What do I want to be when I grow up?
Yikes! My first blog
ever. I very much feel like a fish out
of water. I have found every excuse
possible to avoid starting this adventure.
Well I am finally out of excuses and here I am. Being promoted to Sihing has given me the
kick in the butt to start doing the things that I have said “some day I would
like to…” or “I really should…” I am a
person who feels more comfortable in the back row and behind the scenes. This
whole blogging in public is going to be a HUGE step out of my comfort zone. I have the quiet voice that people have to
strain to hear, even in warm ups when I would swear I was yelling. My kids even tell me I’m not even very good
at yelling at them, ha ha ha. Well, lots
to work on.
I find myself
in a weird place in my life at this moment.
As of a week ago I quit a part time job that I have been at for about 4
years. I have been very fortunate to be
able to be a stay at home mom when our kids were little. As they got older and started school it was
still important to our family that someone was at home when the kids got on the
bus and were at home to meet them when the bus dropped them off after
school. This job allowed me to pick my
availability, have weekends off and even only work one day a week during the
summer months. It worked well for our
family and it was good for me to get out and around people. My body started taking a real beating
physically from a lot of heavy lifting and pulling, and in the last few months
it turned into a very negative place to be.
I could walk into work with a smile on my face and by the end of the day
I felt mentally drained and defeated. Well this year I decided to change all that
and took a huge leap and gave my 2 weeks notice. I decided that it was time to surround myself
with people I want to be like and an environment that is positive and
encouraging. I am seeing my boys grow up to be young men so quickly and I want
to enjoy every minute I can with them because I know the day is coming (I have
seen little bits of it already) where it’s not cool for mom to be around or they
will have other places they would rather be(like with friends). We all went through this stage in life. Our oldest is now 14 years old so the
teenager thing is here with a vengeance.
I have made the decision, with a lot of encouragement from my family, to
strive for something more. I want to set
an example that will help lead my kids in a positive direction in life. I was promoted to Sihing just before
Christmas, and somehow that promotion has pushed me to actually start striving
for some of the things “I would like to someday do” or “ things I really should
do”. In the last week alone I have started working
on my list of challenges for myself and I am really excited to see where all this will take me!
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