Naleighna Kai's Literary Cafe Magazine NK Literary Cafe Magazine - April 2018 Issue | Page 22

Shifting the ATMOSPHERE What is “Shifting the Atmosphere?” It is all about transitioning from where you are to where you want to be. Atmosphere (according to Webster’s) is the pervading tone or mood of a place or situation… Moving from one place, or season to the next. Transition is the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. I know this well, after leaving a thirty -year successful career in Corporate America to pursue my calling and my passions. My transition began about ten years before I actually left Corporate America. I was feeling unfilled in the work I was doing and was experiencing an inward discontent that lodged within me and wouldn’t go away. At the time, I didn’t know what it was or what to do about it. 22 | NKLC Magazine Frederica Peterson Frederica Peterson This is my journey of how I began to “Shift the Atmosphere.” For many years I had been working on my goal of writing my first book. I started many times, writing on various topics but I couldn’t seem to get focused enough to complete even one. So, in my closet you will find at least four book outlines along with several complete and incomplete chapters of work that are yet to be finished. It was going to be my Gift to the world … dream deferred. I also attempted to start a business many years ago in the field of Image Consulting. I even went and completed an Image Consulting program at FIT, while working a very demanding job during the day in NJ and commuting into the city after work to attend evening classes. Not only did I finish the program in eight months (major