Episode 88 — It May Pay the Bills But Does it Fill You Up? —with Cassidy Brown

At the end of the day, you have to live with yourself. If you don’t choose to prioritize what fills you up instead of focusing on what everyone else has to say, you’ll reap those outcomes and have to live with them —those people won’t.  Cassidy Brown has learned from their young adult years to not settle for anything less than what lights them up. From studying Recreation, Parks and Tourism Resources, traveling to Australia to be an outdoor education instructor, and recently quitting their job to pursue working at the fire department in Melbourne, Australia. Cassidy is an example that you don’t have to be miserable to make a living.On this episode of Success is Subjective, Cassidy joins Joanna to share their experience going from working to become a doctor since they were a kid, to going onto work in a completely different field in outdoor recreation. Cassidy’s story shows how opening up to new experiences can open you up to a whole new world of passions and excitement. Listen in for Cassidy’s insight on the importance of taking a chance on pursuing what makes you happy, no matter what it takes. Whether that’s becoming a doctor or freelancing, or even becoming a firefighter!What You Will LearnThe heavy pressure to do well in schoolWanting to be a doctor from an early age The outdoor orientation program that changed Cassidy’s mind about their careerBeing opened up to the world of outdoor recreationThe hard work Cassidy put into making her career work for themself out of excitement and passionTraveling to Australia after college to work as an outdoor education instructorRecognizing when something isn’t right for you and when to move on How Cassidy is navigating being in a career transition periodPick a direction, not a destinationIf you want something bad enough you can definitely make it happenConnect with Cassidy BrownCassidy Brown on InstagramEmail [email protected] Connect with Joanna Lilley  Lilley ConsultingLilley Consulting on Instagram Lilley Consulting on Facebook Success is Subjective on Apple PodcastSuccess is Subjective on Google PodcastSuccess is Subjective on iHeart RadioSuccess is Subjective on SpotifySuccess is Subjective on StitcherSuccess is Subjective on AmazonSponsored by: College Parent Survival NetworkEmail [email protected]