Yesterday I hit the two week mark for temporary retirement. I have decided to use that term rather than unemployment, I think it has a nice ring to it. It certainly seems like I have been off longer than two weeks. It's amazing how fast life flies by when you fill your day to the brim with work for others and you leave little to nothing in your day to fulfull yourself.
I had gone for months without seeing my new home in the daylight. I would leave when it was dark and return late in the night and darkness. This morning I took my coffee out to the yard and just walked through the garden to enjoy the work my husband and I have done in the last few weeks. I took time to smell the honeysuckle growing on the fence (one of my favorite smells in the world) and just took it all in. It feels so good to be on a different life speed. I am so incredibly thankful for this time no matter how long or short it may be.
I know, I sound so zen and go with the flow but the Schnausiness is still in here. I want to be sure that I have a balance of taking time to smell the honeysuckle AND finding my next career move so I give myself a weekly goal of having 3 contacts with potential employers. I have one lunch today and one meeting tomorrow and another conversation sometime this week. Check, check and check. I am a funny little creature in that I need a goal to fully relax. I find comfort knowing that I am moving forward while still enjoying where I am. I think of it as using one eye to look at the future and one eye to look at the present.
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