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My Journey to Overcoming Adversity

by patience simelane
Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

An adverse birth Life can be such an irony – I was born on the…

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If your gut is telling you to do or say something that you believe is right, don’t wait. ***💃🏾 *** Don’t wait to be inspired by someone else if no one else around is leading the charge. ***👍🏾*** Be your own inspiration and do it yourself.

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I grew up around friends who knew what they wanted to be. I, on the other hand, had no clue.⁣
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While I didn’t feel too terrible about it, I did feel like I was missing out on something communal.⁣
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After lying to myself and everyone else and saying I wanted to be a doctor 👩🏾‍⚕️until I was in my mid teens, i decided to give up the ruse. ⁣
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While I still didn’t have a calling that was ringing out to me 🤷🏾‍♀️, I decided I would just continue to do my best at everything that was put in front of me.⁣
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Today, I have a career that I’m proud of but truthfully, I STILL don’t really know what I want to be when I grow up, but that’s ok. Here’s what I’ve learned along the way:⁣
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1. It’s okay to not know what you want to do when you grow up. 💁🏾‍♀️⁣
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2. Understand what you like to do inside of your job, then find ways to do more of it.⁣ ❤️
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3. You don’t have to end up where you started. It is never too late to start something new. ⁣👍🏾
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❓QUESTION❓when you were younger, did you have a clear picture of what you wanted to be doing when you grew up? Are you doing it, or has life taken you onto other paths which you had not initially imagined for yourself?⁣
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#girlboss #bossbabe #sidehustle #empowerment #authenticity #createyourbestself #writeyourdestiny #mompreneurlife #blackgirlsrock #womenwhohustle⁣

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None of us have control over anyone’s reactions to us and what we do. ⁣
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The only thing we have any control over is ourselves, how we condition ourselves to react to different situations, how we channel the emotions, and how we transform negative energy into positive energy...⁣
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… because negative energy is a huge waste. Hope you are all trying your best to walk to the beat of your own drum everyday and saying no to those who are trying to control or alter you. #youdoyou #iwilldome #livingmybestlife #empowered #empoweredwomen #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #selfcontrol #selfesteem #selfconfidence

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How different is the Weekday You 👩🏼‍✈️from Weekend You🦹🏽‍♀️? If you've crafted a unique persona for the office to deal with the demands of work or to better fit in with your company's culture, you're not alone. ⁣
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I once worked with a young woman who confided in me about having created two very distinct identities - a professional and polite weekday persona, and a political and social activist weekend persona - which she went to great extents not to mix. ⁣
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Although going all the way to having split personalities doesn't seem like the right way to go because of all the emotional energy that one has to use to maintain two distinct personas (think about how stressful it is to keep a secret about yourself from someone you see every day), I recognize that if you haven't been practicing being fully yourself at work for a long time, then making an abrupt change can seem like an enormous task. So why not start slowly and take some baby steps? (Read more on the blog - thedancerintheroom.com)⁣
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So how have you “shown up” at work? And was there ever a time when you felt like you needed to hide your true identity (your #truth) because you felt like the consequences were too dire? ⁣
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#womenempowerment #girlboss #womeninpower #authenticity #selfimprovement ⁣
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Back in early 2017, after many months of reflection and soul-searching, I finally admitted first to myself in the form of a prolific journal entry, and then out loud to my husband one night after we’d put the kids to bed and were enjoying a cool glass of white wine, that I was ready for a change. This is my space to tell the story of what happened next. 💃🏾 The journey continues and is far from over. #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #change #personalgrowth #grateful

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