I was (and am) very excited to be a 3D-er. And I was even more excited about the prospect of rushing right on & being the first to actually post a blog. But I'm up that proverbial creek without that proverbial paddle because darn it if Lindsey hadn't already beaten me to it!
So to get my 3D-ing off to a good start, and to really get on track, I did something I've been thinking about doing for a long time...
I QUIT MY JOB TODAY!
Holy cannoli! I've been doing bankruptcy for 23 years this August! That's almost 1/2 of my life!!!!! I've worked since I was 14 & started in a law office in bankruptcy at the innocent age of 18 (yeah yeah yeah do the math - I just turned 42!) I've always worked, even through my 3 pregnancies, (yes, for those of you interested, I even brought them here to my office and breast fed them while typing & talking on the phone - how's that for multi-tasking?) I've only work for 2 law firms for the last 23 years (other than my kids & our own business) - and I've been here working for this attorney for 12+ years so it was a BIG deal to say the least!
But I'm doing this for ME! So I can really believe that the 3D's are in place for me already!!!!
1st D = Dynamic - lots of stuff in our lives is fluid (and some of that is a yucky fluid to say the least) but I feel like I live in a tornado, always swirling, twisting & turning, not knowing when I’m gonna touch down or what I’ll pick up in my path. I guess I feel that my ebbs & flows have been of a darker, more negative, type. I want to change the "dynamics" of my tornado!!!
2nd D = Determination - I have always put "me" on the back burner for kids, work, financial reasons, time, blah blah blah (isn’t that what it really ends up sounding like?) I’m determined now to put "me" in the front [with my kids] so I can have the lifestyle I truly want and deserve (And WE ALL DESERVE IT) I want to know what I put in my mouth, and what goes into my kids mouths, and if I can’t pronounce it I don’t want to eat it! I want my determination's energy to work for this & not for getting clients taken care of (instead of me) or files & work done, the house picked up, etc. (I'm sure you get the drift)
3rd D = Doer - (ha ha ha - that word almost looks like a female deer). Although not necessarily a baby step, quitting my job was a crucial step for me to start taking ownership! It doesn’t work for everyone but in my situation this is what I’ve wanted, what I’ve needed, probably for too long now. Now I can compose my POGS to take the baby steps.
And boy, some of those other "D’s" are very scary but unfortunately they have "dwelled" in my life as I’m sure they have in others but I don’t want to be in deep doo doo any longer!
Debbie, the Dynamically Determined Doer (PS - I can't use enter or make paragraph breaks on this darned thing so sorry if this looks a bit disheveled - I'm kinda OCD about this stuff so it's driving me nuts!)(PPS - I type very very fast & a lot ~ hey I've been doing this for 23+ years so don't be put off by all my words. I get diarrhea of the fingers sometimes!)
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