tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post2599469423515977993..comments2022-10-23T03:26:25.577-06:00Comments on Bathtime Blogger: Of Phoenixs and OstrichesLornahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-62512067503631460922009-10-31T15:18:15.793-06:002009-10-31T15:18:15.793-06:00Thanks Anna!
Julie, I think you are spot-on. You ...Thanks Anna!<br /><br />Julie, I think you are spot-on. You sound alot like Deb, and Martha Beck, ha. I guess what that means is doing the small steps and stringing them along until the path leads...to the destination. Thank you!Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-40334812535115172842009-10-30T21:14:46.208-06:002009-10-30T21:14:46.208-06:00How do I get past myself? I take one small step a...How do I get past myself? I take one small step at a time, instead of thinking of the big picture which overwhelms me and sends me back to my comfort zone... I find that if I accomplish one small step along the path to my goal I treat myself and then move toward accomplishing the next step on the path to my end goal. You can do it, just move one step at a time toward your end goal of finding Julie Pishnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985522263083630717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-14106281275620542652009-10-29T20:40:36.356-06:002009-10-29T20:40:36.356-06:00Lorna..YES..to your Q.She and I would be honored.M...Lorna..YES..to your Q.She and I would be honored.May her wisdom guide and inspire you!xoNaturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-87788511316844271842009-10-29T14:39:05.059-06:002009-10-29T14:39:05.059-06:00Lorna! Come back to my blog and allow my 250 yr. o...Lorna! Come back to my blog and allow my 250 yr. old lady to pass on her wisdom to you. Stand under her..hear her vibe.<br />namaste.Naturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-84725799830433631812009-10-29T09:47:32.080-06:002009-10-29T09:47:32.080-06:00Debbie: Seems to be true, that! Especially when it...Debbie: Seems to be true, that! Especially when it comes to our kids.<br /><br />Julie: Transitioning while menopausing, ya, put a section on that in the book as well, lol. And yes, write the book; there is a market for it!<br /><br />Anna: The whole defining oneself by one's career, yes, I could definitely see that. In my old church, people did that with callings too. My ex had calling that Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-41870356706725105892009-10-29T08:45:02.033-06:002009-10-29T08:45:02.033-06:00Lorna: Have you ever considered a P/T job..perhaps...Lorna: Have you ever considered a P/T job..perhaps one that you can do from home...or there are many employers that have home offices..my DIL did just that..works in her employers home office..no special high fashion clothing needed, no office politics to contend with..flexible hrs. and is always on call if children need her from school. Once they are in high school I'm sure she'll Naturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-44347028779082764052009-10-28T20:47:12.991-06:002009-10-28T20:47:12.991-06:00"you write the proposal, find an agent and th..."you write the proposal, find an agent and then a publisher. :-)"<br /><br />Been seriously thinking about it. Certainly seems the market for this topic exists as I label the women, even men, who might be drawn to a book. However, my brainstorming on the topic has enough for 20 books. Which focus? And focus? While menopausing? <br /><br />Lorna, I think many single moms share this Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-64328790043837123372009-10-28T14:05:08.288-06:002009-10-28T14:05:08.288-06:00I think women always have angst. It is just in ou...I think women always have angst. It is just in our DNA.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480046958714954128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-41496209940357226392009-10-26T14:17:39.119-06:002009-10-26T14:17:39.119-06:00This is such a great conversation. I'm with Mi...This is such a great conversation. I'm with Midlife Jobhunter Julie - I think there's definitely a book in this. However, if you need to make money, you'll still have to find a job while you write the proposal, find an agent and then a publisher. :-)<br /><br />Moving to Denmark sounds great - or Scotland maybe.<br /><br />I'm thrilled to be in the same sentence as Martha Beck - Deb Shuckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439395710731341021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-67293910727735864922009-10-26T12:13:04.707-06:002009-10-26T12:13:04.707-06:00Hear, hear, that would be quite a book...
Seems l...Hear, hear, that would be quite a book...<br /><br />Seems like the medical field (maybe because jobs there are in constant demand?) is a place to transition in and out of more easily. So, we could go back to school and train in that arena?<br /><br />And for me,single-momming it factors in anything I take on.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-2830369848866425182009-10-26T11:40:12.528-06:002009-10-26T11:40:12.528-06:00Had an interesting discussion with a few other sta...Had an interesting discussion with a few other stay at home moms and three moms who had jobs to return to - a pediatrician, dental hygentist and a nurse. How, for them, they had a place to return. How my other friend had left left the large corporation world and I for years had moved around for my husband's job - trying to fit in employment as best I could. Adds all these new dimmensions to Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-74850491543612641082009-10-26T10:05:48.277-06:002009-10-26T10:05:48.277-06:00Deb: you are right about that! You remind me of Ma...Deb: you are right about that! You remind me of Martha Beck, who wrote the Four Day Win which helps you break things down kinda the way you said. It's really the best book I've read on the subject, how to get past the blocks. If I follow your suggestion, I would this week get my resume to a resume company because as someone whose been out of the workforce for 19 years, just doesn't Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-27968497413448387392009-10-26T09:57:07.639-06:002009-10-26T09:57:07.639-06:00Julie: we wouldn't hold ourselves back if we c...Julie: we wouldn't hold ourselves back if we could find a way to do what we wanted to do (assuming we knew what that was). Perhaps we feel disadvantaged (older, and in our culture, that's not venerated) and maybe a little resentful (I am anyway) to feel like we HAVE to go out and do something or we won't survive/thrive. But I really wish, that since things are changing, there was Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-28040697974496091232009-10-26T09:49:31.892-06:002009-10-26T09:49:31.892-06:00Linda: how I envy that you got to help raise your ...Linda: how I envy that you got to help raise your grandchildren; since my post on adoption I have learned that my grandson's adoptive parents have implemented a 'more closed' adoption--translated, completely closed. No more blog updates, no emails answered, no invites to say hi (jk), and neither the irony nor cruelty escapes me...<br /><br />But back on track, it would seem that you (Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-55816434593808669152009-10-26T09:45:09.591-06:002009-10-26T09:45:09.591-06:00It does seem like like there are many of us out th...It does seem like like there are many of us out there in the same position. My immediate answer is that I want to move to Denmark, ranked the country with the happiest populace. They have healthcare for everyone, and higher education. They get off work around 4-5 every day and go to market on the way home to be with their families. They don't have homeless folks because if you lose your job Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324378141061370103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-71013918052556800692009-10-26T08:33:13.772-06:002009-10-26T08:33:13.772-06:00I'm not sure any transition is possible withou...I'm not sure any transition is possible without some angst. At least that's certainly been the case for me. One thing that works for me is to make myself do one thing I'm afraid to do - even if it's just making a phone call or following through with an idea. Courage seems to build on itself. It also helps tremendously to talk to friends, and to know I'm not alone. And it sureDeb Shuckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439395710731341021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-61424508048638768452009-10-26T00:52:20.077-06:002009-10-26T00:52:20.077-06:00"It appears the only one holding me back is m..."It appears the only one holding me back is me."<br /><br />Boy did that hit the old nil on the head. I can't tell you how often I've been ascertive leader, who plodded on with evey difficult task before more. So, now, why I am afraid to go off in to this world - and for me, simply to get back in a groove I didn't lie before.<br /><br />Hot topic!Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026710801697704461.post-42058506150138576102009-10-25T17:36:43.810-06:002009-10-25T17:36:43.810-06:00Welcome to MY life! I've had this same conver...Welcome to MY life! I've had this same conversation with myself for, oh, uh, something like fifteen years! After Melody went off to college, I had health issues as a 'reason', then when I was on medication I worked for two years at a vet's office and did pet sitting on the side, then quit five years ago to take care of the grandkids til they started school, etc. I need to be Wander to the Waysidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056931538024315352noreply@blogger.com