I'm all about the new stuff - fresh starts, changes, challenges, discoveries. And that's where I'm at now. I've never been good at staying in the one place, doing the one thing. Sometimes I'm amazed that I've been in New Zealand for nearly four years, but here I am, right here. And here I'm staying, for now anyway. Here, but a different here. It's time for change.
I've been working as a physiotherapist for three years and fifty one weeks to be precise. I am still a physio, but I'm ready to be a lot more. I'm ready to begin the move away from the job that has never been my passion, to find what is, to find how I can make my passion a lifestyle. Physio has brought me good times, good friends, great opportunities. And now I'm ready for the next step.
The Wednesday Project (basically, I'm taking every Wednesday off work) didn't come easily to me. It's not a very me thing to do. I've always been dependable old Pip, she who works hard and does what she is expected to do. It's very unlike me to decide to take a weekly day off. I'm not sure what people think of it. Well, I know what some people think. I think my family were a little dubious. A lot of people have asked me what I'm going to do, I think expecting me to say I'm going to study or do more work or something. What am I going to do? I think the best word to describe it would be explore. I'm going to explore. Or maybe create. Or maybe just be. Maybe all of the above. I'm going to write, I'm going to sew, I'm going to make cards and cakes. And I'm going to rest.
It's always good to have goals I reckon, so here goes:
1. To master work life balance
2. To write a book
3. To find out if writing is a realistic career and in what form or if it's just a hobby
4. To make stuff - cards, cakes, clothes (to learn how to use my sewing machine properly, maybe to do a sewing/dressmaking/pattern making course)
5. To give people more importance in my life, well, the important ones anyway.
6. To blog about it all
I've got a bit more work to get through before this all begins. I couple of assignments, a lot of patients, a few rugby tournaments and trainings, but I'll be back soon. Bring it on...
