"Ah-Ha Moments"

Ciao everyone! I've been getting a lot of questions from Facebook groups lately about what made me choose to leave the USA. Well, truthfully, I didn't choose to leave, it was fate. It all started when I was having a horrible day recovering from Covid-19. I was at about the 2 month mark and if felt like I'd never be the same. I couldn't walk around the block without my joints being in pain and I'd be so tired by the time I got back home that I'd have to take a nap! I was in bed, on Facebook, when I saw a post from a friend who owns a travel company, she posted about being able to help women make a "blax-it" from the USA for a new life in Italy. I decided to call her for details, just curious about the process, but deep down I knew as soon as I saw that post, I was meant to see it and that I would be leaving by the end of the year. It was what Oprah calls an "Ah-Ha Moment" where you suddenly get insight from God and you just know it's direct communication. (You can't ignore divine revelations from God!)

The phone call was informative and affirmed what I already knew would happen. Even my Mom confirmed that I had to go. It was an opportunity designed for me! I knew that I needed to return to the workforce but I wasn't mentally ready for that. I should also continue more wine courses, but my local schools were closed indefinitely, and the level I'd graduated to required me to be hands on, role playing wine service techniques and tasting over 75 different wines in class. The Facebook post that day was my golden ticket to moving my new career forward. I could go somewhere that I could feel comfortable being out in the world again, and it would give me something in life to hope for instead of being in bed and on the couch, hoping my shows recorded from last night. I needed motivation to get mentally well and push myself into physical wellness again too. It wasn't going to happen on it's own.

After a week of soul searching and planning with my parents, I applied for a Visa and bought a flight that would leave in just 4 weeks! I had nothing else going on so there was no reason to wait. I realized that sometimes you have to do the unthinkable and bet it all on yourself! In doing that you can literally put your life, your livelihood, your relationships on the line and only the strong will thrive. Only then will people, sink or swim. You see...people like myself need more of a push towards change, we need a certain amount of pressure in order to make things happen. Prime example; I will procrastinate on things sometimes because I know that it forces me to focus on getting the task done. It sounds crazy to put added pressure on yourself, but it works for me. A certain amount of crazy has to be in the plan in order for it to work. I've noticed that the more chaotic my surroundings, the more I focus and make stuff happen! The crazier it seems, the more I have "Ah Ha Moments" that tell me I'm on the right track, because there's no way rational thinking, stability -craving Sam would be thinking about doing the things I've done in life. Leaving a job to travel the world, then when that plan doesn't work out, start a new career overseas??? Who does that??? Who even thinks of doing that???

It's all God's plan, completely out of my hands! Some have said that I'm a free-spirit, but I don't see that in myself. I think, instead of free, my spirit is drawn to my purpose. I may not always have a plan but, I have a purpose! In the end, I may not end up with a mansion, a family and generational wealth but who cares? I know that if I continue to follow directions from my "Ah-Ha Moments", then I'll create a legacy. That's the goal!