I agree that a job will give me structure and new people and purpose.
Not being a daughter or wife and less active as a mom with the kids gone (first time in 30 years) means a dizzying lowering of "roles" in life.
I have not published much about the job hunt bc the GDC and impact my income would have, hindered me. There were also the medical aspects that i now feel are mostly handled.
My vision is affected but new glasses should help me with the close ups. I'm a bit clumsy with balance but that is likely all about the medication so it probably will be fine in a year when I wean off these intense medications.
Until maybe June, I was not fully myself. I feel much like my old self now, however. Point is, my job search was definitely not aggressive.
I am risking the imputation of income by a job search, but I cannot keep putting my life on hold for this.
How much I need to earn however, will be hugely affected by the ruling in October (or we set a trial date).
If I get enough to get by, then I can join a "cause" of interest and feel passion for it.
But if i get screwed, I will need to take the job that pays the best.
A virtual job has a lot of appeal. Contracts, claims and compliance are things I presume would be available for that. Those are
The legal assistance I did was in the Army as a JAG Officer and estate planning and wills were the biggest tasks in the Gulf war. Wills and estate planning are more interesting when you have patients dying or soldiers risking that, on their way to deployments.
I never had a really boring job, thank God. Thanks for the advice.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
Texas has reciprocity with a lot of states. It's one of the states where I'm licensed and I've used it to get into other states. Check into it.
Totally understand putting it off to some degree, but it is also helpful to be able to show some effort, even if it doesn't pan out (or maybe especially so).
Compliance I would think would have great possibilities for you with where things are now. In-house type job might be a good bet.
25, Not sure if you saw this in my own thread, but I thought of you as I typed it out (for myself- Treasure, you also, if you're reading)-
I'm copying it here so you don't miss it. We all need a good, strong dose of this.
LOVE AFTER LOVE Derek Walcott
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart. Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.
M-60 H-51 M-14 years BD 12/26/16 S 1/1/17
"First the pain, then the rising." Glennon Doyle Melton
Texas has reciprocity with a lot of states. It's one of the states where I'm licensed and I've used it to get into other states. Check into it. I did. There is no reciprocity if you have not been practicing in the last 5 years. So I have to take a bar exam if I want to practice outside of Texas.
Totally understand putting it off to some degree, but it is also helpful to be able to show some effort, even if it doesn't pan out (or maybe especially so). Well to be clear, I've sent out over 65 resumes.
Compliance I would think would have great possibilities for you with where things are now. In-house type job might be a good bet.
Last job was in house counsel at the ancillary surgery centers (there were 5 in all). Of course that was H's company but anyhow. There are a lot of issues that come with that job, but I'd say compliance, contracts and HR issues were the most common.
TBH, these ^^^ are fine. Yet the thing that comes to mind often lately, are jobs I would not have had or applied to if I were still with h. Things I have learned this year and likely would NOT have learned if we were still together.
Like helping divorced women track down what's theirs, (and divorcing men who are denied access to their kids), and maybe LGBT issues b/c I my own kid was sucker punched by an a$$hole at a rally.
Not sure where that^^ would theres would take me but I have been stunned at the issues these situations raise for me and my loved ones, lately.
Sometimes I wonder if the universe is telling me something.
But Own, I realize that I need a JOB. Maybe it'll be the job that leads me to the "real" job, and so I'm not going to wait for inspiration and a conclusion before just putting myself out there.
I pray, and the more I do so, the more I feel as if God is telling me to rescue myself first - and he will worry about the rest.
KWIM?
Wow, a friend just sent me a text that resonates right this minute -- *"Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can."*
weirdly well timed...
and thank you for brainstorming with me. It's good to have confirmation of my path - to the extent any of us can
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
The Innocence Project is hiring in New York, different jobs, not sure what the pay is like but don't think you'd have to have your license to do some of it. Great cause.
I like the Innocence project but have no contacts in NY and it's very expensive there. I Don't have a support system there, which is why I'm geared to be in DC for the near term.
And I've got some leads in the DC area where I am, BUT I'm open to input.
Don't feel stifled by my response, okay? And thanks.
Sometimes I want to take the bar exam just to quell my family's doubts about my brain. They look at me sometimes like I'm still in the hospital not knowing what year it was.
They are concerned and I get that, but sheesh, NOT great for the ego.
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016
Check out a new book called The End of Alzheimer's. The author is Dr Bredesen and much of his groundbreaking work with Alzheimer's patients would probably also apply to stroke and other brain injury patients.
I'm dealing with my 85 year old mom who fell and had a concussion - she didn't have dementia before the fall but is showing signs since - she's not aware of how often she repeats a question I've already answered. I'm hoping she continues to improve, but it's definitely a problem.
You sound 100% but is it possible that your kids are picking up subtle signs of residual damage?
