Hi all. It's Veteran's Day, and I have a day off! One of the luxuries of working for a bank. Mark's daycare is open, but he's at home with me... at least for now. I may take him in for a few hours later so I can get some errands done. We'll see. It's really nice just to have him home with me! : )
I've had a tough week mentally and emotionally. Every so often I go through these "crises" of thought... feeling like I'm not doing what I should be doing and that I need a career change. Seriously, I will spend hours agonizing, praying, hoping, thinking, weighing what I need to do with my life. And then it will pass a bit--either over fear, or exhaustion, or just busyness--and then I wonder what I got myself so worked up about.
We had a great speaker at church on Sunday, a youth pastor from Nashville, TN. He was talking about how the church can serve as our extended family... and how we can fill in the gaps in each others' lives. It was very inspiring. Mark DeVries has a heart for helping people bridge the generational gap. One of the things I love about my church is that there are people of every age. The church probably skews a little older, but many people my age and joining as well, and that's been so encouraging. The church has truly been Isaac and my extended family. Case in point: our pastor and his wife--also my sister's next door neighbor--baby sat for us on Saturday while we went out to dinner with some friends. I know how busy they must be. And it was such a blessing to know they would take time out of their lives to serve us.
Anyway... it all makes me want to spend more of my time and energy reaching out and loving other people. I spent a little time this morning writing some notes to people I love and am thinking about. While the internet is a wonderful thing, I don't think it replaces the art of a hand written note! : ) I'm sure I'll keep going round and round about "career" crises, but the good news is that I have plenty of time.
Well, it's time to feed the baby bird. Will write more later.
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2 comments:
Oh Andrea! I can really relate to this post!! I'm in the same boat. I've been contemplating a career change for some time now, but having K has made me think about it non-stop. I feel so unfulfilled these days. I want to help people, not be some corporate slug.
((hugs)) I hope you can find some peace!
I can definitely relate to this. As I was telling someone the other day, "I have a job, not a career." And the thing is, I would love to just stay at home and not have a career, but right now it looks like I need to work, and I wish I could at least figure out a line of work that would be fulfilling and also help pay the bills. Hang in there, sweetie!
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