It was Thursday morning in early January…
I was sitting in a little cafe drinking a delicious banana peanut butter and almond milk protein shake, having run to the Pure gym in Covent garden, completed a work out there and was now enjoying the aftermath…
As I sat relaxing, an email landed in my inbox. It was from the management team at my office…
‘Urgent news, we need to arrange a meeting with you as soon as possible…’
I responded immediately and was booked in for a slot at 3pm that day…
The meeting took place in a big board room, with the management team I know, and two of the head honchos from the company…
It took only a few minutes…
The lease on the building had come up for renewal and it is not being renewed…
This meant that the team in front of me, had the difficult task of telling each business owner individually, and the job of re housing 70 businesses, with just two weeks to do it in.
They asked me what was important to me…
‘Good communications, so that my clients can easily travel to me, and a shower in the building so that I can run to work’ I said…
‘Oh, and coffee shops near by – but that’s easy in London…’ I laughed.
A location, close to Piccadilly Circus tube station was suggested, and it was emphasised I needed to act quickly as the offices would be going very fast…
And so the next morning, bright and early, I arrived to view what was to become my ‘new home’…
I couldn’t have created something more perfect…
A bigger office, in a fabulous building, with a Pure gym on the first floor , and Piccadilly tube station a stone’s throw away – my exit right by the Eros statue which I like very much!
This time last year, I was a nomad in Spain…
I couldn’t have predicted the turn my life has taken, but I do know that I have always made the choice to follow the path of inner freedom rather than following my ego, or my mind.
Which looks to be quite a paradox…
By making the choice to follow this path, and by listening always to my inner compass, it has landed me slap bang in the middle of London Town…
With financial commitments to a flat, office space and Value Added Tax!
If we trust the path of growth from the journey within
Then all is revealed in each moment as we travel the road less travelled.