So, six months after I decided to start his blog I actually get around to putting something on it. My hand has been forced in a way as I seem to have bruised my ribs so am taking it easy for a couple of days and catching up on couch time.
So, A bit about myself. Earlier this year I gave up my job and all the stresses that went with it. Unfortunately this also meant giving up the salary! However, for anyone thinking of doing the same thing, I can honestly say it was one of the best decisions of my life. Work has never defined me, it has always been a way to finance my lifestyle at any given time. When I was younger, it was money to go out and enjoy night life, travel and meeting people. In my thirties it was neccessary just to keep my head above water as I was a single parent to my son, Mathew. In my forties, I could finally manage a few holidays and buy our own house. And then in my fifties, with the milestone of my 50th birthday, and my son reaching 18, it was time to start enjoying life again and move away from the corporate hamster wheel. Not that I didn’t have fun along the way, but it was always within the parameters of responsibilities and a lot of the time under a veil of tiredness brought on by long hours and pointless expectations of a thankless job.
I should also add that I also lost my father when I was fifty. Having nursed him through his final weeks at home, twelve hours before he died , I was rushed into hospital and had two operations within twenty four hours during which he passed away. I hope he didn’t think I had abandoned him during his last hours. I left him in the capable hands of my son and the not so capable hands of my brother. My mother had died a few years earlier, so he relied on me to help him spend his last days at home. This event also influenced my decision to stop work and re-evaluate my life.
So, once I was back to full health, I decided to move house, quit my job and take a chance on re-inventing my life. I would start by getting all the work done on my new house finished, start a new enjoyable interest led career, spend time volunteering and get involved with the community and finally get back into shape as work had made me sluggish and too tired to exercise. That was the plan anyway.
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