The company I work for has recently gone high tech with internal job postings and benefit updates. After jacking up my login twice and having to have it reset, I finally got into my personal page. It has an ungodly amount of info on it. I clicked on a tab that said "WORK". It promptly reminded me that I've been with the company 10 YEARS 8 MONTHS and 9 DAYS. Surely not! How did I fall into this blackhole of a "9-5" life!?! It was enough for me to want to run home and drown my sorrows in the last of the fattening homemade butter cookies I had tucked away in a zip-lock bag. Now, I work for a great company...IF you want to work in corporate America and have a "normal" life....but for a lover of all things creative who never dreamed of working for someone else for the rest of her life, it feels like a slow torturous death at times. I try to remind myself that my steps are ordered by God...I'm on assignment...there's a reason for everything....be GRATEFUL, etc etc blah blah blah. But my God! I can scream! Today was one of those days. I had to get out of the office...so I decided to walk to the bookstore. Books...they are my addiction. And forget that sleek electronic crap! I love the feel of the page, the color on the cover, the various cuts of the paper...I love the smell of books. Needless to say, going to any place that has the written word always lifts my spirits. And today, I found a gem! The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss.
It literally called to me from the shelf! It was like God was saying "the ball has BEEN in your court. What you gonna do, girl?" The few pages I read basically talked about maximizing your life NOW...not waiting until retirement or until you have some miraculous windfall of money before you start really living and having fulfillment EVERY DAY. The power of books. The power of words. It was like a shot of sunshine on a dreary day. After all that, can you believe that I didn't buy the book! lol! Something said, "Wait." Guess it was God because when I looked it up online later, a new expanded addition was just finished. So I'll be running out to get the new and improved version. Once again, Evidence. My steps really are ordered.
bite of the day ~ Take inspiration where ever you can find it and use it to boost you to the next level of life. Don't wait another day! Pursue life NOW.
thirtiesgirl
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