Change Your pace - Guide to escaping the rat race

Hi I'm Sandra Tedeschi I'm the owner of Vajra Sol Yoga Adventures and we run yoga and surf retreats in Costa Rica in that corporate environment that I was working in I started to a have a lot of stress it made me realize my body was giving me messages that the work environment that I was in was not for me the moment that I realized I could stay and make a living at the business that I started it went into about the third year for me I didn't have a background in business I was coming from actually a non-profit organization kinda just threw it out there and I said I'm gonna try something and I have savings and if it doesn't work after year I can always go back to my my previous work and after a year it just started just kept going little by little and by the third year it was it was working it takes a very strong belief in oneself one's vision, it takes dedication it takes people around you to believe in you as well, I had a lot of people saying to me are you crazy why are you walking away from this really good job and this amazing career it is a gamble, it's a risk and I think for those who step into something like that you have to be able to face some some risk, a little fear is good but you can't let the fear consume you a few tips that I have for people thinking about making a change in their life one is if you're looking to relocate to a new place spend some time there and not just in vacation mode, go and research talk to the locals or to other foreigners or ex-pats or people who have relocated to the new location recently what it's like to live there, talk it out with friends your ideas or family get input from other people, have a good savings because sometimes when you start a new business you're not gonna make a profit right away the point where I would say go for it is if you know that where you are is you feel it in your gut, your intuition is just telling you you need to move you need to make a change and if it's a strong enough calling I would say definitely pursue it