5th Chapter assignment
I need to write for 30 minutes quickly what I read in 5
tabloids. I don’t read tabloids. I don’t like tabloids.
I like health and Energy and direction. I like reiki, chair
massage, and oils. I am certified in the first two. Should I go for the
third? I like writing. Maybe I need
another certification for the
credentials to write about the goodness of this stuff, no matter what age.
Maybe I should write on running in my sixties. How I loved
it. Why I stopped. Why I am not doing it now. Or write about finishing a cabin
when I didn’t know what the heck I was doing.
It’s still not done, either. I still don’t know what I’m doing.
Mellow Moments is the great new business Lynette and I are
starting. We do our first ladies' spa
afternoon next Saturday in Sacramento from 2 to 5 pm. We will see how we like it and how they like
it. Each lady will get 15 minutes of chair massage and 15 minutes of
reflexology. As a bonus, they will be tasting a couple Lodi wines, and or
having some herbal teas with local honey.
It feels good to do nice things for people and get paid for
it. Supply and demand?
It also feels good to have a job that makes me feel
valuable. I hope I can have a new niche with Adventist Health and still feel
valuable. I enjoy troubleshooting people’s computer issues. I enjoy finding someone
to help them further in an expedient time frame. That’s also helping people. (I
see a thread here.)
I like knowing network stuff and wish I knew more. I like contacting support. I like
understanding what I do. I like checking backups and searching for problems.
What do you like to
do? If you like what you do and you
can still do it well…cool. Keep doing it. What floats your boat, as they say?
We all know that life can be way too short. So why not do what we love and what
gives us value in our own minds? It’s
good stuff.
I myself don’t want to lose face in front of the people I
have worked with. I don’t want them watching to see
if I can still "hold my own".
I want to know when to ease out gracefully. It may be sooner or later. I
don’t know yet. I know I don’t like stress in my job. Stress, when it weighs heavy on your
shoulders, is not a healthy thing. However, there is stress that can be good if
it inspires you to work harder and dig deeper.
I always wanted to be an expert at “something”. I wanted
more and didn’t go for it because I didn’t know what to go for. I didn’t know
what I wanted to be when I grew up. I
only know I like to help and be appreciated.
I like people to think I’m great at what I do and I just saved their day.
I get that response now and then. It’s nice. We flourish with such rewards.
I was introduced as the one who answers the phone last week
when some new bosses came into our department. Knife in the gut. I have to remember my peers appreciate and
sometimes rely on me for the things I know and they aren’t familiar with. That makes me feel so good. I am also proud to be trustworthy, positive,
and a dependable team player. I feel that is huge, at least in my eyes.
Where I’m at is where I want to be, when I really think about
it. I am not a slave to my job. I like to hike, write, work and play at my
beautiful cabin, and do a few crafts. And like my brother, who is an expert at
expensive crafting, my stuff is given as gifts, whether someone wants it or
not. Funny. My brother’s crafts could be in expensive
catalogues and stores. People pay big
bucks for the kinds of things he makes. (One-of-a-kind knives and lamps, etc.)
He gives it away! It is worth so
much. He made me a lamp out of a log
piece with elk teeth implanted in it. You, my reader, would possibly love to
have it. And I have a vegetable chopper with and elk-horn handle you would also
pay dearly for if you saw it in a catalogue.
To me it's worth an unquestionable amount of love. And love cannot be
bought and paid for.
Writing sure helps me sort things out. You should try it, too.
