I heard her again (Future Jeri) clear as hell this time.
She asked, "Are you coming with me, or staying where it’s safe?”
This is the honest answer...
From quitting corporate after harassment to paying off $32K and unlearning people-pleasing, I’m choosing the woman I’m becoming over the one I outgrew.
A few highlights of today's reflection:
- The breaking point in corporate: facing racism/harassment, choosing safety and self-respect over a paycheck—and what quitting with no savings taught me.
- How I racked up $32K in credit card debt chasing the dream… and the exact mindset shifts that helped me pay it off and find my stride.
- Battling loneliness, identity shifts, and learning to rebuild community from scratch.
- Many of my setbacks were self-inflicted—rooted in the “disease to please.”
- Why playing small nearly cost me opportunities, money, and peace... and how I’m replacing it with self-advocacy and boundaries.
- No more yeses when my soul means no...emails, favors, gigs, relationships.
- Writing the “Future Jeri” list—what she will and will not tolerate from me—and using it as a daily compass.
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