Time Well Spent!

For the first time in my life I am without an official “job”. Not even looking for one. I have the odd little gig or two on the side but in terms of a place to show up at for a specific time period, 5 days a week – nada. I was briefly without a job in 1995 as I transitioned from the Women’s Television Network to what was Mix 103.1 – but even that was just a week or two at most. Otherwise I have had at least one job – often more – since 10^th grade. No need to calculate just how many years I’m talking about. Suffice it to say, I am used to being a bit of a “worker bee”.

However, 2 and a half months after pulling the plug on a situation that clearly didn’t work for me any longer, I am discovering the strangest things to be true;

1.  The days will pass (often rather quickly) whether I accomplish a great big to-do list, or spend it catching up with all of the Real Housewives (very few of which are actually by definition “housewives”)

2.  I now get the same sense of complete and utter satisfaction from having a pot of homemade soup on the stove as I used to get from landing the lead singer of a bar band. (On the plus side I never regret the soup).

3.  My house is not cleaner or better organized than it was when I worked full time, however I have recovered 17 Power Stars in Super Mario Galaxy.

4.  If you don’t take care of yourself – no one else will.

I’ve heard discussions so many times on a variety of talk shows about the power, if not necessity of “putting yourself first on the list”. It seems in theory to be so selfish. I am starting to see that it’s absolutely true.  There are always going to be people who are more than happy to let you continue to accept less than you deserve – I was surrounded by them. What do you believe? What will you accept?

The other night I told my husband that this is the happiest period of my life. I never dreamt that could be true without some fancy job or title, but it is. I'm not sure the bank agrees, but I'll worry about them later.

Stay Well.