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Expression post by: Faith Callens

2:45 pm yesterday I quit my job. Not just any job. MY FULL-TIME JOB.

Reading those few lines , you might say I’m crazy or you might have wondering questions but as soon as I quit my job of nine months that I loved so much, I felt relieved.

Hear me out. This job gave me so much stability and it took of 95% of my time that I forgot about the one thing that mattered to me most …

JOURNALISM. The art of writing, of being a journalist. I got so caught up in working , doing , saving that I was only caught up in the realm of retail that bought me no real passion, just a check biweekly.

I had to deal with people who would leave me standing for hours helping customers, barely wanted to give me any breaks or lunches and if they did , they gave me some “lip” for doing so. But , I put up with it for MONTHS. DAYS . WEEKS.

Customers would get mad , complain if things wouldn’t go their way, curse at you , throw things as if I just had to take it..

AND..they slyly would cover everything up with, ” You’re the first face everyone sees”. I couldn’t take they couldn’t see my efforts in store but I got tired. I received employee of the month twice and a pay raise for my great customer service from corporate but that didn’t matter , I was drained.

I’m not saying this path is for everybody but RIGHT NOW this is my journey. Once I walked out, I didn’t know immediately what I was going to do but once I drove off.. It hit me.

” I just quit job but now I can start studying for the job I really want.. The one that God has. The job that my name is on.. The one I am preparing for”.

Let me tell you. Btw, I still work but not full-time , of course everybody has a side hustle including me if you were wondering and I have money saved until the door opens but again, let me tell you.

When I got home, I wasn’t crying or depressed. But, it did hit me that I really quit my job. I immediately switched out my clothing, reached deep down in my closet and got all my books from school out and TA-DA.. I STARTED.

I started just in the state I was in, confused, saying Lord, how I’m going to start but I did. I read a little , then I put my pen to the paper, even though I haven’t done this for nine months of my life.

But, I started.

So, yesterday , I studied and practiced for two hours . Then, this morning right now at, 5:26 am , I am typing this but I got up around 3 am to start again but today , it was different.

Today , I wrote my first lead or lede which is the first sentence that you see within a news article to tell you what it’s about . Then, I went on to challenge myself to write a full – short story since I had most of the facts from school .

I. DID. IT. !

In my opinion , it didn’t take long . I just had to sort through the facts and get things in the right order but I did it!

Overall, this post is just the beginning but I like the new avenue I’m going on and quite honestly, I believe God gave me the gift to quit so I could realize who and where I needed to be most.

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