There are so many things to transition after having worked at the same firm for so long. I had to buy several new electronic gadgets - a phone (which I still don't have and I am trying to keep my old number, but am not confident in that process) and a computer (Ryan's school computer is super old, so this new computer will be a family computer).
Even bigger than that - the complete transition in my head from the corporate rat race to a calmer and slower pace. I realized today that I am now my own boss. I own my time - how awesome is that! I can plan my day with the girls however I want. I can focus on the garden, or make a big batch of granola bars, or take the girls to the park, or none of the above. It is awesome. I feel so free!
The flip-side of freedom from that corporate job is freedom from a paycheck... I have been much more mindful of how I spend money. I am usually pretty good at recognizing where Ryan could clean up his spending ;), but less good at seeing how my own little justifications add up. So that has been an interesting transition as well. It turns out that I find little ways to spend a few dollars here and there all the time, a magazine here, a new ball of yarn there.
Even bigger than that - the complete transition in my head from the corporate rat race to a calmer and slower pace. I realized today that I am now my own boss. I own my time - how awesome is that! I can plan my day with the girls however I want. I can focus on the garden, or make a big batch of granola bars, or take the girls to the park, or none of the above. It is awesome. I feel so free!
The flip-side of freedom from that corporate job is freedom from a paycheck... I have been much more mindful of how I spend money. I am usually pretty good at recognizing where Ryan could clean up his spending ;), but less good at seeing how my own little justifications add up. So that has been an interesting transition as well. It turns out that I find little ways to spend a few dollars here and there all the time, a magazine here, a new ball of yarn there.
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It took me a while to get out of the corporate mindset when I left an upper management position I held at my place of employment for over 20 years - and I worried about that transition. When you work for so long at a place, that work is much of what defines you in your life. But after that early transition I've found that I'm much more mindful in my days - what a joy!
~Taylor-Made Ranch~
Wolfe City, Texas
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