Naturalle Drea

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and hopefully some of you were off the day after Christmas (I wasn’t and I feel some type of way about it lol) but I am back here to share what 2023 has taught me. I think I started this series back in 2018 or 2019 but I am always thankful for the lessons that each year teaches me. I feel like this year was about realizing some things and wanting better. Today I am getting into being in places where I am valued.

Whew this one….. there is but so much you can take from a place or a person to realize your value and your worth. You should know your value and your worth and not accept anything less. I mainly learned this lesson through the years of being in the workplace but it just stood out so much more to me now. It is just crazy how hard you work and how little you are appreciated and underpaid at times. It can be frustrating when you are just trying to survive, pay these bills that you didn’t ask for and life the live you want but it is hard when the money you are bringing in doesn’t match your value at work.

I started to realize my worth and it just din’t match up with the current environment or my paychecks. And when you bring up pay with some employers, you just hear crickets or it falls on deaf ears. I don’t know why asking for your worth is difficult to talk about. This lesson also stems from watching others get passed over multiple times for promotions but still staying in the same position and just be complacent. Like if you keep getting passed over for promotions, why would you want to stay? It shows that the employer does not value you enough and also noticing that some jobs are not helping you get to the next level. What happened to letting your employees know how they can improve (besides during the yearly reviews) if you see that I keep applying to move up. I’ve been through this before where I worked really hard and was asked to apply for the job but was passed over twice. I was super frustrated and pretty much angry about it so I started searching for another job. And it was funny that the person they picked the second time around didn’t work out and I flat out refused to apply again. I knew my worth and didn’t want to stay in a place where my hard work wasn’t appreciated.

Staying where you are valued also ties in with friendships, relationships, family, partnerships…all the ships lol. If you realize that a friendship is one sided or realizing your significant other doesn’t appreciate you or realizing the toxic relationship with family members, it is time to let them go. You should be valued in your relationships as well and should not settle for anything less.

I will be back the rest of this week with what 2023 Taught Me. What did this year teach you? Let’s chat.