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  • Hey Sug! I must say thank you for posting this video. I myself changed my mind and left a job I was not happy with. I worked for the city of NY had a pension etc I was "good" but the reality I was miserable as hell! When I decided to leave everyone thought, "oh she crazy" but I'm glad I made the decision to finish my degree and focus on the career I always wanted for myself. Thanks for your positive words God bless you!

  • thank you so much for making this video

  • Its hard being a mind changer, so thanx for the encouragement. Also - so glad things worked out for u work wise!

  • Wow! Thanks, I did not even know I needed that.

  • You are BEAUTIFUL!! And ur hair OMG!! Can't wait for mine to reach this point....how did u achieve this look?

  • I found your page and today is my first time here. I watched a couple of videos before this one BUT this one right here...well! I say thank you! Thank you and may God truly bless you! :-)

  • Amen and Awomen... you work that thang sister and my prayers are all around you Stay blessed... OH but sugar what about the make up and the hair???? just joking i love this video alot.. and your eye makeup is on point..

  • girl you are cool as a fan on vids and in person. this was a profound video for me (probably my favorite). Thank you! keep up the good work.

  • i missed ya

  • def speaking my language!!! been wanting to head n a dif direction for a while now. people change their career direction @ least twice in their life. w/ a b.a., an m.s., over 10 yrs of exp, sev hundy :-( in loans & watching a RECENT grad in the same field make more than me....i knew it was time to G.O.

  • I needed to watch this! I was feeling guilty for not pursuing a career in what my degree is in and my cousin (who is a Type A personality ALL. THE. WAY.) keeps criticizing me for that. Thanks mama :-)

  • This is how I felt about teaching. I loved teaching but I was SOooo drained. I spent the first 3 months catching up on sleep.

  • preach sister

  • As always, another awesome video. I gave you a shout out and tagged you in my last video (Curly Girls Tag). I tried to email it to you, but I got a message saying you only accept emails from people on your friend list. If you do find the time at some point, I'd love to hear your answers to the questions. If not, I totally understand. I know you're busy. Much love Sug and Abba's richest blessings for 2012 and beyond. xoxo.

  • I hear you and you are grown doing your thing. Motherhood should always come first. However, should one of my children allow me and my hubby to spend our hard earned money on their education and come to us with I changed my mind, I am dropping out of college to pursue x, y and/or z...oh baby it shall be ON COMPLETELY! Money is hard for black folks to come by. They can change their minds when they are paying their own tuition. JMO

  • Sug! You dont know how much I needed to hear this! Thanks hot mama!

  • I'm starting to have that feeling about my major but I'll stick with it,just to have something to fall back on.

  • Omg!! You have me crying!!!.This is exactly what im going through right now..I have $60,000 in student loans a degree in Business and all i want to do is help others by volunteering or being a mentor this is what makes me happy!! This message was definitely for me!!

  • I am so happy that I ran into this video because I needed this inspirational talk. I am 22 years old n was thinkin about changin my career, and you helped me realized it is okay to change my mind. THANK YOU SO MUCH for POSTING THIS ;)

  • Sug thank-you so much for this timely video! After 5 yrs in a job that did not value my skills/education, exhibited questionable corporate values & poor management, I handed in my notice & leave before my 35th birthday next weekend. I stayed to clear debt accrued from my education & travelling but realised that with less than a grand left to pay, some things are just not worth the wait/compromise. I too have prayed for guidance & have decided to pursue my artistic passions. U r an inspiration!

  • Life is to short and sometimes what we want is not always what God wants for us,and yes it is ok to change for the good! thanks for sharing Sugar!

  • PREACH GIRL! No pricetag on happiness and yes the student loan people are GANSTA about their money.

  • I loved this video! What a awesome message! I'm so happy you found something that makes you happy and so care free! I love it! I loved meeting you today too! It was such a pleasure! You are just as special in person as you are on YouTube! Don't be crying up on here either! Bout to make me start...lol Hugs!!! Peace

  • Great video Sug!

  • That was absolutely wonderful. I love your message, I was not expecting it but I'm soooo glad I heard it! Thanks, peace :J

  • THATS RIGHT! THATS RIGHT! GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN!!!! BUT DONT TELL TOO MUCH LOL :O)

  • Just want to say, thanks for sharing. I really needed to here this message.

  • I appreciate this message so much! And your hair is bangin'!

  • U are sooooooo bomb ! Thanks Sug ! I love it

  • Miss Sugar I have been off for 4 months no and I'm in limbo trying to figure out what I'm going to do. I think my profession is a great one, but it really drains me probably in a similar way that your job did u. I could go back to that profession at any time, but I don't know if I've built up enough emotional reserves yet. I have been praying for God to lead me in the direction he wants me to go. I;m so glad you found your way. It gives me hope for myself too. Be blessed.

  • I may be one of the ones about to have a baby in 9 months. LOL (not that the 5 i already have ain't enough). ;-) And i feel you on working with the children and the politricks behind it. I worked 3 months teaching children at a private school without getting paid because of bad finances 0_o. I loved teaching but like you said, i was drained after work and this was before being married with babies of my own. I work for "free" now because i choose too and i'm ain't mad. Great message!

  • But Sug THANKS been on job 17yrs been job hunting every one thinks im crazy but i am on a mission thanks again

  • That was beautiful Sug!!

  • But Sug, you sometimes use your degree on YouTube.

  • Thank you, you are not alone. I am in a very similar situation. I have been praying mighty.

  • Sug. This message is sooooo on time. This is something that has been going on in my head for a couple of months. I beleive that this message came to me through you by way of God. You have made it clear to me that this is my year for change. I want to thank you for this. God bless you.

  • Got so caught up I cut myself off! Lol. Follow your dreams and listen to your inner voice y'all. Peace!

  • Speak!!! Finding your life's purpose is a wonderful thing. Life's journey takes all kinds of bumps and detours.  Follow yo

  • Thank u for giving me permission 2 change my mind...I rly needed to hear this video 2 day..and right now!!!

  • your hair looks absolutely fabulousssssssss!!!

  • I absolutely love it!!! Btw I am subscribed to your channel but for some reason I do not get all of your video updates...

  • Great vid! You know so many people do what we in Human Resources call, "quit and stay". They're not happy on the job, mentally they have quit, but physically, they stay. And people can be so unhappy on their job and/or w/ their career path. It's amazing what happens on the job when your heart is not in it, ya know? The happiness, joy and peace of mind that comes from doing what you love and what you're passionate about is an amazing feeling! Thanks for the vid Sug!

  • Hello FGS! :) I was avoiding watching this video cuz I knew you would step ALL on my toes. I just "graduated" and I've been feeling every type of way but the right one! I NEEDED this message....thank you love!!!!

  • I absolutely love your energy. You are gorgeous in spirit and on the outside. Love it!

  • Thank you Sug for your words of encouragement :).. Love the postive energy you give.

  • Love love love love it sug!!! Girl u make me laugh, cry, think and inspire me to do better to be better and I thank u for being YOU!!! Peace

  • Sug- Thank you for posting this- i needed the reminder! Love!

  • I quit my job after 10 years to go back to school to do what I love. Thanks for this...I needed to hear this! :0) Bless you sug!

  • Loved!! Thank you!

  • Love it!!! This message is so on point. Thanks Sug!

  • This made me happy:) thanks

  • We are thankful for you and YT and this video stay blessed

  • Thank you soo much for this video. Peace & Blessings

  • But sug...what did u do to secure the ends of ur flat twists. And what do u do now for income? My talents and desires have been stiffled that I dont even know.what they r n e more. u r very encouraging. Smooches

  • Sug, you don't know how on time that really was. I thank you so much for posting that!!! I know God has a vision for me, and my only request is that He works in me. May God continue to bless you, your endeavors, and your family!!! :)

  • Sug, you are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing :)

  • but sug why you lookin so fancy??? lol :)

  • P-R-E-A-C-H!

  • Great great message. Im glad you"re better but it would have been entertaining to see you communicate through interpretive dance. Lol!

  • Thank you for that bc right now I'm not happy. I do things to make it easy for others and not for myself so now it's time I do! God bless and good luck to you.

  • youtube needs a "love button" for videos like this. Right on sista!

  • By "clinician," do you mean that you are an MD? Just curious....

  • @3864267 Mental Health Therapist.

  • Your hair looks so good, its getting on my nerves! Work!

  • I just went through this...I wasnt happy in school b/c i had no clue what to do with my life I told my family my decision to leave they werent happy at first but they respected my decision

  • so what r u doing now, since you resigned? i belive that motherhood, is the MOST IMPORTANT thing in a child's life. My mother has worked ALL her life, and barley had time with me or my sister. That's why i have deviated from a straight path into problems with relationships and school. She is still working as a Food Inspector, going to all these factories from state to state. I know am 26 years old, but i would love if my mom would just stay at home. She is the bread winner in the house.

  • @Soul4eva1 I am a promoter of positive energy and change. :D

  • Ameen! preach on sista! I am your number one fan! love ur hair and spirit!

  • I feel you girl. I left my job and now Im happier. I loved what I did and I thought i was gonna do it forever. I was missing my boys growing up. My job slowly showed me that it wasnt for me. God turned my life in a whole another light. And Im happier and stonger than I ever been. Thanks for the video Sug. U make us laugh and cry. U keep it real. Have fun in Atlanta.

  • Great video..I went to school and majored in Computer Technology and I can't find a job even after two years..I don't hate that I wasted time even though sometimes I do..but..mmmh idk

  • Love the message! My daughter and I are so glad you're back!

  • You know I have been praying hard lately, asking God for direction, guidance, answers. I too work in the social service "arena". I am a therapist that works with DCFS involved pregnant and parenting teens. Then, I am a mom of 18 month old identical twin boys. Between the stress over productivity, low pay, and no care about our well-being (some of these areas are very dangerous) its enough to drive a sane person insane! Thanks for supply the words that carried my answer! Love you whoissugar!

  • Great vid Sug. Love your channel and all that it offers. Peace

  • Sug honey, I just love me sum u. U pick my spirits up when I'm feeling down. The flu had me for a minute. Thnx to u I'm lol n again ;)

  • Thank you so much for this video!

  • Thank you! I needed this message.

  • im 15 and i lov your videos i originally watched them for natural hair but i also like it when you give encouraging words the video about being yourself i love bcuz it makes me feel that it is ok that im diffrent bcuz im the only girl with big hair and things out of my friends and fam and the tomboyish style nd i thought i need to change 2 b lik them but idnt care! i am who i am nd im not changing for anybody! so i thank you for those videos:-) p.s you should b like a inspirational speaker!! lol

  • So glad God guided you in a direction to make His baby Happy. I'm still asking Him What shall "I" do. I like to help people but my current job doesn't want to give me hours to survive and I Can't leave without another job inline. I will be waitin for My direction as well. So HAPPY for you. He is TRUELLY ABLE! Pray for me/ Toodles~ :-D

  • I so needed this video...I am almost 30 and I am going to school to become a nurse. I wasted years doing what my family expected. I'm back in school and taking it very seriously. This message came right on time. Luv Ya Sug!

  • I raise two wonderful babies(twins) on my own and when they were in high school I looked at them childrens and said what am I gonna do now. So I went back to school and finished my degree and me and my babies graduated (High school and college) one week apart. I worked so hard and sacrificed so much to get that degree. and guess what? I don't want to do the job that I went to school to do. Can you believe that? Now What? Change my Mind!

  • your makeup is always on point. But anyways, to the video, I myself will be graduating next year at the age of 30 with my first degree....all because I changed my mind. And I have to say, I have never been more happy with my new career choice...

  • Sug your channel is awesome thanks for your positivity . I really felt like that your testimony was for me. Continue to do you!

  • Right on time for me. Thank you and glad you're feeling better.

  • I'm glad I clicked on your video. Great message!

  • Sug.....preach honey! Your message was right on time and it hit home. Thanks for this.

  • Oh ok you are 35...me too!

  • Very good message!

  • Yass!!!! Love ya girl..... God knows and he will see us through!!!! #POWERFUL

  • :) thankfully i dont owe but a couple grand to student loans, but i went from going to dental school (just for the money) to now being an educator and im sooo glad i changed my mind! I would have never thought I would have been happy in the field im in now helping others and giving back. Thank God. Im happy

  • thanks for this

  • Preach! You better say it Sug! Love it I feel that way everytime I go to work.. I be like it's okay if I punch out and never show back up lol

  • You have to follow your heart because if your heart isn't in it no amount if money will make you happy. I live by joy now and I'm so happy I changed my life to be happier.

  • no Sug dont cry !!!! Love you

  • omg, this is so on time for me. i've just been debating with myself about leaving the business i recently invested in because it's not really what i thought it would be and i'm not happy in it. your video is just the push i need to go ahead and follow my true calling. thanx!

  • A lesson I learned very late, now I owe more in student loans and interest than I can pay and no career. I tell my children the same thing, don't keep going to school for something you don't like just for "status". Thanks for sharing this.

  • I was really feeling this message it touched my soul!!!

  • Walk in faith all the while doin the snoopy dance. That's what I'm doing.

  • Awesome message! Thanks!

  • Thank you for this message!

  • Made that kind of decision 12 years ago at a job I couldn't stand. Decided not to pursue my doctorate & much happier about it. 2 semesters away as a licensed therapist and walked away. Found my calling in guidance counseling & I'm much happier. I would ecstatic if I had the job I want but I know I will have it in the future. Student loans...booooooo

  • That's was so true. Do what you love. Make peace with yourself.

  • RIGHT. ON. TIME!!! Thank You!!

  • we love you Sug!

  • Thank You!!! I really needed to hear this tonight! :)

  • Your so awesome I hope one day I get to that happiness :).....peace&blessing

  • Wow!! Thank you so much for this video!! I left my job of 10 years as an Electrical Engineer making a nice check, repeat NICE CHECK, to go back to school to be a nurse. I got questioned left and right (We in a recession, Are you sure, Why you not using your degree, Well can I have it?) It's cool though cause I'm happy! And in my house when I'm happy hubby and kiddos are happy, too!! So I agree, change is doable, and good ;-)

  • Yes! I may not be working, but Im HAPPY working on my and my childrens future...Success is rightvaround the corner, luv ya Sug

  • Bout to make some folk SHOUT up in here! Bless you.

  • This is great, Sug! So great! I'm applying for grad school. I do want my Master's, but I know if I continue on with school past that mark into any kind of Doctorate situation, I will be MISERABLE. If I were going for it, it would be for other people, and not for me.

  • I wish there was a love button

  • When my mom comes home from work tonight, I'm gonna play her this vid, She needs to know it's ok to let go. Thanks Sug

  • Thanks for this inspirational message!

  • Thanks...I really needed this

  • Thanks Sug, I am actually thinking about this right now I am in grad school and I love it and currently working at Wal-mart and hate it everyone is telling me to join the military or just to stay where I am, finish school etc... I am done with my BA I finished school right now I am leaning towards a police officer. I am gonna do what makes me happy :] God sent you at the right time

  • GREAT Video & you look beautiful! Glad you are well. Stay blessed & fly~

  • this video came at the most perfect time for me. Blessings I hope more vids like this come :)

  • I totally agree... we are each given a life and we have to live if for ourselves...the best way we can...while we are here :)

  • I am sending this video to my BFF and my sister. So true! I was going to walk away from my last job (but waited b/c I knew I was going to get a severance package when I was laid off), and they didn't have a clue. So, my "glass half full" attitude was: you bastards are paying me to do what I was going to do anyway.... and I have done so much in my life since then. Thanks for this!

  • The one thing that's constant in this life is change. When the BS outweighs the joy in what you are doing, it's time for a change.

  • Sug....I totally appreciate this message. I had planned to go to medical school, but after working with children with autism and other developmental disabilities and asking God to reveal my purpose in life....I want to be a teacher!!!!! I am so excited!!!! People are looking at me like I am crazy, but I would rather be happy with what I am doing than feel miserable!!!!! Thank you!!! :) You look fabulous!!!! :)

  • @drroberson4 Go for it!

  • I'm so blessed by this message! You are an inspiration....and I am glad you're better!

  • Your hair looks so nice and very good point!

  • Another video of yours that I have to favorite. :)

  • Sug, thank you

  • wow, really needed this! thanks for sharing and inspiring me!

  • You're SO grand!!

  • Sug you are so right at the end of the day you have to be happy with you! Be Blessed~~

  • Thank you, Sugar. I am on the verge of changing my mind. But not sure if I really want to....I don't know. LOL But thank you. Blessings...

  • Thank you so much for this video! I had to favorite this. I am in my last semester of college at a great university and I been wanting to pursue a different career which will completely throw me off track and may result in me leaving this university and relocating. It has been weighing so heavy on my heart for six months because I worked so hard to get where I am and I don't want to disappoint my parents but I realize now I have to do what is best for me and will ultimately make me happy.

  • Me too honey! Spent too many years in corporate, long hours, stress,etc...very happy now staying home with my babies and working part-time. I'm glad we 'changed our mind early enough to enjoy life. Wish i could meet u on sat.maybe next time.

  • Why did I just go through this two days ago?! Thank you for the confirmation Sugar!

  • So true Sug! I needed to hear this because I was just thinking about this! I am a college student and I had been working towards becoming a nurse anethesist and now I have changed my major to social work and I have so many people looking at me like "what"?! They are saying things like, "that's a big change in salary" and I'm like "ok". I realized that that was too much for me and that I still want to help people and have decided to do that through social work and I"M HAPPY with that!

  • love it ! On point and On Time. I am making a change that no one will like except me. It is uncertain and unheard of, and yet and I excited. thank you for this video and for your wonderful spirit. Use those clinician skills wherever and whenever you can - they were not in vain :)

  • I love this. In August I resigned from my job. I was tired of working for attorneys and judges that thought my job is simple. I am back in school so I can be an attorney. I wanted better so I'm doing better.

  • Love you girl!! Yes! Peace!

  • Happy New Year!!! I'm really happy you are at a happy place in your life. All too often we comment to our misery instead of doing what really makes us happy. You're a great inspiration for so many, including myself. Thanks for sharing. Love, Love, Love your videos!!!

  • Thank you for this video, you have a beautiful spirit. It is refreshing to see a unique, beautiful black woman as yourself embrace who you really are. I appreciate your passion; you have defiantly broken the last chain on my hesitation on a decision that I was pondering over.... God Bless keep speaking from the heart sista.

  • TY Sug...I'm going to forward this to my daughter. Maybe if she hears this from someone else, she'll go ahead to 'do her thang!'

  • I knw you could stay serious. Lol I was like awww shucks. Then you went to the interpretive dance ahhhhahahah when I say in bust out laughing yes honey. Thank you Sug message received :) have fun this weekend and please don't do the bankhead bounce in public lol

  • thanks for your truths and honesty...KEEP DREAMING QUEEN...I LOVE YOUR VISION....PEACE!!!

  • Well, Happy 2012 to you and yours!!!!! You are too sweet. I like to say whatever you choose to do don't DELAY to it TODAY. Lord knows our most precious gift is TIME. Yes, use it wisely. You look so pretty. I wasn't going to make my eyes up. I'm putting on purple eye shadow. But Sug, why I'm looking like somebody hit me in my eyes. You know what they say about practice. Have a glorious day!!!!!

  • you are totally talking to me right now. Speak Sug Speak! Wish you blessings in the ATL. Wish I could join you.

  • Good info!!

  • u betta preach Sug!!!!

  • Awwwww! I miss you too Sug!!! Have fun this weekend!!! A Sug & Trish reunion!!! Ya'll are going to have a blast!!! Can't wait to see vids and all the pics of the weekend! God bless your travels!!! Hugs!

  • ur hair is bangin boo!!!

  • Amen!! I left a job of 19 years because I woke up every morning angry that I hadn't died in my sleep. I had stayed only because they money was great and I was a single parent. What my daughter learned from my sacrifice, however, is that she will never work a job she doesn't like (although that just might change if she becomes a mom). My point is that I've never been happier than I am right now, just doing freelance work on my own terms. Misery is not okay.

  • I totally AGREE!!!!

  • Word! I hear ya, Sug! I keep saying my new motto of 2012 If you don't like it change it because nobody else will!

  • That's what's up Sug! I'm feeling you on that....

  • I NEEDED TO HEAR THIS!!!! thank you. Yes the amount I owe my student loans, mortgage, library fines, and such ring in my head sometimes. But I love being home with my kids, who are little just one time in their lives.

  • This is how I am feeling right now. It is scary to think about changing though, not wanting to fail or regret, but if the right opportunity presents itself, I would take it. Awesome video.

  • Lord Sug, I left a job after 15 years, been at this one for 3-1/2 years and I need to change my mind again. I've been sticking it out and unhappy. You know, this is just the video I needed this morning. Girl, you got me all choked up and teary-eyed this morning with a smile on my face. I enjoy what I do but this company makes me feel dead inside and worthless. Sug, you are awesome!

  • yeeessssss!!!! :)

  • PREACH SISTA... preach! Girl money can't buy u happiness so keep on keeping on. But Sug is operation sit down over?

  • Very wise words. When God leads you to do something in accordance with His plan it will always trump any plans that you may have.......and the funny thing is, you won't be truly happy until you do what He has for you.....consider Jonah. The world does not understand the things of God...once you get out of a people pleasing mentality....life changes in a great way. Keep informing :-).

  • Yes ....now to get the point across to my family 

  • Guuuuuurllll thank you for that message!! You are a blessing!!!!

    

  • Thank you for this message. I'm a clinician as well working at a hospital and I find myself disliking my job (so many things have happended there) and it's having a negative impact on my life and my current functioning. I know that I have to step out on faith...but that first step just seems to be the hardest.

  • That was wonderful :). I ended my teaching job a year ago. Looooonnnnnnnnnggggggggggg story ok yall. But now I am trying to figure out a next step. I working now in a bakery which is very cool. I was an art teacher so I tried to pick something that was creative. Anyway, my major in school was clay art and I am trying to get into that more. You are right. Life is short and we need to live!!!!! Have some good clean fun :). I plan to do more of this.

  • Great video Shug! I had to make a change some years ago and I'm much happier in the work I'm doing now. So what are you doing now, creatively speaking?

  • LOOOL, ur tooo funny. I love your bone structure, I cant stop staring at your face when I watch your videos ( no homo)

  • beautiful message! so true!

  • NICE!!!!

  • your eye makeup is like whoa! love it and umm im feeling u on this video finna like!!!

  • I'mma need some new shoes cuz you have stepped all on my toes! You've put a lot on my mind. I wonder is JoAnn's or Hancock Fabrics is hiring? hmmm. . . Thank you for your heartfelt and personal video.

  • OMG Sug! This vid couldn't have not come at a better time. I'm so glad you posted this vid it really speaks to me. I have just left a job that was consumed with all kinds of drama, tomfoolery, and stress. I hated that job I would literally cried everyday before work and in the restroom sometimes while at work. Why did I put myself though such torture you my ask yourself because logically it made sense. Now that I am no longer at the job I don't have a plan but i'm a much happier person.

  • @CurlsGalore2004 I so understand!!!! Did not like mine either. I would be doing lesson plans all week and weekend. Up till 1am doing this. It wasn't the schools fault though. It was totally me. I just hate feeling like I am in a box. I have such a creative soul (art major here). You will find your way. I will to. Like you said you're much happier!!! Praise God!

  • @potterylady1 Thank you for the positive energy your a sweetheart! I have let go of the steering wheel and now God is doing the driving I'm going to let him take me where I should be. Good luck at the bakery who knows maybe you'll become MsCakeBoss lol :-)

  • But Sug! Why you tryna make me cry today???!!!!

    I'm on my path to try and find what makes me happy and Lord knows it has not been easy. But as each day goes by I am thankful that that I am not living someone else's ideal of what my life should be and even though I am still going through some trials, I have never been happier with myself. Thanks Sug! *hugs*