“Follow Your Bliss, and the Universe Will Open Doors Where There Were Only Walls.”

– Joseph Campbell

 After graduating with an MBA and spending nearly a year in search of the perfect job, I landed the job that was going to take my career to a whole new level.

The pay was good. The benefits were amazing. What more could I ask for?

And yet, after 18 months, I was so miserable that I’d cry the entire 50-minute drive to work.

Every. Single. Day.

I was in a deep, dark hole of despair.

A few years prior, I’d spent piles of money and nearly two years to complete my M.B.A. I’d finally landed the ideal job. My career was flourishing.

My family, my husband, and all my friends had all given me “two big thumbs up” and lots of congratulatory pats on the back.

But after a year of corporate relocations, 3 different bosses, drastic staff reductions, and a complete overhaul of my original job description and function, I was not only miserable, I...