A friend brought home a job listing for me for "The Best Job in the World". I was sick with the flu at the time and this opportunity shone a ray of sunshine into my bleak little world on the couch.
For those of you that haven't heard of this "The Best Job in the World" is an advertising stunt to promote tourism in Australia. It offers $100,000.00 to the winner to spend 6 months living there and blogging about their experiences. To apply you have to submit a 60 second video and an online application.
From the moment I considered this, my little world started cracking open with promise of bigger and better things life has to offer. I have been in semi-retirement since selling my business a year and a half ago. I was burnt to the core physically, mentally and emotionally and it has taken me this long to even consider getting back into "the real world".
When I researched the job online I was stunned to see a photograph of a beach scene straight out of a dream I had about 6 months ago. It was a vivid dream in which I met the love of my life. I knew the Universe was talking to ME!
Backed by my friend's enthusiasm and creativity we started brainstorming my video. Immediately all my fears started rearing their ugly heads and all my insecurities were in my face. I didn't want to "make a fool out of myself". I didn't want to "look stupid". I didn't want the video to look "amateur". I didn't want to "look old". I didn't want to "look or sound like a cliché". I didn't want to "look fat". Even considering this task kicked me right out of my comfort zone. Until recently, my greatest daily challenge was to dress appropriately for the weather when hiking my dog!
In preparation for "my film debut" I got my hair done. It was long overdue and I felt like a million bucks afterwards! Another positive move I made was I finally started doing stomach exercises. Of course that was long overdue too and I would need to have a bathing suit body! (Most of us could do ongoing blogs on just body issues alone!)
With this epiphany, little movies in my head started plaguing me: scenes of me running on a beach and all of my cellulite jiggling for the world to see; lying in the sun with stomach flab overflowing my bikini; close up head shots revealing double chin rolls when I smiled.
Despite these concerns, I knew I was born for fun in the sun. I love snokleling, sailing, scuba, suntanning, nature, wildlife, exploring. I felt I was the perfect candidate to experience and promote the Great Barrier Reef. But then the movies became horror flicks as I started to realize what the job would actually entail: me crying for my mommy as they lifted me off parasailing; frozen in abject terror unable to let go of the airplane frame to skydive; wetting myself standing on the platform while preparing to bungee jump.
One of the burnout issues I've been dealing with was adrenal fatigue. I discovered I was running adrenaline at merely the thought of creating this video. When I considered how stressful it would be for me to have to push my comfort level, every day, trying new things and likely being filmed doing it, I finally gave myself permission to not pursue the job.
I am thrilled with the doors that opened in my mind just at the prospect of applying for the best job in the world! I have made a commitment to myself to do whatever it takes to have a bathing suit body again and I am already seeing the progress. I have opened my mind to potential. How exciting to think of going to Australia. Thanks to this promotion being brought to my attention, I have my next vacation destination clearly in mind. I am now pursing "the other best job in the world"...using the law of attraction to manifest enough money to go there in style and meet the love of my life while I'm there! I'll keep you posted on my progress!
So do yourself a favor...apply for "The Best Job in the World" and see where your life takes you!
