Many of us dream of leaving the office with its hated 9 to 18 schedule, but only a few decide to do this in real life. AiF.ru spoke with three women who gave up stable jobs and, having absolutely no connections, began to do what they really like. How they succeeded, former bank employee Svetlana Bogomolova , ex-marketer Olga Ryabinina and manager with many years of experience Svetlana Efremtseva told AiF.ru.
Million on yoga
Svetlana Bogomolova, yoga instructor, 32 years old
Office experience: 10 years
What did you do before leaving the office: risk manager at the Moscow Exchange
Before becoming a teacher, I worked in the banking industry for many years. My career was going uphill - having moved from my native Kostroma to the capital, I was immediately able to get a job at the Moscow Exchange as a risk manager. Office not far from the Kremlin, interesting functionality, good salary. What more could you ask for? But, since at that time I had no friends or personal life in the new city, and I needed to do something in the evenings, I signed up for yoga. I remember the first time I came to class in a bad mood and with a lot of problems. But I left the hall in a completely different state: calm and joyful. Unnoticed, I got involved and began to practice yoga regularly, going to classes at 7 in the morning before work. At a time when most people were just waking up, I was already standing in asanas.
Svetlana Bogomolova. Photo: From personal archive
I have always really enjoyed studying. For this reason, after moving to Moscow, I received a second degree, and after three years of yoga classes, I decided to train as a teacher. These were intensive courses that lasted two weeks. From 5 am to 10 pm we meditated, did yoga, and studied theory. Surprisingly, in just 14 days I learned to do much more with my body than in the previous 3 years! It was there that I realized that I wanted to teach and that I could do it.
I assembled my first group from colleagues from the Moscow Exchange: I rented a hall on Tverskaya and studied with them there at lunchtime for a nominal fee. Then I was just gaining experience and looked at the sequence of asanas on a piece of paper, because they gave a lot of information at the training.
One day I decided to go to a new yoga studio just for myself. Its owner immediately noticed me and asked where I had worked out before. I said that I was a teacher and was now looking for a job. As a result, he invited me to take a course in apnea yoga, since his studio specializes in it, and to work for him. That's how we started collaborating. At that time, I had no life, but one continuous job: in the morning - office, at lunch - yoga with colleagues, then - office again, in the evening - yoga again. I lived in this rhythm for about a year. Gradually, thoughts began to appear in my head that it would be nice to completely concentrate only on teaching. But, frankly speaking, I was not ready to give up my position at the stock exchange. Plus, I had a mortgage! Perhaps I would not have decided to make changes at all, but it so happened that some laws in the banking sector changed, and the functionality that I performed before was no longer needed. Everything came together: I was tired of working from morning to evening, I wanted to enjoy what I was doing, and at the same time changes began in the company. In the end I left. Fortunately, upon dismissal, by agreement of the parties, I was awarded several salaries.
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At first, I naturally earned about three times less from yoga alone than on the stock exchange. It’s good that by that time I had already moved into my own apartment and I only had to pay the mortgage. But even a payment of 50 thousand a month was then significant, so I had to go to the bank and restructure the debt. I won't lie, it was a little scary. For the first two months, I even tried to return to the office, went to interviews with different companies, although I understood that I no longer wanted to deal with finances and work from call to call. And, oddly enough, they didn’t take me.
When I fully engaged myself in yoga and started having individual lessons, my salary increased. There were months when I received 150 thousand. And this is not the limit. I know a teacher who earns about a million a month, since one lesson costs 10 thousand rubles. Today I have adjusted my class schedule to suit my lifestyle: when I need more money, I take on more clients. But at the same time, I don’t disappear in the office every day, I have time for my family and for myself.
I am convinced that if a person does his own business, what he loves, he will be successful and in demand. It doesn't matter who you are, a bank employee or a plumber. Do you want to be a manicurist or yoga teacher? Go towards your goal. Don’t sit still waiting for a miracle, take steps towards your dream, because our lives are too short, and we spend at least 8 hours a day at a job we don’t like!
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Where does chronic fatigue come from?
Some doctors believe that a person has three health conditions. With two of them everything is clear - “healthy” and “sick”. The third state is borderline; it is not a disease, but a disorder of a certain system of the body. CFS is a disorder of the autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) system.
Scientists have not yet established the causes of CFS, but they have put forward several hypotheses.
Violation of cellular metabolism. Patients with CFS have low levels of L-carnitine, which is involved in energy transfer - the less of this substance, the worse their health and lower performance.
Viruses - scientists consider this hypothesis the most convincing. Against the background of viruses, the body is weakened and gets tired faster.
Chronic diseases that impair the functioning of the immune system.
Psychological disorders, stress, depression, anxiety and fear can also be causes of CFS.
Wrong lifestyle. If you sleep little and restlessly, do not walk in the fresh air, hardly move and overexert yourself, you are at risk of CFS. Our life in a metropolis disrupts the biological regime. One night we work, the next we want to sleep, the third we spend with friends in a bar, and then we try to sleep again.
Hypoxia is a lack of oxygen, which is needed to transport energy. We sit in a stuffy office, travel in a cramped minibus - the body is not saturated with oxygen and the strength becomes less. When we get used to living in stuffy conditions, hypoxia becomes chronic.
Malnutrition and, as a result, a change in the balance of bacteria in the intestines. Compulsory regime occurs only in kindergarten, and adults must control the diet themselves. If a person eats little or overeats, does not receive the necessary vitamins, macro- and microelements, over time one of the consequences will be CFS.
Environmental factors - the risk of chronic fatigue syndrome is higher for those who live in metropolitan areas. Exhaust gases, smog, emissions from large enterprises - a polluted environment has a bad effect on the general condition of the body.
Coach for three years
Olga Ryabinina, personality development expert, 46 years old.
Office experience: 7 years
What did you do before leaving the office: manager in the marketing service of a federal television channel
I can’t say that I terribly disliked my job, but at some point I began to realize that I was in the wrong place. It’s no secret that the responsibilities of a marketer do not have much of a creative component, but there are much more monotonous tasks that need to be performed day after day, and this is alien to my nature. But I was in no hurry to leave for several reasons. Firstly, I was supported by a good team. Secondly, a stable salary. Thirdly, interesting business trips. Plus loans that had to be paid off. And the main reason is fear and lack of understanding of which direction to move next, when the office and the schedule developed over the years will be a thing of the past! I couldn’t make the decision to quit for about 5 years. When a person puts off some important step for a long time, life itself often “throws” him out of his usual circumstances. Some people call it the “magic kick-off.”
Olga Ryabinina. Photo: From personal archive
In my case, it also partially happened. More precisely, everything coincided: the company began restructuring, but I did not move to another department, but simply quit. After signing the application, I felt great joy. Even the thought that I might have to tighten my belt for a while, as people say, did not frighten me. I was very tired (not physically, but mentally), so I gave myself the opportunity to rest, be in silence, and practically stopped going on social networks. I solved my financial issues with the help of freelancing; former colleagues, friends and acquaintances often suggested various projects. For a long time they tried to persuade me to return, but I patiently explained to everyone that there would be no turning back, and slowly began to realize my inner desires. The first thing is something that has long been in parallel with my previous work: helping people deal with internal problems and become happier. Only now I have directed my main attention to this, searching and discovering ways, learning and acting. At the same time, I gave lectures on how to find your purpose. It was during that period that I tried myself in theatrical activities: I acted as an actress, and a play was also staged based on my play.
Perhaps for some, my achievements over these three years are trifles. But for me personally this is a colossal breakthrough. I am sure that I chose the right, and most importantly, incredibly interesting path, even if I—relatively—had to start everything from scratch. Why "conditionally"? Because in fact, you don’t start from scratch, but simply continue your path in a new way. If you want to radically change your life, think in this way, otherwise the thought “I have to start everything from scratch” may simply “crush” you and your aspirations.
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Of course, each situation is individual. Some people need to quit one day and abruptly break off their relationship with a job they don’t like; for others, this path is not suitable. How to figure it out? If every morning you experience extreme stress at the mere thought of having to go to the office, you suffer from insomnia, or have other health problems, it is better to put an end to it. But in any case, next you will have to work with your inner “I”. How you do this, whether with a coach, alone or in a circle of like-minded people, does not matter. The main thing is that there is no escape from this.
Professional psychological crisis
The main symptom is a change in a person’s attitude towards his work. It manifests itself in a feeling of emptiness, lack of desire to do anything, detachment from the work process, and, as a result, disappointment comes. Internal irritation is imposed on colleagues, clients and the entire external environment through outbursts of anger, sarcasm and even rudeness.
Sometimes the opposite happens, when a person begins to completely withdraw from the team and from what is happening in the company. There comes a period of a formal approach to work, and sometimes indifference to everything, which provokes a transition to one’s own helplessness and hopelessness. There is a deterioration in health and physical symptoms such as headache, blood pressure, and weight changes occur. The question arises - what to do?
Meditations and practices that help relieve stress
Meditation will help relieve tension and stress.
Many meditations do not require additional time; it is enough to take 3-5 minutes and just be alone. There is no need to sit in the lotus position or lie down. Just relax.
Recommended meditations:
- Meditation for inner peace “Don’t make waves”
- Exercise to restore the nervous system
Often a failure in the state of the nervous system is caused by a set of negative programs and information in a person’s energy (aura). They begin to provoke the release of emotions, irritability and other manifestations (signs when you need to clean your aura in the article “Why clean your aura?”
You can also cleanse your energy through meditation.
A chic cleansing meditation based on folk conspiracies removes a lot of negativity from the energy, from the power of the name, from the nervous system. You can get the meditation here
Are you getting tired quickly? Get enough sleep!
A person who does not get enough sleep is much more irritable and gets tired faster. Meanwhile, no one has canceled a healthy eight-hour sleep. An interesting fact: if you oversleep for a long time, sleep seems to accumulate in the body. So the phrase “sleep it off on the weekend” is not without meaning. Get enough sleep during vacations, holidays and weekends. Your body will thank you for this care and strengthening of strength.
Find out how to deal with information overload and gadget addiction here .
Too much “comfort” food.
Carbohydrates are what makes us energetic, happy, full, kind and cheerful. True, not for long. Nutritionist Dr. Glenville says people actually get tired of the foods that should give them energy because they take a lot of energy to digest. Cookies, sugar, rice, pasta, white bread - all this quickly raises blood sugar levels. But then this level drops just as quickly, and then we want to sleep, we get irritated and feel tired. And we feel tired because we haven’t received enough nutrients. We got sugar, but we still don’t have enough nutrients! Foods that release energy slowly and are rich in nutrients really give you strength - fruits and vegetables are among such foods.
Where to begin?
I highly recommend starting with organizing a plan and living your DAY .
After all, this is where the main problem of the vast majority of people lies. For example, everyone misses their most powerful time, wastes it on nonsense, on unimportant things.
Then they try to spur their dead horse with caffeine at a weak time of day.
In the evening they cannot fall asleep, many relax with alcohol or simply do not get enough sleep.
You can find much of this in my Mindful Living Workshop. I also change there every day along with the participants. My examples, theory, tips and life hacks - my whole system in one place.
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