People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them or that they'll be unable to acheive them - The Alchemist
Happy Monday friends! I am writing this entry from my desk, at my non-diving-office job. Today is the last Monday morning I will ever have to spend here!!! Words cannot express the elation I feel over this fact. Its not that I hate my job, hate is a strong word... Round hole - square peg is a better description. To be fair, I kind of mentally checked out of this place weeks ago and I'm sure my co-workers are just waiting for me to clear out my desk and get out of here. I have basically passed off all of my duties under the guise of "training my successor" so I spend most of my day purusing Scuba Board and hawking my belongings on Craigslist. So very productive. I don't really feel bad about this fact because I have worked so much unpaid overtime for this company that these last few weeks of time theft kind of even everything out ;)
What I am also ridiculously excited about is teaching my first Open Water class tomorrow night!!! I'm an Instructor!!! Everybody say "OWSI"!!! Its a referral so we won't be doing the Open Water (Ocean Dives) section of the course but I am still super duper stoked. I can still hardly wrap my head around this fact.
At the begining of the year I wrote out 5 things I would accomplish by the end of 2010:
1. Buy Scubapro Regs - Accomplished in July
2. Oxycheq Mach 5 Extreme Backplate and Wing - Still paying for it but its all mine ;)
3. Learn the Bikram's Advanced Series - Went to Vegas in June for Advanced Seminar with Bikram!
4. Become an Open Water Scuba Instructor - Nov,14th, 2010!
5. Complete the full expression of "Standing Head to Knee Pose" - Pending
Not bad if I do say so myself, 4 out of 5 with 1 month to go. It really is miraculous considering where I was a year ago today! If you are interested in reading my story, I was actually featured on LaineyGossip this morning as an American Express Potentialist! Check me Out!
Despite having come so far... I'm still a little nervous about is my financial situation. I don't like being reliant on other people and I don't have a whole lot of cash available for my trip. The IDC took all my extra money and I miscalculated my last paycheck date... ooops. Which leaves me with about $1500.00 less than I want to travel with. Like I mentioned in my first post, I also do not have a concrete work situation set up.
The worrier in me is fretting and the stress has taken its toll on my body in the form of a nasty head cold but there is a little part of my heart that knows that everything will work out fine. I have never been without work when I needed it. Something always comes up, right?
Well, fingers crossed. If anyone out there knows of a diveshop in Thailand looking for a lovely young blond Open Water Scuba Instructor who is fluent in English and French then drop me a message!
Until then,
namaste
S.
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