Posted by partlycloudy on May 17, 2004, at 4:57:53
In reply to Re: Sandy » SandyWeb, posted by jlynne on May 17, 2004, at 3:13:25
I try not to butt in on other people's threads, but Sandy: your life is not over at 39! Do you know how many people survive years of education and degrees and then find out they HATE their field of choice? or that they can't handle the stress of it? It happened to my sister. She stuck it out for years before going on disability leave caused by depression.
All that money, all that time, all those hopes... and she was not able to do the job she had gotten her degree in.
I don't have a degree. I am 41 years of age. I did go to night school for a certificate program, but never went further. There are so many aspirations and dreams I have yet to fulfill. But I will keep dreaming, and try to find my own path to happiness. (Right now I am trying to "find" my artistic skills in going through "The Artist's Way" to try to rediscover whatever pathestic excuse for creativity I expressed 25 years ago.) it might not go anywhere.
But I decided that I would not let a career or job EVER define who I am or how successful I am. Sandy is who Sandy is. Sandy is not a whole bunch of university courses that went nowhere.
Sandy is someone who, while raising children, managed to go to school to enrich and further herself. Our paths are hardly ever clear to us. Especially when we have made choices that haven't panned out (let me tell you about working in the PR field sometime!) that we have set all our hopes on.
Sandy - what I am trying to say is that your education and background are not all that define who you are. You're multidimensional - there are many facets to you, just like a beautifully cut diamond.
Now please, go apply for housing assistance, get some counselling, but please please please don't give up. You are so much more than you think you are right now.
And, if I may,
((((Sandy))))
partlycloudy
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