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The Key To Committing To True Change

November 13, 2015 By Uncoveries

This is the seventh article following The Irony of Quitting My Job to Take a Sabbatical, the first in a series on what I learned and what I’d recommend from quitting my job to take a six-month sabbatical (without another job in sight). Here, I share the key to committing to true change, instead of opting for quick fixes or despairing before true change takes place.
The Key to Committing to True Change


“Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.”

– Saint Francis de Sales


Patience isn’t my strength.

I feel pressurized discomfort as I manage my default impatience in random, everyday situations.

My chest tightens, my breath shortens, and I feel a sense of urgency in the air. It’s as though something horrible is going to happen unless I take quick action to resolve the issue immediately. This happens less often these days, but I used to be constantly on edge.

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Filed Under: Sabbatical Tagged With: Change, Life, Patience, Quitting Your Job, Sabbatical, Taking a Sabbatical, Taking the leap, Uncertainty

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 2

June 22, 2015 By Uncoveries

Blame it on advertisements, TV shows or social media, but ultimately the responsibility is yours to detach yourself from the fairest of the myths of happiness.

Perhaps it’s the carefully airbrushed and crafted images of attractive, stylishly dressed celebrities in extravagant settings, giving off an impression of happiness and success, among other desirable aspects. Maybe it’s Instagram, Facebook and other social updates—the manicured snapshots of a second of someone’s life artificially representing a whole.

With these ideals of perfection flashing on multiple screens in your life, it’s reinforced repeatedly, “This is what happiness looks like.”

This leads us to the second of the myths of happiness series. In a capitalistic society where there are incentives to disempower and create insecurity in the masses, it’s hard to resist the tendency to misplace the emphasis on ideal conditions that you don’t have complete control over.

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Motivation Tagged With: Happiness, Imperfection, Life, Myths of Happiness, Picture Perfect

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