It looks like rain...

[irishyogini]

We're supposed to have major thunderstorms today, which makes me happy.  I love thunderstorms.  I do not, however, love having to listen to The Guys on their conference calls.  Oh, the despair of not having my own office any more...  I digress.

I feel a little, glum today.  Sort of.  I don't really know the best word for it.   I feel very calm and

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[_ishtahar_]

Hey honey. Don't be glum.

I collected a paycheck for years. PA to head of legal might be some people's idea of a "career" but not mine. I hated every minute of the seven years I did it for. But I had to do it. Debts to clear, no idea what else to do. I had a Masters from Cambridge and was dying in an office.

The yoga teaching came from nowhere. It just dawned on me one day after a very bad yoga class cover teacher that I could do that. And I enrolled on teacher training. And the rest is history. But that was four years ago and I've only just left work.

It's a slog. Life is. But your calling with come to you one day as if from nowhere and once it has you're on the road. I promise.

It's raining and raining here :/

[irishyogini]

Thanks so much for the encouragement. It's hard to remind oneself constantly that change usually happens slowly and unexpectedly.

[owldaughter]

I hear you. I think the worst part of it is that one's calling is sometimes very hard to pinpoint, beyond knowing that what we're doing now ain't it.

Hang in there.

[bodhifox]

You mean you aren't living according to your calling?

[owldaughter]

That's not exactly what I said, although I see how it might be interpreted that way. I went for years and years before having the courage and opportunity to step into the path I'm currently on. Before that I had no idea what that path was, only that being stuck in retail for the rest of my life wasn't the plan.

As for right now, I'm kind of doing what my calling was in general, but the specifics are still hazy. I'm always finesseing. We all change daily, so after a goodly number of days we're no longer the same person at all as we were when we originally began following a path. I think paths should be constantly evaluated and updated to remain pertinent and up to date.

[bodhifox]

I'm with you, Princess, 111%. We'll figure it out.