From the day I decided to grab life by the balls, my life is gradually taking on a new and much welcome change of direction. My writing career is officially starting and will take the place of Nordies for me. I’m moving into a phase of writing, teaching, learning, reading, exploring, travel 🧳 and enjoyment of life.
I told dad, I’m halfway retired. Who knows, I may stay in Europe if I want to, and come back here on vacations. The nice part is that I can decide and have all my options open to me. This time I don’t have to come back to Nordstrom. (Like I did venturing to live in Salzburg back in 1989.)
As Gale Sheehy says in the New Passages, Mapping Your Life Across Time, I’m at the turbulent thirties and I’m doing a life inventory. Yes, right on time after the two physical inventories at Nordstrom and Elderberry Creations.
Being Open to Change
I’m open to what it turns out to be. I feel extremely positive about this. Everything has worked out just right. For once I feel like I’m being true to my real self and things are flowing in order. All the way from Bridgette (my work colleague) moving back from Italy 🇮🇹 needing an apartment on February 1st, and moving into my north park apartment on the day I fly out; to finishing up the profit sharing year at Nordstrom; and it being the Year of the Rabbit 🐇 my Chinese Horoscope. Plus 1999 is a Number One Year (the first of a new ten-year period) and my destiny number is one, so it’s an extra lucky year.
Everything in my cupboards and supplies have just run out and are used up right now. I’ve gotten rid of a lot of clothes, books, and bric-a-brac this past year. The fact that I’ve paid off bills on a mission over the past five years has also played a part in helping me feel ready.
During this week of packing things up, I’ve felt calm and relaxed. Everything fit perfectly into the boxes, even color coordinated. Life flows easily when we’re not busy trying to resist it. It will be interesting to see how my life turns out in five years from now, which will be 2004. Packing up my linens, I was curious to see where I will be when I unpack them.
The decision of Needing to Quit, would lead to my adventure living in Eastern Europe in 1999. Naturally being Sagittarius I take everything to the extreme. (A quality that I’ve worked on tapering down over the decades.)
