Life is a journey with all of the twists and turns of a roller coaster. Imagine you are starting a new aspect of your life and you hit a metaphorical crossroad, what do you do? Sometimes you can turn to the ancient wisdom to help you find your way. The majority of the time you can listen to your gut feelings. In the end, you end up where you need to be. The universe has a way of saying things through crossroads and dead ends. There have been some big decisions in my life that I made within a split second and there was some that I made after consideration. I've always been the one who has to weight the pros and cons of everything, but sometimes you can't live like that. An opportunity can pass you by within a second and one has to be prepared for it.
One of the biggest decisions of my life was to move away from my hometown. It felt like I was being crushed then I remembered that one of my friends had applied to the Walt Disney World College program and didn't go. I wondered how it would benefit me because, in the end, it did. That ten-second decision during an afternoon when I had just finished homework was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I truly don't regret moving from my tiny beach town in Northern Florida down to the land of the Mouse. That decision taught me a lot of things about myself and that it is okay to rely on other people sometimes. It taught me about how decisions will affect the rest of my life.
One of the other reasons I made Orlando my home was that I had just gotten out of a relationship and had gotten into a new one. I don't regret getting into the new one so quickly because that man is my husband now. I regret how I left things with the other person, but that whole situation taught me to slow down in a fast-paced city. It taught me that I need to think about some decisions and not be completely impulsive as I had become when I moved. Orlando gave me a series of crossroads and dead ends. One of my dead ends is that I would not return to the Mouse after I left in 2015. I miss the magic, but the universe is having me create magic with Universal. I'm about to have my 4 year anniversary with the company but now I am at a crossroads again. As the song goes, "Should I stay or should I go."
Life is about twists and turns. One should never look away from an opportunity to grow whether it is with yourself or career. The roller coaster of life will always go fast and have quick stops, but that is the lesson that everyone needs. I find that when one is at a crossroad or a dead end that a big thing is about to happen and one should be prepared for it. Remember it is good to be impulsive sometimes, but other times, one needs to take the time and think about the pros and cons of a situation.