It’s been about a year since I put in my notice that I was leaving behind my career in teaching, one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make in life. And where am I now?
I’m sane.
This is what I looked like while I was teaching (it was Spirit Week- don’t judge too much)
I look back over this year and don’t know that I’ve made many tangible or visible steps towards what I had hoped to ultimately gain as far as ministry or fighting human trafficking goes, but what I first needed to recover before being able to go further was my sanity. Leaving teaching was a leap of faith because I didn’t have a set plan, and I still really don’t, but it’s been working out, so I feel God is giving His stamp of approval and I’m heading the right way, even if it feels I’m traveling there slowly.
What have I been able to actually accomplish?
I have been able to spend time with my husband again. The house and budget are kept in much better order I have made myself more available and signed up as a co-leader for my summer mission trip to Guatemala this year, as well as being able to do more in the community through my church I have discovered that it wasn’t just my fault I had no time to spend with my friends- they’re all busy too- but I have made new friends as well and I’ve come out of my protective shell more I had time to research more about self promotion for my writing career I wrote a second book which I am about to publish. I have genuinely smiled and laughed more in this last year than I had for several years before that.As a teacher, my students were the best part. If not for them, laughter would have been kept to a minimum with all the other stress from that career. I was afraid I’d feel I had abandoned them, but I cherish them, and I always will. Whenever I am asked if I regret leaving or consider going back, it surprises me how much I realize that was an important chapter in my life, yet I have no trouble with turning the page and beginning this new one.
I cannot go back, because if I do, I’ll never move forward.
caverns of my mind 