Life right now is strange. I am in a holding pattern at home while at work, everything is moving so quickly that I cannot keep up. Every night I dream of falling behind. I enjoy my job overall and am happy (and feel very fortunate) to work where I do. However, I find it ridiculously sad that I dream about work.
One day, I had a student come in to see me. She is thinking about getting her masters in our school, so I was meeting with her to discuss career options. She surprised me by saying, "I don't care what I do. I have always had food on the table, so I am fairly confident that no matter what, I will be okay."
WHOA.
How refreshing is that? Because of her, I have decided that when my husband finds a job (if it is NOT in Bloomington... in which case, I will keep my job), I will continue my work towards my non-profit idea. This would mean working from home and pinching pennies to make ends meet. But in the end, I also know that as long as husband makes as much as I do right now, we will be FINE. I love the sense of adventure and the tiny thrill I get in my spine every time I think about it.
My mom is adventurous and started her own businesses. She is a strong woman. The older I get, the more I realize that I am like her. The scary part is, I am okay with that.
Word. I'm totally under the same mindset. A lot of times, I really don't think it matters what you do in your career or school because life NEVER turns out the way you planned it.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you want to do as a nonprofit??? How exciting! I've always wanted to have a nonprofit too. It would be interesting to hear your ideas :)
I started a tiny thinger on ETSY to sell my stuff, but am still working on building stock. My idea is to launch and have all my profits (after production costs) go to the ASPCA.
ReplyDeleteMy idea is to wrangle some of our other creative friends into it. I could manage the money and people can donate what %age they want! It would take a lot of time to do, though, which is why I have not launched it yet.