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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 3:53:04 PM
and dreams?? How far would you go?? There are numerous well paying jobs but the catch is that they are 20-30 miles away in San Antonio but they are in the field I would love to eventually be in. Good pay, benefits, foot in the door type of work with large companies that are seeing better days than the small companies around here. There is actually such a need for my field, I am sitting here looking at 35 possibilities for jobs, which means I have a chance!!! I am really thinking of just getting into the mindset of doing what I have to to get where we want to be. That would be breaking down to bare minimums and just doing it. I really am keeping this positive and am praying about it. I just would like a little input...thoughts,,,,ideas....Thanks.....
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 08:05:37 AM
Lorri,
I love the reminder of "write the vision and make it clear!, Be specific!" thanks for that... Last June when I left a great job, great pay, everyone thought I was "nuts" but it was robbing my joy.. I hated it! I found myself one day asking "how did I get here".. and you're right I wasn't being intentional. I knew my dream and yet I would tuck it away, and only drag it out when I was low and depressed about where I was.. while I would continue walking down the path... I was at church one sunday when the pastors sermon was on.. "there is more to life then going to work to pay the bills.." asking,"what are you doing with your life that counts"?
OUCH!... I literally came home and wrote a letter of resignation - and handed it in the next day - spent the next 2 weeks in quiet time, just getting back in touch with who am I, and what do I want and how do I get there???? (I was fortunate enough that our community is small enough and people know me and my skills and gave me a lot of temp jobs to pay the bills).... But I did a dream board... mainly because I am so visual.. and this way I could keep my dreams right in front of me..... and I can tell you, it has been amazing.. Hopefully in the weeks to come I can share the major one that is so life changing for me.. but it will have to wait! But when you see it you'll "get it"....
Lorri, you are an inspiration and Heather - great things are around the corner I feel it! I cannot wait for you to come back and share you success.. and there will be many, I know! Great job..
I think that. a part of what makes us farmgirls... Is we are willing to "plow a new field".. dont ya think?
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 07:53:12 AM
COOL!!! Let me know...that would be fun!!!
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
| MissLorri |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 07:51:27 AM
I am going to be that way in october maybe we can meet for lunch. I am also a member of Sisters on the Fly and have made many new friends in that group. I really had no friends as well, spent all of my time raising kids. SO I was determined to reinvent myself and go have some fun...LOL
Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway....John Wayne |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 07:46:07 AM
CONGRATULATIONS on passing your boards!! Wonderful!! And thanks for the advice...Such inspiration!!! YEE HAW!!!!
Hubby is deployed right now, so I am on my own but we will be alright. I also love your quote..and funny thing...I JUST started my vision board again yesterday. Thanks...
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
| MissLorri |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 07:35:56 AM
After, I sold my home and bought a much smaller house. I used the proceeds from the sale to pay off my car.My car is now 7 years old, but I still plan to keep it until I finish my next degree. I made sure I paid off all of the debt that I had and started saving money. Now, I do not have any family that would or could help me so I thought about everything I would need to last me for the time I was in school. I spent one saturday making out a master stock list. Went through the house and made my list of things I currently use. I also started marking the date I opened everything, so that I could determine with regular use how long it would last. For instance, with normal use washing powder will last me 3 months, so I calculated how many of those to buy. I did this with everything and started storing away. I even bought stamps, xmas gifts, birthday, ANYTHING I could think of. I made out my degree plan and started taking online classes first until I finished all of them, then went to night classes after the kids were older. I was already an LVN and had to return to work after the divorce, so I knew there would be an entire year called transition classes. This is a year of school where you go everyday. Mon - Thur. I worked 12 hour shifts on fri - sun. The great thing about the stocking plan, turned out to be the fact that I just didnt have time to go to the store. When I was awake I was working or at school or studing. Now it took me 3 years to get my RN degree, because I had to do it slow due to money, kids. But I finished it and that is what matters. In, fact I just found out this morning that I passed my state boards. SO I am really official now! My next step is to take online classes and get ready to work on my BSN and then Masters degree. I will be 51 years old when I finish it, but hey I will be 51 whether I get it or not! I think you have an advantage since it is just you and your husband. I felt really alone since I am single and had kids to raise by self. I felt pulled in every direction. There were plenty of school programs I missed and lots of days I had to be at work with them here alone, which was a huge concern to me. One more thing, make a vision board. Cut out pictures of graduaation and visualize you walking across the stage to accept that diploma. Now, I am wanting to sell this house and buy my little farmette. Just big enough to raise some chickens and have a garden, fruit trees and some peace. I want to get the kids in a smaller school district, so all of this is going on my vision board. In Habakkah, it says write the vision and make it clear! BE specific! Hope this helps some.
Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway....John Wayne |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 05:53:56 AM
Lorri, I am so proud of you you did it girl go all the way Miss Wilma
Farm Girl #96
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 05:38:39 AM
I hit that darn send button before I was ready...we are kinda in the same boat. We are hoping to sell 90% of what we own, find a little house or something to live in and finish up our degrees (our dreams, especially mine). Things do not matter to us, really they don't. I think if a home is filled with love, you don't need decore to make it so. We love to learn and be outdoors, down at the river, walking, or just sitting on the porch drinking sweet tea. I tend not to get caught up in the drama of the world. My only problem, not really a problem, is it is JUST me and Charlie right now. Family is not involved and we are new here, so no real friends yet. I think more than being overwhelmed is the idea that I am REALLY doing this by myself.
Lorri- could you post and email me how you survived- your tips, ideas, personal strength to go on... : )!!! Thanks!!!
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 05:10:34 AM
Lorri- You little posting is going up on my inspiration board...Thank you all for believing in me. I know I/we can do it and that I have this internal strength that is still untapped. I've got to go make some lemonade!!!! : )
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
| MissLorri |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 10:15:21 PM
I learned that if we are specific with God, really specific, then he answers us. This is why I write down every prayer description and I date it, so that when it is answered I go back and date that as well. It really builds my faith up. THis last semester I didnt even have the money to continue in school,I had used all of the Pell grants etc. Then I applied for this new scholarship. There were 200 applicants and I won it. God is so awesome. It was just enough to take care of my needs for tuition and books. I am now starting to take more classes, I plan to go on and further my education...goal now is my Masters in Nursing and I will make it,although it may take me 3 years, I will accomplish this goal as well. |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 10:03:54 PM
Lorri,
YOU ARE AMAZING! Congrats on the degree.. what a huge accomplishment - I love the scripture you quoted from Jerimiah! I beleive that too... It is usually "US" getting in our own way... Way to take "lemons" and create lemonaide... major KUDOS!! you should be so proud of your accomplishments! LIVING WITH PURPOSE! discovering who you are , who you want to be and how to get there.. you are exactly right!
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
| MissLorri |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 9:40:03 PM
6 years ago, my husband left us for a 20 yr old. I did not have a job and had kids to raise. I had been married for 27 years. I sat down after it was all over with and decided what I wanted out of life. I WROTE it down and dated it, I made a vision board of what I wanted and prayed like never before. In order to get where I wanted to be. I had to sell the house and move into a much smaller one, I saved every dime and started taking online classes. I stored up food and household goods to last me for the one year that I knew I wouldnt be able to work full time. Long story short, I graduated May 20th with my degree. It was hard, it was long and there were times I didnt know if I could do it, but I kept on one baby step at a time until I walked across that stage and recieved my diploma.YOU CAN DO IT TOO! I was against all odds, even my family didnt think I could do it. But, when God is for you, who can be against you? His word says he has plans for you, plans to prosper you and to give you hope. Take it and run with it...Good Luck...Lorri |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 9:29:10 PM
Kiddo, sounds like your on the right path.....Yes, thank God for hubby's, friends, that "get us"....
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 8:18:49 PM
Yes, I lived from a place of fear for many years...of what..I still don't know..but I think a lot stems from childhood (there's a shock..) and I just learned to let it go and listen to those suble whispers in my ear of what I already knew but just ignored. I think God has had to build me the Great China wall of bricks, but I am finally listening... : )
I was a settler, as in I don't want to disturb anyone else or come off as a b***h to get what I want or even stand out because oh my gosh, people might take notice. I am very black and white and am finally learning to enjoy the greys in between. All or nothing used to be my motto and that messed me up so now I am trying to determine what is my own truth and take that path even if it seems strange or wrong to others. Hubby really understands me which I sometimes have to pinch myself because I have felt alone for so many years and to have someone say, Oh yeah, I get it and really live it is refreshing.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 8:10:40 PM
Heather,
I so know what you mean and I am greatful that God gives us oppertunity after oppertunity to get it right... I often say that in the past I have been a "4 brick learner".. where it takes God four bricks to get my attentions.. I am happy to report that I am getting better and require less bricks
I think that I didnt have, the things in my life that I wanted because 1) I didnt have the integrity of living my convictions and 2) I didnt put my own "dreams" on my list. Since I have been doing that one miracle after another has presented itself.........It is interresting what we allow "fear" to steal from us, isnt it?
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 5:08:47 PM
Rene- that is how I am feeling right now...I dreamed and worked my whole life to get to this point and now, I just can't, with a full heart, settle or do anything less than what I really, truly deeply want. I feel like I am on the cusp of something great and I know we will have all that we want,desire, need, as long as it is done with a true heart. Purpose is resenating with me right now, almost like it is chanting in my head and I can't let it go. I do believe I/we can create the life we want and it comes back to us in 10 fold. Something similiar to the Secret or things like that. Many years ago, before "it" was labeled, I lived my life truly my way, the way I wanted to be and had a HUGE success, even in the face of those frowning upon me (yes, my LOVELY family again) but I was happy, succesful, healthy, and on my way. I am going to try it again without force or in desperation, but through a place of truthfulness and love and purpose.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 4:52:39 PM
I heard someone say.. about 3 years ago.. "that we are co-creators in our lives". That so many of us live life as a reaction and not with purpose. It was in a class I was taking oddly enough when I was in managment. I am a good manager of people, I love people and I love being able to hire the right people for the job and then helping them to succeed.. I didnt however like having to inforce others ideology or defending selfish and egotistical ways.....It drained my spirit. I know I can do anything I need to do to pay the bills.. but I think you have to live in purpose to feed the soul. At 45, I am just now honoring my quest to live with purpose.. OH the time wasted... But this I know for sure... Life is easier living with purpose then simply by feeling like you have to take it as it seems...........
Youre a smart girl... you'll do what is right for you and yours there is little doubt!
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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