Raul Masse

After 2 years of Covid, instead of looking forward to going back to the old routine I was dreading it. I realized that I wasn’t happy with some aspects of my life, and felt like maybe this was going to be the way it was going to be for the rest of my life: not particularly happy but semi comfortable with how things were. The way I saw it, this was a middle-age crisis. Should I try to change something? My circumstances? Myself? Or just hold on and see.

I didn’t know if I needed therapy, something else, or nothing at all. When someone proposed coaching to me, I was a bit sceptic, but it couldn’t hurt, so I gave it a go.

Just by taking the time to talk about my issues with someone else, in an honest and open way, with the shared goal of trying to find solutions, you start seeing things differently. And where I couldn’t see a solution, having an outsider’s perspective focused on helping you find it was extremely helpful.

Defining clear objectives or tasks to accomplish between sessions helped tremendously.

Above all else, what was surprising was the pace at which these actions were having an effect, I didn’t have an idea on how long it would take, but I didn’t expect for just a couple of months and 6 sessions in total to have the effect it did.

I changed my approach to job hunting in a healthier way. I had a sense of accountability to help with procrastinating and in general had a sense of accomplishment that led to happier self.

Yesterday, I started on my new job, a job that checks boxes that I wouldn’t have contemplated if it wasn’t for Karin.