This is a first for me.... deciding to share my story and my journey for all the world to see (well, those who find me anyway). Thought I'd start with just a little background on me...
I've been married to the most wonderful husband for over 21 years - something I'm very proud of! We met in 1985 and have been together ever since...He is my rock! We don't always see eye-to-eye on everything, but he's the only one I want to have next to me everynight. I can't imagine how my life would've turned out without him.
In 1998, we expanded our family with our beautiful daughter. She is the joy of our lives. She's 12 now and we are getting to now experience why my mom always said "just wait till you have kids of your own"! Although, for the most part, she is a good good girl. Frustrating at times, but a good girl.
For most of my life I have been content to do things they way they should be done - nothing extraordinary and nothing extreme. Our life was comfortable and good - with a group of friends that had been around forever that we did everything with. Then, a couple of years ago, I started feeling like there was something else out there for me. I had made a major career switch back in 2007 - after 15 years of fundraising and nonprofit management, I decided I really just didn't like asking people for money. So I took a position as a project manager for a technology company and found that I liked the position (but not really the company). Around this same time, I found myself pulling further and further away from the friends I'd had forever.
Boredom? maybe. But more than anything, I discovered that we really just didn't have a lot in common anymore - and the longer I didn't do anything about it, the more miserable I became. So hubby and I decided to venture out and meet some new friends, much to the chagrin of our old buddies, and we haven't looked back!
Last year I decided to take a real plunge and leave the security of my job to go to work for a friend of mine who was starting a new venture. Talk about scary! And I'd like to say it's gotten less scary over the past year, but that's not true. We are dependent on other people to get things done and it's taken longer than expected. But we do see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm confident it is not a train!
So that's a little background on me and my life. Kinda like a prologue... the real story is just beginning...stay tuned!
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