big ambitions

I had every intention to write something before this. Alas, as my dear husband knows, I am not exactly good at following through with big ideas. I thought that might be an interesting topic...

Just in case you didn't know, I am a serial job-hopper. I go from one job to the next, then I may go back to a job, then I leave again. I don't want to say I'm never satisfied, but maybe that is actually my problem. My excuse is always something like, 'too boring!' 'too stressful!' 'too much work!' 'not enough work!' 'too far!'. I am at my third go-around at my current company, promising myself that I have to put in at least two years this time before I check out again (I'm at 9 months and counting).

I've thought of joining the Peace Corps, starting an eco-business, running an eco-lodge, working for an NGO abroad, teaching high school, helping my husband's business from home, teaching Chinese, working on a farm, going back to school, anything that is different from my dreary life between kissing my husband goodbye in the morning and greeting my dog in the evening. I've come up with so many ideas that whenever the words, "you know what I think is a good idea, honey?" come out of my mouth, my husband is already halfway through an eye-roll, checked out. "No really! this is really good!"

Our latest trip to Savannah has further inspired me to pursue something out of the ordinary. We met some really interesting people (our age!) who do some pretty amazing things with their lives. They took chances and those chances paid off. It makes me want to leave my current life and just start over in a small town with a lower cost of living and less materialism. We would sell our house, sell tons of junk on ebay and be free...

More on that later.