Never Work A Day In Your Life and Saying NO (2 Powerful Phrases That Helped Me)
Just like everyone else here, I have been so busy with life, with my side gigs, my niche website and SAC that I couldn't find the time to do other chores here inside WA ( yes, I felt guilty at times). But despite endless blogging, designing and tweaking my sites, researching, tending for my family, etc. I wake up each day with a smile in my face and gratefulness in my heart because I absolutely love what I do!
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”― Mark Twain
This quote may sound cliche to some and redundant to a lot but to me it is not.
As a breadwinner for my family at home ( FYI: I am a Filipino nurse so it's given that we send money back home and send nephews to school too 😩) I never knew that I would have a choice on what career to choose. I really thought that I will be stuck working 12 hour shifts and more as I always felt the need to give and send my hard-earned $ to my love ones back home.
Enough...I Said
Until I woke up one day and told myself "enough". I love blogging and I love my side gig..I told myself " self you don't have to work grueling hours anymore as a nurse only to sacrifice the times that you should be spending with your kids just so people back home would not need to stretch their muscles".
Don't get me wrong, I love being a nurse, it's just that for 26 years it took a toll in my body and my relationship too, the hours and those stress placed so many tensions in my life.
I also love my family (back home) but I ended up loving them in the wrong way. I gave them money instead of teaching them how to make their own money (so wrong)!
Saying "NO" and doing what I love to do where I could stay home with my kids and perform the duties of a mother with more focus and free of stress are so powerful. It has given me freedom that I thought was not possible before.
It has given me more reason to be grateful. Up to now I still feel very blessed to get a hold of Grace's (aka, little mama) Instagram page because if not for that I wouldn't be a member of Wealthy Affiliate.
Without Wealthy Affiliate, I wouldn't have any idea how to start blogging from scratch and how to do all these things that I know now. Sure there are still a lot for me to learn and I still need to make those commissions but I know I am in the right path because The awesome team here in WA keeps on giving and improving what we have here in this platform. Every day there are multitudes of tips and techniques offered by our successful and wiser friends and co members here.
Isn't the ability to say No and the freedom to choose what you want to do for a living is so freeing? I hope you all have those choices too!
Thank you and Take care ya'll.
Nida ❤️
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Yes, you are absolutely right saying “ find the job you enjoy doing...” and don’t spoil your relatives overseas, they won’t appreciate ( I know from my experience). Good luck
Thank you. I know I did spoil them (rotten).
You are right, I am not sure if they do appreciate those help as I seldom hear the word "thank you".
Wish you all the best too.
Sometimes the things we do to help others only hinders their growth. Keep going and in the long run you will set an example that many others can follow if they choose.
Great post.
Ray
True. It is easier to enable to avoid hurt feelings which in the long run still didn’t teach them any lesson.
Thank you for your comment. Appreciate you.
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Excellent post Nida! And so very true. It can be very dufficult to say no, especially to loved ones. Sometimes you just have to do what you feel is right in your heart and your mind.
There was a post earlier today with a very similar theme (I'm sorry whoever posted it but I can't remember your name right now!). His post was on being selfish, but in a good way. Sometimes you do need to take care of number one.
If number one is suffering then number's 2, 3, 4........ will also suffer.
It's great you've managed to be successful in your blogging etc! Hopefully I will get there sometime!
All the very best!
Chris
Hi Chris,
Thank you for such an insightful comment! Appreciate it truly.
It was a lesson to be learned..the years of giving and not expecting anything in return, hurt me financially. It became a mental burden also as I often would worry about my own finances while I took care of others!
So, yes I am learning and beginning a journey of taking care of number 1..me!
Take care.
Nida