So what now? I'm to the point where all of the things on my challenge list are being done, as a regular part of my life. My weakest area is how I eat. That's the only area that I don't feel on track. And it plays into how I see my challenge shifting.
How I nourish my body is one piece.
Really finding the groove of all I've incorporated is another.
Changing my relationship with money (and time?) is another.
Lightening up is on there too.
Balancing and healing.
Focusing on connection.
And finding my purpose, and doing it.
I did find another job, easy as pie. The day I left on vacation after quitting my job, I put a couple of calls out. Christine, my favorite boss ever and the owner of an off the beaten path breakfast joint called The Stockyard Cafe, called me back. She needed me, in fact the timing was fortuitous. We would help each other out. The day after I got back from my vacation, I was back to work. Making slightly less money, but in a world that makes me happy. With a boss who believes I'm as beneficial to her as she is to me; who wants the job to work in my life as well as in hers. Who is a good friend and fun to be around. A temporary job with no set end date -- just what I need right now.
Things have been shifting rapidly since September. School started, and now I have just a 2 hour window each day to myself to work. I find myself stealing time in the afternoons and evenings, which makes me want to find a daily schedule that works without that strange pressure. In October, we went on a road trip and I switched jobs; this month I'm reeling from that and spent the Thanksgiving holidays with my husband's family, which adds to the sense of being jostled around.
I want this schedule, this time with my son. I love it. I wouldn't trade it for anything. But I'd like to get in a rhythm. I'd like to feel like I have time to do the things I want to attend to. I think this stems mostly from where I am in the challenge, trying to sort through what to do next, learning so much and needing the time to process and incorporate it. So that's what I'm trying to do here, and in the next few posts.
