tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194144708246606272024-03-13T13:15:28.618-04:00Monday Morninga girl's journey through life, love, and food.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08595924170052244945noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219414470824660627.post-88476559705153374432013-03-26T17:05:00.000-04:002013-03-26T18:44:29.816-04:00The Journey of Self-Discovery<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In drama, the use of self-discovery is used to drive the plot of a play or film. Well, this is no Tyler Perry Film, a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nd you certainly will not find any dramatic conclusion to a fairy tale ending over here. But this is my journey. And it's just the beginning.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the beginning of my happiness. A world which seemed so far out of reach from me for a moment. I had lost my sense of direction, and thought happiness only came with a high paying career and living on my own by 25. I had spiraled into a dark tornado of stress and anxiety that had crippled me. I thought I was losing control of my life and doomed to a lifetime of dead end jobs where my mind would turn into oatmeal, and I would die a very uninteresting human being. It took some hard work and soul searching to realize that these are just goals that I will eventually achieve if I just stop stressing out about it. After all, happiness</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is an emotion, not a destination.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am happy because now I know I have the courage to take chances. I have tried a few jobs that could have made a comfortable career for me, and I left them with no promise of another paying job lined up. I have had to fall back on my bartending skills more times then I have wanted to since graduating college.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some people know what they want to do from an early age and focus on it relentlessly. Some get comfortable in dead end jobs and fear change. Others, however, reinvent themselves changing careers and industries until they find what works. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The latter is me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At my most recent job I was working 50 hours a week, getting up at 4:30am 5 days a week, with no holidays off, and worked with some of the dumbest people I have ever come across. I thought I was capable of handling it because I was used to 10 hour shifts working as a bartender throughout school. What I didn't realize was that I only worked 3 days a week as a bartender, not 5 days. Now, I can't wait to work a normal 40 hour work week. Maybe right out of college I wouldn't have appreciated it as much.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have gone through a lot of hard lessons that I had to learn for myself. I'm glad I was stressed out and naive enough to go through what I went through. It has taught me a lot about myself and where I want to be. And I don't care how long it takes me to get there. I'm no longer worried about people judging me and my choices. I'm just going to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">{Just being me, stress free}</span></div>
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