tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post2119601619373659083..comments2023-10-29T06:20:58.540-04:00Comments on This Too...: Thought on leaving my job, transition, and dreamsMelissa Sarnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215683401795724259noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-82338825503333974622014-08-14T21:29:03.605-04:002014-08-14T21:29:03.605-04:00ok, so i'm just getting caught up- big transit...ok, so i'm just getting caught up- big transition for sure... and now it's a little further along, so i hope you're finding your footing and no longer feeling displaced. high five, girl! i'm so happy to hear of the great adventurous turn your life has taken!!Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12758783620564553796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-80088807469516308512014-06-28T14:21:23.712-04:002014-06-28T14:21:23.712-04:00I love this and I so understand it...I love this and I so understand it...Amy Makhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254187438354480256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-55107284279301151782014-06-25T10:01:11.886-04:002014-06-25T10:01:11.886-04:00You've made a brave decision Melissa and I app...You've made a brave decision Melissa and I applaud you for it. It sounds like the role you have taken on, is truly what you're meant to be doing at the moment. It is a bit sad that your co-workers didn't give you a proper send off though :-( Enjoy the time you have with your son and I hope your worries are eased soon.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677623973651031381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-55221113156359777582014-06-24T22:54:38.965-04:002014-06-24T22:54:38.965-04:00Oh Melissa, your post brought me back, ahem, to 16...Oh Melissa, your post brought me back, ahem, to 16 years ago when I made the same decision as you. I remember how displaced I felt after leaving the working world (in my case, leaving a job I loved). And I specifically remember at about the 9 month mark, I finally started to gel with motherhood. (Strange, I didn't realize until writing this comment that perhaps I had my own gestation period for my new "birth" as a mom.) Anyway, you have a wonderful head start; I think keeping one foot in the writing/publishing world is wise. <br /><br />I'm now on the other end of things... I just went back to work after being a SAHM for 16 years! So, go figure, I'm feeling a bit displaced as a working woman again! Cue the Lion King and the Circle of Life...Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634681223129304563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-74105706298613034212014-06-24T11:48:03.589-04:002014-06-24T11:48:03.589-04:00Melissa, are we soul sisters? My post today is ver...Melissa, are we soul sisters? My post today is very similar!! So refreshing to hear someone else having a similar struggle, though I hope we both find satisfying resolutions soon. Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261995621776561765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-29034352865942458052014-06-24T08:47:09.371-04:002014-06-24T08:47:09.371-04:00Your leap forward is inspiring, though I can appre...Your leap forward is inspiring, though I can appreciate the conflicting emotions you must be feeling right now. Still, I know Little O is incredibly lucky to have you -- and that this new role is one in which you will flourish. All things will come together in time, and I know you'll accomplish all you hope to. <3Meg @ write meg!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15837479897570974834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-901218145480792462014-06-24T07:12:26.199-04:002014-06-24T07:12:26.199-04:00I wonder if I will be in a similar place a couple ...I wonder if I will be in a similar place a couple months from now -- wondering about how to live my dreams and finding the quiet a strange and unfamiliar place.<br /><br />I did leave with a fanfare -- more than I wanted, actually. I was resistant to the idea of letting them throw a party for me. (In the end, I had to accept that I was going to get THREE whether I liked it or not!) But now that they are over with, I am glad to have had them, and I wonder what it would be like to be escorted out of the building and not allowed back in to say good-bye, even to have my email sent through someone else.<br /><br />I did get to leave with that "author" title too, but I don't actually have any deals beyond the one in hand. So, I worry that leaving my job was premature, and that parading that title makes me a bit of a phony. <br /><br />I too, am a mother. And to be honest, "summer vacation" will probably feel just like any summer vacation to me. It will be in the fall, when my girls return to school -- both of them in high school! -- and I realize I have no classroom to return to, no lists to make, no meetings to attend, no schedule to fill my day, and likely no new book deal (because I'd have to write a whole new book before that could happen) --- I expect I'll be looking around like you are and wondering how to live that dream. You do have your precious little co-worker to structure your days. My co-workers will be ... uh, fictional.<br /><br />Maybe by the fall you'll have figured out the secret to living the dream with confidence and verve -- of reveling in the quiet -- and can share some tips with me! :DDianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.com