Monday, February 16, 2004
Lessons.... Life is all about learning lessons. Some of us learn, some of us make mistakes over and over... In my case? You'll have to make your own judgment call on that...
DREAM JOB...
I had a dream job once. One that paid me alot of money and kept me in designer suits and hundred dollar pumps. It did not fulfill me. It got to where I was asking myself, "Is this it?" I didn't feel much better about life than when I was eating macaroni and margarine because it was the only thing in the house to eat... I drove the long, long commute into a city that never quite fit me right. I started questioning who's life I was living at thirty thousand feet, starring down at the billowing clouds headed to someplace where I'd only be touring the halls of the hotel board room wing. I did what was expected of me. It didn't matter that I did it well, paid my dues or made the cut.
ONE YEAR LATER...
Be careful what you wish for! I opted out of corporate America not because I got the guts to bust loose but because family needed us more than I needed my career. Still it felt good to walk away from it; wash my hands of executive city.
I started my own business just last month! Sure its going slow but the unbelievable thing is, it is going! Today when I talked with a customer on the phone I looked at my weekly planner and said, "I can't start that job until Wednesday." He said, "No problem. I'll drop the unit off anyway." When I got off the phone I sat still for a full minute as I realized that I really am calling my own shots. In a flailing economy I am opening up my own business. I am either nuts or on the edge.
Posted at 10:13 pm by
DownHomeChick
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