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<\/a><\/p>\nAuthor: Amy Nicole<\/strong><\/p>\n Two years ago I wrote a blog post called <\/span>\u201cPursuit of Happiness\u201d <\/span><\/a>\u00a0regarding my decision to quit my decent salary paying \u00a0job with benefits to set out on a journey to find my purpose in life. \u00a0I didn\u2019t expect my journey to be easy but I also didn\u2019t expect the struggle to be so real. Initially when I left my job I didn\u2019t have a plan in place; I just left on a limb. Shortly after I found myself living in South Carolina with my older brother working at a call center barely making enough to pay my bills. <\/span><\/p>\n While living in South Carolina I managed to get a film internship and I also created a joint blog and business with my twin sister called \u201cThe Double Scoop\u201d. I was happy that I was beginning to follow my true passions but at the same time I was also very depressed because I wasn\u2019t happy with my financial situation or where I was in life. \u00a0Although I was enjoying my internship opportunity, it wasn\u2019t paid and I was struggling financially. I was starting to see other people my age making progress in their careers and starting families and I felt like I was getting farther behind in where I was supposed to be in life. \u00a0To make matters worse over the course of a year I had been on over 15 job interviews but wasn\u2019t selected for any of the positions. I was starting to feel completely broken and questioned if I made the wrong decision by quitting my job. \u00a0\u00a0Although I wasn\u2019t doing well financially my blog was starting to do great and I was beginning to make amazing connections with artists and filmmakers. At the time I couldn\u2019t appreciate the opportunity that \u00a0was given to me because I was too busy comparing my success to where other people were in their life. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After living with my brother for a year I ended up having to move back home with my parents in Mississippi. While at home I went on several more interviews and I still couldn\u2019t get a job in my field. I was at my lowest point and I questioned if I was being punished by God for taking my career for granted. But then I thought why would I be punished for trying to pursue what I love and what makes me happy. I disappeared from social media for a while and I became more reclusive. I felt like my confidence was gone.<\/span><\/p>\n Four months ago I got a job offer in Charlotte, North Carolina at a small university similar to the school that I worked for two years ago. If I could describe the extreme feeling of appreciation that I had it would be the scene in the movie \u201cPursuit of Happiness\u201d when Will Smith\u2019s character was offered a job after completing his internship. It\u2019s surreal how much things have changed over these last two years. I went from being broke, jobless, and living at home with my parents to now living in a new state with a new job, having a new place, and having my own media business.<\/span><\/p>\n Although I\u2019m not at the point where I can live completely off of the income that I make from my business I am \u00a0proud of all the things that I have accomplished since starting it. I have been able to interview artist and filmmakers, attend entertainment events, help co-write a script, and host a music podcast. If I wouldn\u2019t have left my job two years ago I probably would not have \u00a0accomplished any of these things.<\/p>\n Sometimes when we go through struggles in life it\u2019s not necessarily that we\u2019re getting punished but I believe God and the universe is shaping us into being better versions of ourselves. \u00a0My struggle has definitely changed me for the better. I\u2019ve matured a lot, I\u2019ve developed a stronger work ethic, and I have definitely been humbled. I realize how much your circumstances in life can change and how quickly you can lose everything that you\u2019ve worked for. I don\u2019t take anything for granted anymore and I try to live each day like it\u2019s my last.\u00a0<\/span>My goal within the next 2-3 years is to be able to work for myself and I believe I\u2019m well on the way to accomplishing just that.<\/p>\n Photo Credit: <\/span>Free E-Consultation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Author: Amy Nicole Two years ago I wrote a blog post called \u201cPursuit of Happiness\u201d \u00a0regarding my decision to quit my decent salary paying \u00a0job with benefits to set out on a journey to find my purpose in life. \u00a0I didn\u2019t expect my journey to be easy but I also didn\u2019t expect the struggle … Continue reading “It\u2019s Beauty In The Struggle”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[125,188,220,250,286,301,384,402,403,460,471,495,518],"class_list":["post-2000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-bloggers","tag-depression","tag-faith","tag-happiness","tag-joy","tag-life-purpose","tag-peace","tag-purpose","tag-pursuit-of-happiness","tag-struggle","tag-the-double-scoop","tag-twins","tag-writers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>