It is exactly 3 months since I was sacked. It is also now the time to call an end to this blog. Thank you everyone who has logged in and left messages. I've read them all and enjoyed the fact that I was not alone. But the creative energy I put into this blog was the creative energy I suddenly found myself with by virtue of the fact that I no longer had a job to go to everyday.
I have a full time occupation as all of you probably know by now and it's an occupation I thoroughly love doing; something I haven't been able to say for a good 6 years of my life. Like a lot of things in my life, I didn't choose to be where I am now.
After my Grandad died (I was abroad at the time of his death), I think it was my mum who said to me, that it was decided not to contact me as I was probably doing something I loved and there was no need to cut short what I was doing to attend a funeral. I think it was he himself who said it was better to leave me to do what I was doing.
To some people that might sound harsh. But not to me. It is now beginning to make some sense to me. This is what it means to me: life is short. You do get more than one chance at things, but if you screw things up when you're trying them out, learn the lessons. Always keep starting something new. Eventually you'll find something you love doing; maybe if you keep trying you'll find lots of things you love doing. I didn't stop trying, I just remained in neutral for a while. Call it a traffic jam if you like. They happen, you can't avoid them, but keep your foot on the peddle and one day, the road will open up again.
So that's where I'm heading. Out of the traffic jam and back on the open road and I can't wait to see what lies ahead...
JVx