New job, new challenges

Welcome to the 2022 Summer digital magazine from Ann Collins Coaching, The photo on the front is Kerry in Ireland where my Granny came from. At the age of 11 back in 1922 she made an incredible transition when she left this rural island. She travelled for three days by boat, train and horse and cart with her two slightly older sisters, travelling to England to go to school and start a totally different life away from the farm and her social network. Later, as a teacher, she accompanied children who were evacuated from Liverpool during the second world war, helping them to transition and thrive in very tough times. She made brave transitions and helped others make them too.

I learnt a lot about change from her: the need to find the good in people, to seek fun in times that are hard and the need to be resilient and yet open. She grew up in an Irish Catholic tradition and this prayer was on her window sill: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.

Making the decision to change is maybe clearer when things are not going well, but what about when life is good? Can we challenge ourselves to imagine opportunities that could expand our horizons and bring adventure, for example? Can we imagine a career that is more fulfilling?