Breaking Through

In fact, a master plan: How to reinvent myself in 45 days. I’m a mother of 2 and a wife to a caring husband. We live in the UK in a house that we spent a lot of time and money on to look just as we wanted. So I have everything that people regard as important to be happy. Although I feel happy I think that there is a part of me missing and I’m desperate to find out what it is. So here is a woman trying to reinvent herself at the age of 44. Furthermore, a woman seeking her real identity.For a long time, I tried to find a way to accommodate my personal life, motherhood and return to my career, but I found it so complicated that, in the end, I decided to be a just a full time mum. Being a mother is a complex role. It gives you pleasure, but- God, it’s hard work! At first, I didn’t cope very well,but after my second child was born, I realised how important my role as a mother was, so I felt happy to be helping my children to grow into confident individuals. This crisis I’ve overcome. The mother in me is happy. I just need to sort out the woman and the professional.The question is: How to reinvent myself? I have no clue , but I’ll try every possibility on the next 45 days.

Thursday, 17 March 2011

Day Seven - Changing verbs : "THINK" for "DO"

I have spent a lot of time thinking of a solution to my problem.  I never realised that the thinking was actually my biggest problem.  There is no better way to know if you are capable of doing  something, other than trying  it. So I have changed my verb and consequently my attitude: from “THINK” to “ DO”. 
To start with, I’ll stop thinking of updating my CV and actually do it.   This is not going to be an easy task and  I will need a good imagination to bring it to life after such a long time,  but today is the day. Let’s do it.
3 hours later, I put my CV aside. I think I will need to phone a friend! Definitely.
Meanwhile, I made a list of my possible job or business opportunities . Then I compared it with the skills I think I have and explored all the pros and cos.  I was quite surprised with the amount of different areas on my list. Here are just a few :
1 - working  in a busy – maybe not so busy -  office. Get to know people, get up to date with technology. Learn a new thing everyday;
2 - Party organiser – I love the preparation, not sure if I can cope with the stress on my own. It would work well with a partner...;
3 - Become a representative of some description. Use my use my bilingual skills for that;
 I even contemplated to work in childcare...
All this exercise proved to me one thing:
I’m confused...
 No,  wait!  Maybe I’m not...  
Ok. Perhaps I am... just a little bit.
But let’s not forget what this challenge is all about.

Posted by I'm Julia, a woman with a plan at 15:29

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