“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” ~Rumi My tear-stained face stared back at me in the mirror.
Every Sunday evening was the same. I was overcome with the dread of having to get up the next morning and go to a job that, while good on paper, was slowly sucking my soul.
I was twenty-seven years old, and I was completely lost, spending my days doing work that didn’t light me up in any way or form.
Until I was twenty-five, I had mostly in life, doing things I loved that came easily to me—namely, a degree in Spanish and Portuguese, followed by a job teaching English in Japan for three years.