While I’m at it I also wanted to thank you all for your loveliness. I have honestly found so much strength and support from your great comments, I can’t thank-you enough.
One of the ones I’ve used as a mantra to get me to this point was a comment from sweet Chair:
“I think you need to listen to your gut, even when it squelches.”
hehehe, that one really suited me, because, well it's all been pretty squelchy really.
Up to this point I’ve just been concentrating on leaving work. Now that’s done (check!) I have to start thinking about what comes next.
Next on the list is… Oh GOD what’s next!?
First thing tomorrow I’ll make a big list and start at the top I guess.
It’s funny how my hard-line stance on no self-help malarky is crumbling, and I’ve been hungrily jotting down all those little proverbs; making Oprah (“You’re entitled to live your dream”) proud.
I always remember Penelope’s story of leaving her job, handing her boss a little card that said “Ships are safe in a harbour, but that’s not what ships are built for.”
I’m not at the stage of handing out cards, I’m still at the scribble on a post-it stage. So far I have two:
The traditional approach:
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -Andre Gide
And my favourite so far (from my huge library of two) is:
“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.” -Napoleon Hill
The hitch is I don’t know where I’m going. First thing tomorrow I’ll start with a list.
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The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw, playwright
I thought this sounded like you...
Quotes inspire me daily- and you are an inspiration too!!
oh jeeeeez, are you trying to make me cry? (blush)
thank-you sooo much, that is so kind of you.
Great quote too! A perfect way to start the first day of my new.. um... venture.
Garsh, I'm so glad my comment has inspired you! I haven't had the chance to really dive head first into my own created circumstances, mostly because other circumstances have stuck their noses right in my way, but I have not once really regretted the choice to quit my job. Sometimes, in moments of Man I Wish We Had More Money Right Now I do, but those moments are fleeting. Thank goodness.
:^)
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