Contentment - A compliment or a curse?

To be content. The feeling of being happy and satisfied. For the last two years my inner critique has niggled away at me about working from home. I felt that because I had walked away from my office and staff I had failed as a business owner. And that feeling came in full force recently when I saw the most beautiful accountants office ever, I was so disheartened. Luckily for me, At that point of full force negative emotions I was attending a self awareness workshop with JoJo Smith (the Queen of sassy 👑). And she said something that hit me like a tonne of bricks, I can’t remember the exact wording but it was along the lines of ‘You decide to decide’ instantly I felt relieved. I made the decision to move my office back home. Office life and managing a team wasn’t giving me the flexibility or freedom that I was craving. I wouldn’t have been able to move the office back home in our two up, two down terraced. I was only able to move my office back home because we bought our forever house, which is so big I have enough rooms for a home office without sacrificing family life. Our house is an achievement as a result of our hard work, I’m far from being a failure. Yesterday whilst I was out networking, I had a convo with a lovely lady who I’ve met a handful of times over the last few years and I was telling her about some of those negative thoughts I’d had recently and how I’d been able to reframe them. And she replied ‘I can see you are so content, it’s lovely to see you happy’ For me to recognise that I’ve gone from a time of my life and business that was very frustrating and unhappy to a place where I don’t want for much is one thing, for some else to recognise that too is just a fab feeling! A true compliment… Until I was on my way home, in the car, with my inner critique whispering away that to be content is giving up, being lazy, no longer striving or moving forward! Argh! Like please, can a girl just catch a break? So, back to my question - Is contentment a compliment or a curse? For me it’s a compliment. I’ve worked extremely hard over the last ten years to be in a financial position where we were able to afford our forever home. I made it to my end goal. And damn right, I’m gonna take a while to sit back, relax and enjoy it 🏠 I’m happy in my present. But I’d love to know your thoughts? And if you haven’t yet achieved your state of contentment, go check out our SMARTER self assessment package! Brand new for the 24/25 tax year ✨ Where I’ll be helping you work towards your end goal!!