The career stuff is going pretty well. Right now, I'm almost done reading a book called "Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career" by Herminia Ibarra. It's one of the better books on the subject I have found - discussing what causes us to want to change careers, how the process typically goes, and how to guide yourself through it.
One bit I particularly enjoyed was talking about how we often stay "stuck" in unfulfilling work, for a variety of reasons. For example, we keep telling ourselves it will get better, we learn to ignore and live with the bad stuff, or we simply refuse to take accountability for our own destinies. Gee, does any of that sound familiar, like how I got into the mess of a failing marriage? Hmmm, I sure think so!
The book also talked about how it sometimes takes a dramatic event, either for the good or the bad, to shake us out of that rut and get us moving in another direction. In other words, a bomb...
Just sorta enjoying the parallels here.
On another front, it's time to get myself a new car. D15 will be inheriting my old one before too long. The process of analyzing my requirements and choices is fun, distracting, and aggravating, all at the same time. Mostly fun though!
This week, W and I are kid-free. We've been spending our evenings with other couples - Monday her friends, Tuesday mine (MBA team mates that W never had met until last night - it was funny to realize how much more outgoing I am in their presence than what W usually sees), and tonight we're going to dinner with the parents of another teen who is off at the same band camp as D15. Lots of fun, lots of that getting out with people that W felt was a big part of "what was missing". Hoping we have a great time tonight - both at dinner and afterwards at home (it's been too long! )
My PMA is pretty good these days, and I'm not letting the latest bomb get me down. Instead, just using it as fuel to keep me back on track and moving.
Thread #10 22 year M, MLC, Piecing since 1/07 Goal: Live with confidence & enthusiasm!
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