Do's & Don'ts

As most who follow my blog are aware, I am currently floating through my days in jobless-limbo. It's an interesting situation to say the least. No question I am enjoying the simplicity that dropping-out of the Rat Race has provided me. I am able to spend my mornings w/Matt - get up and make him breakfast and pack his lunch (I have threatened on numerous occasions to find him an old plastic lunch box - a chunky, brightly-colored one w/some sort of action-hero on it, complete w/thermos! - just so I have something whimsical to put his lunch in... whimsy makes everything more fun!).

I spend my days perusing Monster.com, reading, looking up new recipes, learning HTML, crafting, blogging and watching SATC DVDs. Some afternoons (not often) I will myself to the gym. Some afternoons (more often) I just scoop-up Mr. Charles Jenkins & love on him (as evidenced by yesterday's post, lol). It's important that the reader note that my inaction is not so much laziness as it is the weight of the mere-thought of having to pick yourself up & go... when you're unemployed and trying not to be, these days are frequent and no level of positivity is going to get you dressed and to the gym through the cold city when your Pug is soft, fat and warm. :)

But the underlying trend here is that aside from occasional visits to the produce-section of our local Key Food (and those miracle-gym-days) I'm housebound. I guess I certainly don't have to be but by choice (and partial financial-necessity) I am. I receive a small stipend every week, but in order to make it all work the best option for now is to stay put. I've had some interviews (nothing yet) and will be attending a sort of "Job Seminar" tomorrow in Downtown Brooklyn (by royal-command of the city)... it would certainly help if I had an actual career goal to pursue but I've never quite figured out what I'd like to be when I grow up...

But I do know what I don't want to be.

I don't want to be someone that compromises their soul for the comfort of money - our current situation is hard but a little sacrifice makes it work. I certainly DO welcome financial-growth but I DON'T want to fall victim to the cycle of "more is more" - I am of the "less is more" variety. I don't want another job that has me racing around a gray abyss that chips away bit by bit @ compassion - New York is fabulous, full of opportunity and culture. It's an amazing city to experience and I am grateful for having had such an experience for the past 5 years... but it's time for a change.

Before I can find another job, we need to find a new place to call "home". Requirements: warmer, near water, near mountains, near city... a new home. A new experience. The floor is open... suggestions welcome. :)

However, until all of this is figured out (or I have a life-changing revelation & discover my career-calling, whichever comes first) you can find me here... cooking, crafting, blogging and psycho-analyzing "Carrie the psycho-analyzer"... ;)

xo