Hooray! I made it through this NoJoMo just like Tiger, with only minor cuts and bruises.
But I will also make THIS statement: I signed up for DePhoMo which means that I’m going to continue with the pic-a-day thing. I feel like I’ve warmed up pretty well by posting random pictures almost every day in November. So this should be a breeze!
We’ll see.
Went to my council meeting this morning, and it was kind of weird. I was talking about my recent interviews, and the leader of our group was wondering about my approach to potential employers. I thought about it. Perhaps I’m sounding desperate? I do see that as a possibility. I suppose that there might be a way that a potential employer might view my position as desperate. And I guess I don’t make it any harder for them to see that by being 100% easily relocatable (single status, no kids, availability to move at a moment’s notice). You’d think that stuff like that might be a positive? Why is this so hard right now?
I got a private note yesterday that has me intrigued. I’m not going to go deep into the exact wording, but it was all about purging and letting go of all those things that have me clinging to the past.
You know it’s almost comical (in a somewhat pathetic way) the way I pray to find my path. I pray that I will be shown a direction. Where should I go? What should I do? The answer right now is so obvious. I’m being beaten over the head with it! I need to take a HUGE dump! I have sooooooo much baggage (and yes, I mean physically as well as emotionally).
Time to purge. Purge in the biggest way I’ve ever purged before! And yes, the thought of it is scary, but I’m actually quite excited about it. And I think I’m almost ready for this all to go down. I am mentally preparing for the dump.
Out with the stuff I no longer need. Out with the crap that’s weighing me down. Why do I still have those wedding invitations? Why do I still have clothes from the 80s littering my closets (besides the fact that the 80s are back in style)? What do I need that old computer and those papers from three jobs ago?
Truthfully, I may have a bit of hoarder in me. I mean, you guys already know that I have the hardest time letting go of a lover. Truth be told, I have a hard time letting go of anything. I cling to the past like I cling to a life raft.
Could it be that I don’t have faith in my own swimming abilities? Perhaps.
What I DO know is that I have years and years and years of STUFF that I’ve been hauling around with me all this time. Remember the moves? When I’ve had jobs that have packed up all my stuff and moved them around to different locations across the country? I took the easy way out and told myself that I’d deal with the STUFF later…that there was always time to sort through the excess baggage. And yet, I never did. I just kept letting movers move the weight from place to place to place.
No wonder I hate moving! There’s just so much crap to contend with. It’s overwhelming.
Time to deal. Time to purge. Time to let sooooooo much stuff go.
I’ve started Round 1, but I know I can do better. It feels a little like moving piles around. I need to REALLY get better at letting things go.
Okay, better go now. Duty calls.
Thanks November, 2009! It’s been interesting. Now bring on December and another New Year. I’ll be ready this time.
Tis the Season…and the Reason for the Season! From my Great November Antique Crawl.
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