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Day 13: An Epiphany I Had This Summer



For Day 13 of Blogember, commitment to post each day during the month of November I am inspired to write of an epiphany I had this summer.

This summer I discovered how BRAVE I really am!  It was a challenging few months of navigating people at work who don't share my values and vision.  I struggled making sense of how to go around this situation, until I realized I needed to go through it!

Each day I would put on Sara Barielles' song Brave on the walk from the parking lot into the building at work.  It would be my Rocky theme song to give me the courage to face the day head-on, without hesitation.  I confided my challenges to a colleague and she said, "I've encountered that type of person before and decided it was like the game of Survivor.  In the end I would survive, even if I had to Outwit, Outplay, Outlast them."

I really liked the analogy considering the other person was temporary and there would be actual end date for their involvement in the project.  It worked!

I developed  a Pinterest board to collect BRAVE reminders, and support my personal effort to maintain who I was, while continuing to strive to be the very best person I can be.

This huge epiphany this summer has continued into the fall by allowing me to lean into my circumstance, be true to myself and learn that I am braver than I thought!

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