How to Navigate through Difficult Decisions
On keeping your options open, inspiring yourself first and foremost and simple writing routine
Hi friends & new subscribers,
Greetings from Montreal! Yes, I'm from Toronto but I travelled to Montreal 4 days after my Mexico trip cause why not…
My Mexico trip trying out the digital nomad lifestyle was amazing. I doubt that the digital nomad style involves free food all day long (thanks to all-inclusive), but I very much enjoyed the creating and travelling part.
I wouldn't recommend travelling during a transition, for example, if you're learning how the world of YouTube works, like myself. Although, the trip helped me reflect on some things I’ve been going through.
So this week's topic is about navigating through difficult decisions.
How to Navigate through Difficult Decisions
As you may know, I recently took a break from my nursing job.
The only reason I was able to quit my job was because I told myself that I'd go back to the nursing world. After a couple of weeks of quitting, I was really sad. I was kind of regretting my decision of leaving, and I wasn't sure what to do about it. I decided to take up a new hobby to distract myself (hello, YouTube). And after a month or so, I felt better.
But these days, I'm still not sure.
I know I could live without going back to nursing and live the creator life full-time, but at the same time, I still daydream of doing travel nursing. So I decided to keep both options open.
So how do you keep your options open?
Go through each scenario and fast-forward to 6 months to a year. When you go through the scenario, think about how you'd feel. Are you happy? Do you feel regret? Try to really imagine it. Studies show that our brain perceives imagination and reality very similarly. So when you visualize fake scenarios, you can trust your feelings because it's as if you're experiencing them in real-time. Crazy, huh?
Accept the losses you'll have along the way. As a nurse, I pay a yearly fee to keep my license. Since I'm applying to be a nurse in the U.S., I will also need to pay a lot of money to go through that process. One of the factors of why I couldn't decide was that "if I'm not sure if I wanna keep doing nursing, why should I keep wasting money?" But I realize that paying the fees will lower my anxiety. Even if I don't become a nurse in the U.S, I can accept it even after paying tons of fees.
Give yourself some time to experience all of the things you want. Since I couldn't decide whether nursing was still for me, I decided to apply for my license in the states even if I didn't intend to go. Worst case, in the next three months, I'll know whether the full-time creator lifestyle is for me. And at the same time, if I decide to practice nursing in the U.S. in the next three months, I can.
I'm the type of person who wants to experience everything. I know that I won't regret my decisions either way, but it's still challenging to make them.
I hope that this helps you too in any way at all.
🧚 3 Fairy Tips for Multipassionate Creators
Write like you talk. [On Writing] People have complimented my writing even though I didn't have much writing experience. And I realized it was because I wrote as if I was talking. Let your writing be a conversation tool with a friend.
Set a minimum income goal. [On Freelancing] I used to think that I wanted to make $10k/month. And I still do. But I realized I don't want to make $10,000 freelancing. I'm happy to make $2k/month to be alive and work the least hours for other people. I want to work on exciting projects, even if I'm not getting paid for them. Figure out the minimum amount you need to make so you can free up yourself from doing things you love.
Inspire yourself first and foremost. [On Life] If you want to inspire others, you have to be inspired by your own story first.
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In case you’re curious about what I’ve published in the past 2 weeks.
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🎥 How I Wrote 100 Articles in 1 Year With a Simple Writing Routine
🤔 A question for you this week:
What habits and patterns are no longer working for you? And how will you change them in the upcoming year?
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I hope you had an awesome year and I can’t wait to connect with you in the New Year’s! Would love to know what you think about this newsletter :) I’m open to any suggestions. :)
With online love 💌 ,
Jerine