I know my last post was about working from home, just saying NO to working for someone else and being ok creating your own way. Well, that IS my dream, but the mental consciousness inside my head that never shuts up and lets the real me stay out kept nagging me and I was stressing so much about money that I had to go get another job. So, it was back to cubicleville for me effective February 8, 2013. I was quite depressed for awhile, since I had wanted to make it as an entrepreneur, but in the 2 something years I was off work, I realized that unless I have some sort of residual income that is magically around to pay the bills and be there when we need gas, new tires, dog food and the like, I spend all my time stressing. I am better off just working a regular job and knowing I can pay the bills at this point.
Our business, 1st Rate Pet Services, is still around, and Don stays quite busy with it. To be honest, even though I spout poetic about working for myself and having my own business, I know I could NEVER in a zillion years do as good of a job with 1st Rate Pet as he is doing. I would get bored, lose focus, get lazy, and frustrated that I wasn't being challenged. If nothing else, having that time off of work was a learning experience and I now have a more accurate insight into the way my mind works. I still want to do something else, and work towards something, but right now I am just sort of taking it day by day and try to really listen to the inner me so eventually I can figure out what my calling might be. Meanwhile, I try to remember that I am blessed to have gotten a job so quickly after I started looking, and be thankful that I was able to have a couple years off to learn more about myself and how I tick.
