The day I have been dreaming about for a significant period of time finally happened on Tuesday of this last week. I gave my two weeks notice at Club16. I even took a picture of the letter so that I would always remember this momentous occasion – well, it was momentous to me. I was seriously sort-of afraid that I was going to be stuck as a receptionist for the rest of my life. Maybe that sounds crazy, but it’s how I felt. I’m sure that others can relate to this fear?

I had been experiencing a wide range of emotions in the days leading up this event. I felt somewhat bitter towards the company for never promoting me to sales rep, and for the lack of appreciation I’d received (given what I had contributed). I was experiencing a lot of resentment and anger, and I didn’t really recognize the toxicity of these emotions until the weekend before being offered the job at myyogaonline.com

That weekend, I remembered a story that Oprah had once related about being offered a major role in the film “The Colour Purple.” I am probably getting some details wrong, but I remember her speaking about becoming obsessed with the book. She would buy copies and hand them to strangers – she was THAT passionate about the story. Then, one day, she had an opportunity to audition for the film. She wanted this role badly, and even the idea of not getting it tore her apart. When she didn’t hear anything she thought to herself, I will never see this movie because I can’t bear to watch the person that they picked instead of me. She began to tear herself apart and wondered if the reason she had not gotten the role was related to her weight, so she went to a fat camp. She remembers doing laps around the field, and the gradual process of release that occurred within her. She suddenly realized that even if she didn’t get the role, she would be okay. She even realized that she had it in her to be happy for the actress that did get it over her, and that maybe she would see the film after all. It was immediately preceding this process of release that she got the call.

This is the story that I was thinking about when I identified my negative emotions for what they were – fear. I realized that if I wanted this job as an editor, I would have to let go of the resentment I was feeling towards the gym and acknowledge that even if I didn’t get the job… I would be okay. I put my fate in God’s/energy’s/source’s hand, and allowed for the possibility that the universe knew better than I, and that if I didn’t get this job there would be something else.

Thankfully, I got the job.

Although at first I wanted more than anything to leave Club16 in a fit of smoke – leaving my colleagues scrambling to fill my shifts, I realized that such a decision would be more poisonous to my soul than to theirs. I was moving on to bigger and better things, and so I really didn’t have anything to be upset about. My best course of action was to show gratitude towards this job, that I had held for the last almost year and a half, and to be graceful and appreciative in my announcement that I was leaving.

I don’t want to bring any negative energy into my new place of work, and so I’ve made the decision to leave in good-standing with the club and concluded my two weeks notice with the phrase “all the best.”

How do you begin a letter that marks a major transition in your life? With humility and gratitude.