A friend pointed out it’s 6 years to the day we got made redundant from our jobs at RBS. A job where we had *such* a great team, honestly such a good mix of people, it didn’t feel like work most of the days. It Felt like the end of the world being told our jobs were no more https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">

I struggled to find work over the next 4 months. Having just bought a house prior to been made redundant i can’t begin to describe the stress of being knocked back from several job interviews time and time again. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😫" title="Tired face" aria-label="Emoji: Tired face">

Eventually managed to find a job at Tesco Bank, which little did I know would be the start of a new change in direction for my career... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">

I started off in the web publishing team, managed to get a secondment into a UX design role which was later made permanent. Went on to get my first ever promotion and was working with another great bunch of people

Allhamdulilah, 6 years on from RBS, I have a great job working as a product designer at Wood Mac, surrounded with amazing people. None of it would have happened had I not been made redundant from my job at RBS https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😊" title="Smiling face with smiling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with smiling eyes">

I guess the morale of the story is, sometimes when life feels like it’s breaking apart and you hit your lowest point, it may well be the start of a turning point. The start of something so much bigger & better, however you may not realise it til much later down the line https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☺️" title="Smiling face" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face">

Have faith. For He truly is the best of all planners https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😇" title="Smiling face with halo" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with halo"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤲🏽" title="Palms up together (medium skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Palms up together (medium skin tone)">