many opportunities. Even in this times. Hoping for peace in all hearts. Planet needs it. I tryed your beets salad, delicious! 😊 😘
Glad to see you posting. As a freelancer, you can probably work from any country if the opportunity arises. I'm sure your instinct will lead you through this, as a fellow hsp I know mine is usually right.
So very nice to see you again, Brave Ana, as usual your message uplifts me and causes me to do some needed critical thinking. I hope that sharing your message uplifts you too! To much brighter days ahead.
As so many have said, I am happy to see you! You listed this video just as I finished two David Graeber books -- one of which is his reflections and findings on what he calls "b.s. jobs". I have long struggled with work and how it defines us, as I am not a particularly ambitious person. I want to do something that makes me feel good and has a true meaning to the world. As you may know, in the U.S., health insurance is largely tied to employment, which made freelance and temporary work feel very unstable to me. But I enjoyed the freedom. After I am in a position for some time, I become bored. I want new challenges and excitement, which too many bosses interpret as a chance to dump more work. I want "better" (more interesting, more challenging, more meaningful) work, not *more* work than eats away at my soul. I hope that you are safe. I look forward to the time in the future when you are able to discuss your current experiences.
Ana... I do hope you won't have to go under any YT restrictions... of course, unless it is a passion/ a deep call, jobs don't define us. How many times when you meet someone the second question after what's your name is "what's your job" and I hate that. I never ask it, as for me this is not what I want to know about the person and it's almost a red flag to me. Much love your way from Western France x
I’m so glad you posted! Like the others in this comment section, I think of you so often, as these are such challenging times. I’m so sorry about all you’re experiencing. As you say, safety and security don’t seem to exist anymore, and I feel the disillusionment . . . Know that you are loved and I so many of our prayers. My own frustration is that I know that “thoughts and prayers” don’t feed or clothe those who are going through so much. The best I can do is (always) support peace and spread acceptance and understanding in my corner of the world. Take care, my good friend and sister. Imagine a giant, tender hug from all of us. Stay safe.
Анастасия, ваши видео прекрасные и вдохновляющие, только сегодня думала о вас и переживала всё ли хорошо у вас. Надеюсь вы держитесь. Обнимаю вас и надеюсь скоро увидеть новое видео, никакие блокировки нам не помешают)
Ой, Екатерина, спасибо вам огромное за такие теплые слова 🌸 Мы все просто обязаны держаться и транслировать в мир хоть чуточку чего-нибудь хорошего. Ха, блокировки, когда они нас останавливали))
Dear Ana, I and many others, have been thinking of you. So, it was a delight to see your post come through and to know that you're doing ok. I enjoyed your perspectives on work and the roles that define us. They resonate strongly with my own experience and I agree with them very much. I do understand your current dilemma in what you are putting out and know that me and I'm sure many others, empathise with you. Hopefully, that will change for you and other parties very soon. For now, stay safe dear friend xx
Thank you so much for this insightful video Ana. It is very relevant to me at this time. I am wishing for your safety and well being. Please take care until we can see you soon.
Your video is very moving Ana, you show great dignity and perspective in such difficult and painful circumstances. Please know you are an inspiration to us on here. I always did part time or temporary jobs so that I could have time to freelance as an artist. Six years ago I started working full time as a carer, supporting people with learning disabilities, I still freelance as an artist but have much less time for that now. My salary in care does not match my level of skill and responsibility but I love it and would not change it. There are always compromises what ever you do. Wishing you all the very best x
I look for you everyday Anna. I always love your insightful thought and the way you express yourself. Right this moment you look well. I hope with all my heart that is the case. I hope also that there are some "mindful decisions" being made by all humans. If we lose us, I will worry about you darling but I am going to have faith that we will find you again, sooner rather than later. Loads and loads of love bring sent your way everyday.
Your safety is the most important thing! We know where your heart is. Please don’t take unnecessary risks to ease our curiosity. Thanks for this video and this message! I can relate in many ways and am working on future plans, so this was a helpful video for me. 🙏✌️💛
i worked in oil exploration previously. as a profession I have analyzed various parts of the world in terms of hydrocarbon potential. so I know where the next wars are going to be and how the borders are drawn. its just sad people think there are ideals or national sentiments. it is just money and the banality of the evil. i whole heartedly wish that you unite with your husband. my husband is working in the ships and I am waiting for him for months that's why I understand you. i quit my oil job because I am tired of it. moved to another country. i am mostly alone but more peaceful. i have one life, only one and I have to make most out of it.
So good to hear you and see you. It does not matter so much that you are unable to put up a new video on a regular basis. Noting is regular right now. Wherever one is in this world today, things are not regular, or "normal" or predictable. We are all doing the best we can, and I am glad to see a video from you now and again, to see that you are making it through these strange times. As far as jobs go, having a job that is satisfying and aligns with ones moral and ethical compass is truly a blessing. I have "tried on" a number of jobs over the years, some fit more than others. Those that fit the most, lasted the longest. Nothing more to say right now. Peace & Blessings.
Dear Ana, Yours was a positive and happy face to wake up to this morning! I am so glad you are in a better place than the last video. I worked my whole life at jobs that I didn't like. Even in my career as a special education teacher, which had the potential to be very rewarding, I was very unhappy about constant administrative interference and demands, and I greatly disliked being so much in the public eye day to day. Now that I am retired, I have started my own business and I work from home with publishing companies. I am happier than I have ever been in my work. Sometimes it takes a long time to find what you love! Take care and be safe!
Oh, I'm so happy you've found what truly brings you joy and also helps to make a living! It's an inspiring story for me too 😊 Thank you for staying here with me. Sending love, dear Louisa 💚
Dear Ana very very pleased to see you. And thank you for sharing this personal story with us. Kindest regards from the Netherlands. I really missed you.
What you say in your video is so true. Many people are willing to live under circumstances that are unhealthy or make them unhappy for the illusion of safety. And because they are afraid they will fall out of their system when they turn their life around to live according to their values. I admire that you turned your life around. I did the same. It wasn't easy and sometimes still isn't, but when I observe those who stayed in threadmill, I can't say that way of life looks very easy either. It may be richer ecnonomically speaking and more mainstream and accepted, but as you explained so eloquently, that's just an illusion of safety. I worked with people who had burnt out living that way and usually it wasn't the hard work that sucked them dry but the lack of meaning in the way they lived. They had lost touch with their values. Some made a turn around like you and began living according to their values and found themselves again, but most didn't. The first group rose out of the ashes like a phoenix. The second group kept stumbling and falling and went from one coach to the next, from one spiritual or yoga class to the next, never finding the answer, not realizing the answer is inside and forever will be. Thank you for your thoughtful video, Ana and take care!
