Would you change 1 thing about your past if you could?

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by comochiefsfan

I’ve had a tough last couple years. Not going to going to bore you with too many details, but basically had a permanent falling out with some close friends who were very important to me. These people also happened to be coworkers so the circumstances meant a career change was necessary and I had to leave a job that I enjoyed.

It’s been rough since then. I look back at the events of what happened a lot. As weird as it sounds no one was really at fault. I was going through some stuff and they were going through their own shit and communication was bad and eventually before I knew what was going on, we got to a point where things were past the point of no return.

I’m relatively young compared to many here I imagine and I sort of thought that that job and those people were going to be pillars of my life going forward. It all crumbled on me and suddenly i felt like I had no identity. I’ll be honest almost two years later I’m still searching for that purpose again. I think I’m scared that something similar is going to happen to me again and it’s been incredibly difficult to be open with people and trust and all that emotional shit.

Long story short, yeah there are some things I would change there. I have a lot of time ahead of me so I’m sure someday It’ll be just an unfortunate blip in my life, but for now it’s something I constantly dwell on.

But it feels good to get some of that off my chest. Chiefs Planet: Just as good as any of the therapists I’ve been to.

I feel that.

I left a job if had for a long time because I felt disrespected by one of the owners. I thought he wasn’t retiring for 5 years and I was t waiting on him. It was a pride thing….the prick was my boss and didn’t speak to me for a year so it wasn’t like he was even up my ass. New companies flirted and I eventually was recruited away to something that sounded great…but it’s been chaos since and I know they’re going to screw me. I reached out to my old gig and while the relationship with the new president is great, there is t a spot for me and it’s not an option. Looking back, knowing what I know….id have stayed right where I was and the problem guy will be gone at the end of this year.

I learned that people I thought were good friends were just coworkers I liked for the most part.

Because it’s better to look at the windshield than the rear view….ive learned enough from my mistakes and I’m considering other opportunities that might be a lot better.

You just never know where those mistakes are going to tske you.