Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable
But in the end, it's right
I hope you had the time of your life...Good Riddance, Green Day
I feel like my post-divorce years were my best. Perhaps because they are the best recorded and most vividly remembered. I cannot imagine changing anything that occurred without affecting the outcome negatively. This cannot be said about the time before the divorce. Professionally, I became the worker I am today in my early adult years, but I do not want anyone to define me by any accomplishments in my career.
Over dinner, my friend Sam compared our friend Jay and me this way. "You work to live," she commented. "Jay lives to work." This is a fair statement. When I am gone, I hope people remember how I made a difference in their lives, not what I did as a career.
The year is ending and I cannot wait for a long holiday break. My last workday is the seventeenth. I have been counting down the days for over a week now. I have been slowly expanding my Lego tower (pictures to come). It now has a bridge. I have decided how the water will follow and what I would like to do with the rest of the 2 x 2 area. I just need the time to do it.
Sounds you made the right choice when it came to priorities and work. Look forward to seeing your Lego pictures. I am counting down to my holiday break as well but I don't start until the 22nd.
ReplyDeleteYes I am very happy with how things are going on the Lego front. They are just moving a bit slowly.
DeleteWe all need our playtime.:)
ReplyDeleteNot only play time, but time to be creative.
DeleteWell I am sorry to hear your career crashed. I hope the new career is less stressful. I don't believe a job should be stressful.
ReplyDeleteMarriage has never been for everyone, that's a myth. I've always thought people who live to work are hiding from something.
ReplyDeleteWish I learned that forty years ago!
DeleteI'm looking forward to the Lego pictures. I read your other posts and it sounds like things are going well with Ava as well.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a relaxing time off on your vacation.
I cannot complain about Ava. She is loosening up. Lego pictures are coming.
DeleteWorking to Live opposed to Living to Work, yes, two distinct Camps. I like working, yet, in semi-retirement, now have the option to do only what I Love doing, whether for compensation or not, which makes it not like Work at all. May we all be remembered by the differences we made that were Positive and not have been defined merely by our Careers, which is but a small part of what any of us are.
ReplyDeleteI don't define anyone by what they do, but you can tell a lot about a person watching what they do.
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