I've been feeling kinda froggy for some time--and so I finally took the leap. I retired from my job and now I have to decide what to do with the rest of my life. It is a lot like graduating from college, but I don't think my looks will help me land a new job unless chubby white haired ladies have become some new erotic fantasy for personnel directors. Also, I didn't get as many presents.
Friends keep telling me I can now pursue those avenues that were closed off to me when I was younger--I can pursue my true passions. I had two rewarding careers--social work which was my true passion and which rewarded me greatly; and teaching, which was more like a weird second marriage--the honeymoon: love,trust and happiness for the first years; reality: struggling to understand education's mid-life crisis; and finally the Twisted Sister phase--I'm not to take it--ANYMORE!
So---true passions! Dreams denied! I wanted to be a hard-hitting, no nonsense radio news reporter about 1965--doesn't appeal to me now, if such an animal even exists in this day and age. In 1963 I remember reading about the Profumo affair in England and being a high society call girl like Christine Keeler sounded exciting--but I was only 12 and did not understand all of the--job requirements, at the time. I am afraid my moral code, not to mention my age prohibits that one. I wanted to get married, I did. It didn't work out but I'm glad I did it anyway. I wanted to be a mother. I am, that has been the most rewarding thing I've done.
When I really think about it I am looking for a part-time job that would use my problem-solving skills; my creativity; what I call my "endless curiosity," which has been called nosiness when personal and doggedness when academic; and my vast collection of knowledge, trivial and otherwise. I am punctual, loyal, thrifty and brave. I am also messy and an auditory learner who has to talk every idea out--out loud. I have a very organized mind---I know where everything is, it's just a secret system.
This blog is one of the things I have been wanting to do. I see it as a place to share what I hope is going to be a new adventure. I had to shed my old skin of teacher to be able to stretch and find my new way. I hope to have some readers to join me on the trip. So to get started I turn to my true passions--Diet Coke and Reeses cups! Hi-ho away!
I think you have an excellent start with the Reeses and Coke but you really MUST stop drinking the diet version of that stuff. Aspartame is an evil and toxic substance.. I swear it shouldn't be in food or drinks meant for humans or animals!! But that is not what your journey is about. I wish you well on your new journey. I know that you can do anything you set your mind to but this is a question of what you WANT to do. You get the chance to "find yourself" as we used to say. I hope you find whatever will fill you with joy and happiness. Enjoy it and try LOTS of things. you may find that your talents are somewhere you never expected. You may find that you already found your joy and were just to stressed out from the daily hassle of living to really enjoy it. I will check in here to see where your journey leads and live vicariously through you as I plod along at my work-a-day life. Enjoy and be happy.
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