Set in Motion

Well, things have definitely been set in motion.  Last Sunday, I asked my Sunday School group to pray for me as I struggled to make the decision to leave my current job.

Then on Tuesday, I finally made the decision.  I told my boss.  I gave my 30 days notice.  On Thursday, I told my assistant directors and my teams that I was leaving and that my last day would be June 18th.

And then. . .

Came the peace.  I know for me, at this point in time, it is the right decision.  I'm scared.  I am the primary wage earner in this family.  I provide our health insurance.  I provide the security for us to live the way we live.

Now, I know that I can find another job.  I'm not going to say that it will be a great job and I don't know that I can find full-time, but there is quite a few places I can go to work to earn the income we need so that I can continue to provide for my family in a monetary fashion.

However, the purpose in me leaving was so that I can BE there for my family, in the moment, alive and experiencing life with them, not just a body in the house, in the next room, present, but doing work things.  I'm looking for a change.

I discovered a blog about a minimalist lifestyle.  That caught my attention.  I've been reading more about what that means, to be a minimalist.  I also decided this morning that I think that I am going to go back and read Jen Haymaker's "7" book again and look at the principles in the book and try to apply them to my life.

Anyway, that's what's going on right now.  Things are moving forward.