I left my job today. This job that I had was, on paper, a good one. A job where my experience and ability would be used to its fullest and I would, in turn, feel fulfilled by doing a great job for a great cause. Good on paper, bad in reality.

It took me almost two years, but I was finally able to move on and I’m looking forward to greener pastures. I have four days to reprogram my thought processes from having to look over my shoulder and question every decision I made for fear of retribution to one of confidence and positive energy. Positive self-talk, here I come.

I can hear Al Franken’s Stuart Smalley from Saturday Night Live fame now…

“Because I’m good enough, I’m smart enough and doggone it, people like me.”