Life is a journey not a destination – Ralph Waldo Emerson

In my life’s journey to this point my professional path has been in the travel industry for twenty seven years. Throughout that time I can honestly tell you that I wanted to do something different for about the last 15 years. One could say that it wasn’t the time for me to do something different and they would have been right.

Even three years ago when I went to work for the tour operator, it wasn’t the right time. That company closed and I was back where I started. After months of job searching, openly writing in this blog while I was job searching was a very hard time in my life. Go back and do what I know or keep searching. I did, of course go back to selling travel and becoming the Branch Manager for two years.

During this two year time I was still searching for the right path for my journey to continue. There were some amazing (or what I thought) opportunities that presented themselves along the way. There were hundreds (and I mean HUNDREDS) of resumes and cover letters. There were phone screenings and in the past year several interviews, but no offers. Why wasn’t I getting any offers? The more that happened the more frustrated I was becoming.

These jobs were not meant for you

A few of my close friends told me to take a break. I listened. Three weeks went by and one day in my preview pane was an email from Indeed I was about to delete. But something caught my eye. Something that inevitably changed the course of my journey.

When the time is right, you will know

Everything was different about this experience. I actually knew it was different driving to the interview. I was driving to the interview and Natasha Beddingfield song Unwritten came on the radio. If you are familiar with the song some of the lyrics are:

Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten

So here is it is. The next part of my life’s journey will begin on September 25th at We.org as their travel manager. The organization is a movement. A movement for change. A movement to making a difference in the world. A movement for making the world a better place.

Every single person I have shared this with so far has all had the same reaction – this was the job you have been waiting for. One friend said this week, “you know that this is the reason why you didn’t get all the jobs before this one?”

I am closing one chapter in my life which has been a long one. I may write a book about this 27 year part of my journey. But for now, I will look ahead to this new chapter beginning. Just after the Jewish New Year. Seems very fitting. New Year, New Job. New path on my journey of life.

I hope you will continue to follow my journey as I am sure I will have a lot more to share with you.

Live your best life,

Lisa