Career Mental Warefare
This season of my life has been a mental battle. Have you ever felt like you can't catch a break after clearing one hurdle? It's just challenge after challenge after challenge... And that's exactly where I am right now.
Mental battles are especially tough because you can't simply turn your mind off. Lately, I've been caught up in my thoughts, questioning my career choices: "What's the right thing to do, Lord? Did I make another wrong decision? Did I hear you correctly? What's my next step?"
Throughout my beauty industry career, I've learned many lessons. One thing that particularly frustrates me is how professionals over-glamorize the lifestyle. It's all flash: "Do this many lash fills and you'll create your dream life." "I bought my dream car doing hair." "My makeup business bought me a house." The examples are endless.
While I've fallen for those marketing tactics in the past, this year I made one crucial change in my business: putting God in it 100%. He's the CEO. We work together, and I seek His guidance in every step.
Whenever I'm uncertain about my business direction, I turn to the Lord and read the Bible (a practice I've now extended to all areas of my life, not just business). I came across 2 Thessalonians 3:10-11:
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat." We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
The context:
Paul is addressing the Thessalonians, stating that those who don't work shouldn't eat. Some Thessalonians were being idle and disruptive, busy doing nothing.
(I realize how important it is to provide scripture's context. Regardless of how God speaks to you through it, the context—and His word—remains unchanged.)
In my situation, I'm not lazy—quite the opposite! I tend to do the absolute most. God actually convicted me at the beginning of 2024 to slow down. What really struck me was the phrase "They are not busy; they are busybodies."
God revealed to me, "You're busy doing the wrong things, not what I told you"—and that was a massive eye-opener. Last summer, God gave me specific directions. Have I followed them completely? No... sadly not. This disobedience has led to confusion (which God doesn't author) and me wandering off course.
I believe this happens frequently when God directs us—we get nervous because we don't understand His plan, so we start operating on our own. This never serves us well. We end up taking on tasks and jobs that were never meant for us.
On my drive to Tennessee, God revealed several things to me:
Stop trying to trust your own thoughts. Your thoughts and heart aren't consistent, but God is. All you need to do is trust Him. He will order your steps.
I've been extremely discouraged and disappointed due to past mistakes. This caused me not to show up 100% out of fear.
Be you. That's all the Lord asks of me—to be me. Everything else will fall into place.
To walk in wisdom, you must constantly seek the Lord. We are human and will battle doubt, but the tool for defeating it is God's word.
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