How I Created My Own 9-5 Exit Blueprint
There is a moment that many women experience quietly: when the life that once made sense no longer fits the woman they are becoming.
My new mentorship, Rooted & Free: Your 9-5 Exit Blueprint is the result of my own lived experience of this exact moment in my own life. Having gone through the experience of outgrowing the career I had built for myself over the prior 15 years, moving up the hierarchy, attaining a very well paying government job with flexibility and benefits…something just started feeling off. I utilized my gift to methodically work towards grounding in my true authentic self, finding clarity on what I actually wanted and what was my next step, and ultimately to take action!
Here is what I did:
I learned my Human Design (HD).
Becoming aware and understanding my energetic make-up (aka my energetic operating system) was key to finding my true authentic self.
Human Design validated things I had known about myself my entire life, but never had the language or the permission to allow myself to just BE ME.
This system gave me practical strategies to experiment with to align with how my energy was meant to operate.
As I began my HD experiment, I began to identify what was working and what was not.
Identifying patterns of behaviors that were not serving me and actively working to change them, such as: pin pointing what activities were most draining to me and limiting the amount of time I dedicated to them daily.
Seeing the ways I was self-sabotaging myself and remedying it, for example: creating boundaries around work AND sticking to them.
Understanding my gifts and the fears that come with them and are present in my life. Identifying the fears that are always present in my design allowed me to see them, name them, and choose to make scary decisions in spite of those fears.
I started to walk the talk. My words were followed with aligned action.
I stuck to my boundaries.
I limited work to work hours.
I started to share my reflections and what I was learning with the women in my circle.
I learned my gifts and started noticing them in my everyday life. Your gifts are not something outside of you, they are innately YOU! Meaning you don’t have to “do” anything to step into their energy, they are in you… you just have to allow yourself to be open, allow the time, be in the right environments, and around people that SEE you for them to flow.
I started getting clarity on what lit me up! And then all the puzzle pieces started falling into place.
I got clarity on my purpose: supporting women to be free to be their true authentic selves.
I knew I was to integrate Human Design in whatever I did as both a way to deeply understand how each woman is built and the practical strategies to come back to themselves.
The Big Realization: I did not want another job. The 9-5 structure was not working for me. I wanted autonomy and freedom! I got to create my own business! 🤯
I got to create my own 9-5 Exit Blueprint!
Talk to my husband.
Start a financial plan.
Align on end dates to give my notice.
Steps to start creating the business I wanted.
Action time!
I quit my “secure”, well paying government job.
I took a month long Euro-Trip with my husband.
Got to work on refining my business!
Thus far, it has been a whirlwind of a journey. Do I regret any part of it? Absolutely not! I would do it the same all over again! My time at my 9-5 taught me to stabilize and root myself amongst the chaos. It taught me invaluable lessons in: creating boundaries, letting go of what is no longer working, collaborating with amazing people, leading the best team ever and being continuously evergreen and adaptable to shifts and changes.
I know seeing my journey reduced to a few items on a numbered/bulleted list seems easy peesy. It was not. It was a hard process, it took looking things in the face that I had ignored for years, healing trauma I didn’t even know I had, starting uncomfortable conversations, making decisions without all the answers, taking steps toward a vision without seeing the full path, working through disappointing others to follow my own dreams. It is certainly not for the faint of heart, but again I would not change any part of it…because it has led me here, to this very moment.
If this spoke to something deep within you… if you’ve been quietly feeling that your career no longer fits the woman you are becoming… know that you are not alone.
I created Rooted & Free: Your 9–5 Exit Blueprint for the woman standing in that in-between space: grateful for all she has built, yet deeply aware she is being called toward something more.
This is not a decision to rush. It is a life transition that deserves clarity, grounding, and intentional support.
Through my Rooted → Clear → Free framework, I guide you through a personalized 4-month journey to help you reconnect with yourself, gain clarity on what’s next, and create your aligned exit roadmap.
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Love & hugs,
Nikole ✨
