Some discussions have come up in our house recently that I never thought I would have with my Husband. A discussion that involves my career versus staying at home once we have a baby in the house. Staying at home. A stay at home Mom. All things I never thought I would contemplate. I always [...]
Category: Career Journey
Post Firing
It has been a few weeks since I have been fired and I have to say, I couldn't be happier. Less than 24 hours after getting canned I was at a new job. Well, somewhat new. I have been working nights with a long time friend for years. We actually go way back, about eight years. When [...]
The Day I Got Fired
Sunday night I was crying and having major anxiety. I had been on vacation for two weeks from work and I just couldn't face having to go back there. The stress, the chaos, the upheaval, was all too much. It was so draining and I just didn't know how to get out. I spent my [...]
This is not me but it is what I do.
I have that kind of job that people make fun of in movies. Insurance. There is nothing exciting about that. Recently my boss shut down our office an hour early so we could go do team building. In other words we went to a bar and ignored one another. While there my boss was on [...]
How Much Should You Sacrifice?
I sat with a friend recently while she vented/cried in my truck about her husband. They have been married for about five years and she works two jobs to be the primary bread-winner between the two of them. Her husband is an aspiring actor and they recently had to move back to the area because they [...]
Hanging Up His Dog Tags
When I met my husband he had just returned from his second deployment in Iraq. He is in the Army reserves and has been for some time. I remember sitting at our first date and he told me how much he loved being deployed. He had nothing holding him back in the states, he made [...]
Having Faith and Not Fear
As I mentioned in my last post, I have spent a lot of time over coming things in my life to end up in a happy place, aside from the job. While I'm working on that goal I have realized it is much harder to have more faith than fear. It seems with every tiny [...]
My Biggest Goal Right Now
Four years ago I felt I had a mountain to climb in my life. I wasn't happy with a lot of aspects of my life, career, marriage, friends, where I live and so on. It seemed like a daunting task to take on all of these things and find a better route. Even worse I [...]
Through My Mistakes 