Slow days at work usually get me thinking about what I’m doing and what I really want to do. I had a conversation about this with a dear friend of mine the other day. Are you where you thought you would be? My answer is no. Not at all. By a long shot. In most places in my life, I have settled. Settled for the safer, more secure job. Settled for not continuing my education. I have settled on getting by at life.
Now the question is: what am I going to do about it?
I don’t know that I can do anything at the present time. My safe, secure job is letting me earn my wages, and support myself and my child. I would love to continue my education. But its more than I can afford, and my safe, secure job takes 40 hours a week 5 or 6 days a week. And I feel if I did take night classes, I wouldn’t have a chance to really be with my daughter.
I don’t truly want to stay in a financial institution. It is good, for now, to get me by, but I’m not a finance person. Money and interest rates are not my forte.
Meteorology is a passion. It’s a goal. Its risky and challenging. It makes me question. Whether I get the answers or not is not an issue (although I do like finding out the answers). It gets me thinking. Thinking and trying to figure out why something is the way it is is more satisfying and fulfilling than sitting on a teller line counting cash.
I love to learn. I’ve been trying to teach myself or have others help teach me something as often as I have time. I keep reminding myself that education is the only way to remove the settlement from my life.
Gotta shake it up.
So my questions turn to you. Answer freely if you wish. Are you where you thought you would be? What are you going to do about it?
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I honestly never thought about where I wanted to be. My job fell into my lap and there are things that I'm trying to change in order to make me stay. See recent posts at http://gbrenna.com I'm happy where I'm at for the most part but I want to be challenged and I want to grow. I'm not sure that I'm being challenged enough at OSLC. We'll see what happens...
ReplyDeleteWith your talents, Graham, you are not being challenged enough. You need to be more than Mr. Fix-It.
ReplyDeleteI think there are few people that ever end up exactly where they dream to be, and quite often we end up in a very different direction. I NEVER thought I'd be where I am now. In some ways, I have a lot more than I ever thought I would have..and in other ways I'm so not where I want to be. I'm stressed constantly which is something I never thought I'd deal with before.
ReplyDeleteBut I know this..I don't care about the stuff I own, or the jobs I do. All I care about is the people I love and who love me. And in that regard, I'm the luckiest man in the world.
And you Becky, are on the top of that list .. you make me a lucky man to have the relationship we have. Thank you for always being everything you are to me!!! I love you Becky!
Oh Matt, you are going to make me cry! I love you too!! That is a great addition to this! Much love!
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