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[TheMotivatedTrader]

Confirmation came today (not candlestick confirmation) that I am really losing my job. I received an official e-mail from HR to go over my severance package and other miscellaneous documents. In addition, my senior manager informed me that my position has been officially posted.

The strange part is that those closest to me seem to be more uneasy and uncertain than I am. I just have an overall sense of calm and peace that everything is going to be better than okay. Before work, on my lunch break and after work, I spend time learning the market…how it works, practicing technical analysis, tightening up on fundamental analysis, organizing my soon-to-be trading area and more. I just don’t feel stressed like some people expect me to be in this situation.

I know I have bills to pay, a daughter and a wife to take care of, etc but I just feel that THIS IS IT! This is the time. I say this because I have been preparing for this for months, if not years. I am one to always talk about taking my financial destiny into my own hands. I always wanted to run my own business. I just didn’t think it would be like this. I didn’t think my position would be relocated and I would not be able to move with it to continue to receive a paycheck. I thought that I would have all of my bills paid up and everything would be “just right” before I started working for myself.

It’s funny how you plan for things to be “just right” and life comes along and washes away the plans you wrote in the sand.
I don’t feel 100% prepared but maybe, just maybe, life believes that I am. Maybe, just maybe, life sees something better and said “You are better than this. If you are not going to move along, than I am going to move you along.” Maybe, just maybe, when we find ourselves dreaming, wishing, thinking and becoming obsessed with being more successful and getting the juice out of life but fail to make that one step because of fear of the unknown, life hears us and says “I am coming to move your ass along! Your dreams are bigger than this company can ever compensate you for and I am going to force you OUT of your comfort zone because that is where growth and success awaits you.”

I am at that point now where I was uneasy about stepping out and becoming a full time trader because of several excuses I told myself; I didn’t paper trade enough, I needed to watch more of these videos, I didn’t finish this book yet, my account is not big enough.

Life must have thought better and said ‘You are ready. Get out into the arena and fight for those dreams you have been talking about. Fight for that future you speak so passionately about. Battle for that lifestyle you envision so clearly.”

So, while I am uncertain of where this will end up, I am excited about the future. I am excited about the opportunity to write my own paycheck. I am excited about living my dream of being my own boss.

There is no time to entertain fear. Now is the time to get excited and run full force towards your dreams! Start where you are with a vision of where you want to end up. You are worth it!

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