Today I interviewed Susan Hart and Kerrie Hourigan for our TV show. The topic was really interesting, and yet for some it might be considered taboo to talk about.
Susan and Kerrie have a podcast called “The Moon in You” where they talk about two subjects:
- The New Moon and the Full Moon Energies together with their associated zodiac signs, and
- The Menstrual Cycle, in particular the psychological aspect of the female cycle and how this affects EVERYONE, especially if you live and work with women.
Why am I mentioning this?
I want you to know you are allowed to change what you do.
Susan has owned and run a very successful bookkeeping business for the past 20 years as well as co-founded the Uniting Bookkeepers Association.
If we are not allowed to change, then Susan would be stuck doing that, even though her passion has moved towards educating and empowering women and men about the psychological and hormonal effects of the moon and the menstrual cycle.
Kerrie has also made a transition to become an authority on soul and personality astrology.
If I look at my own career history, I’ve made numerous transitions over the past 40 years and just about to embark on another.
If you’re struggling with changing what you do, think of it this way. If you wanted to buy a new car or a new house, would you deny yourself, telling yourself that you can only have one house or car in your lifetime? Of course you wouldn’t.
When asked what they want to do when they leave school, the majority of people don’t know. It’s often not until we experience something that we find out whether we like it or not.
I remember Ross crying to me one night after having been at university all day studying Macro Economics. “I can’t do it. I hate it,” he said. “I read the book and fall asleep but I don’t want to waste the time I’ve invested, not to mention the expense.”
You can imagine my response. “Just quit”. Ross is a creative. He loves to take photos and is very artistic. It was no surprise to me that economics wasn’t for him.
I am in no position to make anyone stick at something they hate. I left a good government job to go to university for 4 years to become a school teacher, only to teach for 6 months and hate it. I didn’t hate the kids and I loved teaching. The bureaucracy was too stifling for me. It was not the right environment for me. I still love to teach; I can’t help myself and over the years I have evolved and found my calling.
The same is true for you. If you’re doing something you love. Fantastic. Keep doing that.
If you’re not doing something you love, then listen very carefully, “You are Allowed to Change”. You can go for what you want and if you think about it, the happier you are, the happier everyone around you will be.
It’s the start of a new year. Don’t waste another year doing something you don’t want to do.
You are allowed to change.
