I have many; most are titled cleverly, some are titled merely “Post #xxx.” There is humor, angst, sadness, epiphany, quotation, meditation, and admiration contained within these unpublished drafts.
My friends call me a free-style crafter–unlike my project and pattern oriented gal pals, I tend to just do and envision as I go. I have been knitting the same peach scarf for over a year; I bead and take apart, I knit a hat that was meant to be a purse.
Every part of life is a rough draft. I used to tell teachers I was no good at rough drafts because–I always had a fragment of something I would later make whole. Who and what I am now is just a rough draft. Only when I die will I pen the final draft. Until then, I consider these next few things to be unwritten paragraphs, sections, and chapters. Who knows, maybe I am a living triology! You hobbits watch out!
Career. I began unsure what I would end up doing and afraid of not being in love with my career. I found path, and that path found me. I love internet marketing. There tends to be a negative connotation associated with marketing, but like anything, there is the good and the bad. I know someday internet marketing and I will part ways. What else will I do?
I would like to own my own business. I am not sure what kind, but it will be mine and I will have a bookkeeper because I hate paying bills. I can manage cashflow in my head, but when it comes to paying bills, blah.
I will be a published author. My models and mentors are Sarah Vowell and Bill Bryson. They write from life, from history, from the everyday ordinary. These writers experience and expound with humor and enthusiasm supported wholly by wit and fact.
I would like to run an inn or a bed and breakfast. My grandmother had a B&B just off the Country Club Plaza and very near the Nelson. My bed and breakfast will be somewhere picturesque. My kids will be in college so I will need something new to nurture. Why not nurture the weary traveler? the anxious vacationer? the ambling connoisseur.
There is more, but, until then, save and continue editing.
Hi Katie,
Great post. I get where you’re coming from. I’m here to tell you to take the bungy jump and start your own business, even if it’s part time. I did it 12 years and have not regreted a second. I have a huge passion for what I do and the overcomes any barrier that gets in my way. How passionate about your B&B to make it really happen. What kind of joy and fulfillment would that bring to you? A couple of things to ponder. I love being an entrepreneur and I think everyone, especially women should take the leap.
May I recommend for your B&B library a great book I just finished? It’s called, “A Place To Belong”. By Paul Miller. It’s a great read. It’s along the same line as “Angela’s Ashes”. In fact it could be called the “American Angela’s Ashes”. A little boy grows up in really tough times under really tough circumstances. After 50 years he learns understanding and forgiveness. I really enjoyed this book. It’s at least a one tissue box rating.
Happy Reading and good luck with your leaping!
Mary