Choose Courage and Re-Invent Yourself

𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞.

My whole life I had wanted to be a lawyer…then, I became one.

Once I WAS a lawyer, I discovered that practicing my craft made me feel like my soul was drying up inside of me. Not fun.

But what was I going to do?

I had just invested SO much time, energy, money in attending one of the most prestigious law schools in the world, Berkeley Law, and had finally reached my dream of becoming an international human right lawyer.

But I was SO unhappy.

SO miserable.

Every day was soooo hard.

After law school, I, alongside my law school buddies, took the CA Bar Exam, a three-day exam experience from hell.

We studied for MONTHS for this exam that has a 37.2% passage rate. And then, the day arrived. There I was in the examination room, feeling sick to my stomach.

I remember having to rush to the bathroom because I felt SOOOO anxious, so sick to my stomach that I thought I was going to pass out.

I took the test, and was SO relieved when it was over.

Then, a few months later I got the score.

a 1429.87…

I needed a 1440 to pass.

I was just TEN marginal points away from passing.

I. Was. ELATED!!!

This was my ticket to freedom.

I’m convinced this was GOD whispering: “this is your chance, do what makes your soul come alive. You get ONE life. Now go LIVE your life!!”

I would NOT re-take this test, and I would do what was true in my soul & heart since that first year of law-school. I would not go on as an attorney.

All throughout law school, I mostly hung out with friends at the business school. Go figure. I even had thought of doing my joint JD-MBA, since I felt much more alignment with the business world.

So here I was, a lawyer that wanted to create a career in business. I hadn’t been to school for it, and knew very little about the world of business…

𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲-𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

And over the last 8 years, I have worked on re-inventing myself.

I spent 5 years working in Silicon Valley.

The last 3 years focused on supporting small business owners like my dad.

I remember one of my first training events for learning how to become the business owner I wanted to be- it was very clear.

𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

What I knew then was not enough to accomplish what I wanted to accomplish as a business owner. I had SO much to learn.

And you know what? Time passed.

And now I look back at Luz from 8 years ago, who had such a long way to go. Who had sooo many new things to learn and many to un-learn. Who had areas to master that she didn’t even know existed…

And the same might be true for you.

You might be there- and you might be asked to reinvent yourself.

You might have to learn so many things you don’t know yet.

You will be asked to stretch yourself in unexpected ways.

But, let me tell you.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

Today, I am HAPPY

Today, I LOVE what I get to do for work

All the hard-times, which I had no idea I would face, were so worth the life I have now

Today, I am GREAT at what I do, I LOVE my clients, and I absolutely LOVE my business

It energizes me

It pushes me to grow, and I am excited to keep learning and grow it

Every day is full of alignment, joy, and LOVE

So yes, to live the life that is true for YOU, you may have to completely reinvent yourself

There might not be a clear path in terms of HOW to do this

But just know that it WILL be worth it

You will get there

This is part of your path, your dharma, your evolution here

And yes, you CAN do this.