Flow Meter
"… Our true home and sweetest home is the place of our life."
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
"I decided to leave." My boss's jaw drops; this isn't the first conversation on the subject. "I want to find a way to make a bigger impact."
This was the most popular reason for leaving a lucrative job where I led a multinational business, negotiated with government officials and other companies, made deals and money as we grew, and did all the sexy things executives do in movies. Frequent international travel, fine dining and wine, expensive vacations that could cover friends and family, and all the other things that come with it… space for everything (salads are delivered to my door for lunch - Yikes!).
On the surface, I had it all. But something was wrong. I had become a company asset and was no longer a person. Like my busy career-focused friends, I was drinking wine more often, not sleeping well, not exhausted but using adrenaline rushes to fill the gaps, and desperately lonely. My true, true self.