I Don’t Want This.
Admitting to yourself that you don’t want something anymore is powerful.
Like admitting that you don’t want to keep:
Your current job
Your current hours
Your current practice area
A current habit
Your current career
Your current schedule
Your current salary
Your lack of boundaries
Your unwillingness to advocate for yourself
Really admitting to yourself that this — whatever it is — isn’t what you really want. And understanding exactly why.
That honesty allows you to make intentional choices.
The choice to:
Keep it and keep disliking it
Keep it and learn to like it
Keep it and tweak it so it works better for you
Explore something slightly different
Explore something completely different
Change it slightly
Change it completely
Most of the time, when we are willing to admit to ourselves that we don’t want something… we make that first choice.
Especially when making a different choice feels really hard. When the “I can’t,” “I shouldn’t,” and “I have to” thoughts all take over. When the fear, doubt, and overwhelm take over.
Once you’ve admitted that you don’t want something anymore - that first choice is still intentional.
But it probably isn’t serving you or the life you want to have.
A ❤️ note to you: Coaching is a nonjudgmental and encouraging space for learning how to make intentional choices that serve you. Coaching is what helped me have the courage to shift my BigLaw practice from trademark litigation to non-litigation trademark work. Coaching is what helped me ask to work less. Coaching is what helped me leave BigLaw all together. I’d love to help you explore what it is you don’t want and make new choices that help you create the career and life you want. Send me an email (jenn@jenndealcoaching.com) that says MORE to hear how.
