Change is Good
I never expected to feel this energized after making this decision about my job, but I'm excited about what's to come. I find myself looking forward to putting a lot of what I've studied and theorized about education into action. It's so nice to feel excited about something professionally after a long time feeling so flat and hopeless. I'm excited to put my creativity to use. I'm bursting with ideas!
I told my Dad about my career decision last night and he's so funny and predictable. After telling him I'm leaving my large university job for one teaching little kiddies, he was worried about my financial security. What about my retirement plan? What about my health insurance? Blah, Blah, Blah. Then his next question was about my car and where I would park it while I was working next door (the child care program is next door at my friend Joan's house who is the Executive Director of the program and now my future boss....and community member, current co-worker at my desk job and mentor). So in the end, I told my Pops that this job is a great move professionally and there's more to my happiness than getting paid with great benefits (although I do get paid fine in my new job). He said, "as long as you're happy, I'm happy for you."
And I'm so happy too, to be in my current living situation. Last night we had a house meeting, just the three of us at 49 and it was nice to just settle in. Our settling in process is slow. We still have things here and there in the house and we don't have systems in place--we are still defining who our community is. Maybe that doesn't happen with our things in the right place; it will most likely happen slowly, over time, organically. It was so nice though, to sit down for a meeting and know that a hair in the bathtub or ill communication will not stand in the way of a healthy community (like my previous living situation with Bernie).
I told my Dad about my career decision last night and he's so funny and predictable. After telling him I'm leaving my large university job for one teaching little kiddies, he was worried about my financial security. What about my retirement plan? What about my health insurance? Blah, Blah, Blah. Then his next question was about my car and where I would park it while I was working next door (the child care program is next door at my friend Joan's house who is the Executive Director of the program and now my future boss....and community member, current co-worker at my desk job and mentor). So in the end, I told my Pops that this job is a great move professionally and there's more to my happiness than getting paid with great benefits (although I do get paid fine in my new job). He said, "as long as you're happy, I'm happy for you."
And I'm so happy too, to be in my current living situation. Last night we had a house meeting, just the three of us at 49 and it was nice to just settle in. Our settling in process is slow. We still have things here and there in the house and we don't have systems in place--we are still defining who our community is. Maybe that doesn't happen with our things in the right place; it will most likely happen slowly, over time, organically. It was so nice though, to sit down for a meeting and know that a hair in the bathtub or ill communication will not stand in the way of a healthy community (like my previous living situation with Bernie).
posted by Lori at 2:58 PM
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