Lot of Livin'

In my last post, I mentioned that I found a new job. Well, that lasted all of 1 1/2 days. If you know me, you know I am not the type to commit to something like a job and then back out of it at all, especially that quickly. It was an extremely hard decision for me to make, but I just didn't feel like this was going to be a good fit for me.

This situation has made me realize that I have to start being more mindful of how I spend my time, my life. If it doesn't fulfill me, if it doesn't take me closer to where I want to be physically, mentally, spiritually, then I don't need to do it.

This might mean that I should take a little technology break. Not a cold turkey, cut myself off from the world kind of break, but more like a limit myself to only X amount of minutes on the computer each day kind of break. My time is valuable and there are so many things I want to be doing. Sitting around in front of this laptop all day is not helping me get started.

This video applies, I think. OK, maybe just the title. But I think it's always a good time for Ann-Margret.

It's Been One Week

Things I have done since becoming unemployed last Monday:

• Spent time with my best friend while she is in town.
• Made a list of cheap meals to cook at home.
• Cried. A lot.
• Laughed. Even more.
• Posted entirely too many status updates.
• Read entirely too many status updates.
• Pressure washed part of the house.
• Gone to bed early.
• Stayed up late.
• Slept in until at least 7:00 a.m. each morning.
• Yelled at my mom (sorry, Mom!)
• Put myself on restriction when it comes to spending money.
• Leaned on Murphy, physically and mentally.
• Made waffles on the heart-shaped waffle iron.
• Resolved to write more, which means blogging every day.
• Conducted my first Publicity Committee meeting as chairperson.
• Realized how lucky I am to have the family and friends I have.

It has been an interesting week. On Friday, I actually spent about 30 minutes debating in my head as to whether it was actually Thursday. Not having to get up and take a shower and get dressed; not having to be somewhere at the same time every day; not having to look at my Outlook calendar for appointments and meetings...yeah, not having to do those things has totally thrown me off.

But. BUT! While I might not always be sure of what day of the week it is, there is something I am sure of - this is a good thing. This is the chance for me to really figure out what I should be doing with my life. I'm too old to have a Quarter Life Crisis (unless advances in modern medicine raise the average age of death to 120+), and I'm too young to take the first thing that comes along.

All I can say is, it's not going to be OK - it is going to be better than OK. I am going to be better than OK. Stay tuned - it's about to get fun!