Success: What Comes Next?
After spending an entire year studying and taking the LCSW exam a total of three times, I succeeded on August 01, 2018. What came after that accomplishment I was not prepared for. I found myself in a personal fog. I had achieved a goal I spent three years working towards. What next? I didn’t have another big goal clearly laid out.
My adult life has been about achieving goal after goal. This is why I have been successful thus far in whatever I decide to pursue. Being a quiet person means that I automatically keep my head down and focus on myself instead of worrying about what others are doing. Besides, once when I attempted to try and fit in to what others were doing, I broke down around the three month mark and haven’t looked back. After that, I capitalized on my strengths.
So what is the next goal? I think the short-term answer is a collection of small goals. I’ve tossed and turned about becoming a DBT certified clinician or maybe getting a doctorate. Neither one gives me a spark of passion right now. This website is one of the smaller goals. After all, this website was the catalyst that got my foot in the door for the work that I have done for almost three years now.
So what have you done after achieving a big goal? Have you experienced the other side of success? Leave a comment and let me know.