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I’m excited!
Some stuff happened today. I got a lead on a work opportunity, not a job exactly, but if it pans out for me it could be a good source of occasional income and a great resume-builder.
This brought me to a place where I allowed myself to state firmly and clearly to myself that I do not want another full-time job in January, and I knew that it was true.
I began to muse to myself on my lunch break about what I could do during the first six months of 2010 so that I can contribute financially to our household and not feel like a deadbeat girlfriend while still moving forward with my rapidly forming career plans.
Then, at 1:30 PM, I announced to my staff that I will be leaving the company on December 18. And all of a sudden, out of my mouth came this fully formed plan. It surprised the crap out of me! I had a semi-out-of-body experience. It was like I was standing there listening to myself saying I’m going to work on my Capstone Project, designing a new pre-college program for international students, and I’m going to study French, and train for a marathon, and do a yoga teacher training, and I’m going to work on plans for my new consulting business…
And instead of “that’s crazy talk”, the part of me watching said: DUDE. That’s a pretty awesome plan.
I’m so excited. If I can substitute teach sometimes, and work as a trainer in a couple of places (I think I can), and maybe sell some writing, I should be able to make enough money to fulfill my goals. I can collect unemployment if/when I’m not making money.
Could this be… the life I always dreamed of, even when I didn’t know what it was?!
