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Hey, I hear your message...

I spent a lifetime searching and now that I'm reaching the end, I can look back and see that, despite my doubts at the moment, I had a good ride. It wasn't enough to have a good job, I wanted challenge and adventure. So, I learned to sail, built a boat and, when my children were little we spent summers sailing the harbors and islands off Southern California. Then I learned to ski and despite a few falls, I survived with serious injury. Next I started writing and published articles in medical business magazines, earning some extra cash and winning a few prizes. Then I started publishing newsletters I sold to doctors to give to their patients. Finally, I retired from medicine and started writing novels. I'll publish my first this month.

I'm not trying to toot my own horn. I'm trying to demonstrate that people can work and diversify at the same time. So can you.

 

posted by dhayen on March 24, 2006 at 8:46 PM | link to this | reply

There is certainly more to life than making money... I say that, hopefully!

I am not making money right now, so.....

Have a great day, fwmystic!

angel 

posted by anglofinspirtion on March 23, 2006 at 5:54 AM | link to this | reply

fwmystic, I was telling my brother over the weekend, between March Madness

episodes -- first game my house, second game his house, then back again -- is that the difference between me now and when I was 30, is that now I give a shit.  The right combination of using the bilingual skills I went to college for, and serving a very needy population (almost a missionary post here) plus the several decades of sobriety, have created a singular-mindset for me.  But there is no money there, and no money in sight, except to know that I can earn for another ten years while my children go to college.  That is a contribution.  Maybe it's best for them to have to struggle a little anyway and appreciate what they have.

But what there is is extreme happiness, fulfillment, serenity and personal pride.

posted by kingmi on March 22, 2006 at 10:22 PM | link to this | reply

FW

I envy you.  To  find yourself at the beginning again.  Relish this time, and appreciate the fact that you have the awareness to know that a true calling will call you.

Be well,
-smartdog

posted by smartdog_670 on March 22, 2006 at 8:33 PM | link to this | reply