Thursday, August 30, 2012

Still on course :-)

Wow, I'm impressed -- here I am writing only two days since I last wrote.   Has a lot to do with the Labor Day weekend coming and few client emails -- most people have VACATION and TIME OFF to be with family and friends.  I end up feeling guilty when I resent the demands of the workplace -- I SHOULD be happy I have a job, right?  Right?  Right, I guess.   I just feel the call to be more creative, spend the days I can doing the things I really want to do and NOT be so confined by a job and the daily 9 - 5.  Yuck.   Okay - off to work, lunch is over!   (I just don't know how to be other than the person I am. . . for good or bad.)

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

New 'School' Year. . . .

So, another 3 months have passed. . . . June spent mostly in Omaha; July busy with visiting family, and a lot of August 're-charging' my batteries and or driving to Fond du Lac.  No wonder I feel as though my summer came and went way too quickly.   I guess I need to embrace fall since Labor Day is only a few days away.  And maybe I should embrace it like I did in my initial career as a teacher.  The one thing I loved about teaching was the 'new beginning' that each new school year brought. No matter how disappointing the previous year was, the summer gave me time to clear the cobwebs, re-charge the batteries and generate enthusiasm for another new group of students.   I need that 're-charge' more now than ever.  With the latest reminder that 'some things never change' and with the escalating frustration level it just doesn't make sense to keep hitting my head on the VEE walls.   Thank goodness I have some terrific clients. . . . I suppose they represent the terrific students I would have in the past.   In both cases, the personal connection is what keeps me going; what re-charges my batteries.  

That means, that September 4th begins my NEW YEAR. . . and fun for me to see the connection to my all-time favorite number 4!!  I feel like I've wasted August, but it's such a 'down' month.  Most people are on vacation or not feeling the urgency that will come after Labor Day.   I just need to transfer that 'urgency' and 'energy' to my OWN needs and not necessary the needs of this job.  Time to move on and create the next step in my life. :-)