Ten years after leaving a 20 odd year teaching career, I decide to follow my dream and blend the passion with the practical. A graduate degree, a huge student debt and a broken marriage and a couple of years in the dream job and I toss it aside and leave town. Then, I find an easy way to make a huge change in my life and I take it. I am author of my own misfortune. I have survived the punishment. For a while there my star rose within my dream occupation over here but then it died. I survived.
Becoming reactive in my job search, driven by fear and my controlling spouse I take whatever I can find. Its entry level and I hate every minute of it. Loathe it. I am frustrated. All I can do is work hard. Be true to myself for once! So I do. I also plan to return home. Now I am on my way. In four weeks time I will be home.
What has happened though, despite my antiness and the constant threat of being fired for non performance and hating the job so much at times...
I have done well. I am now a top performer and on the eve of my leaving to return home I find my earning capacity to have increased way beyond my expectations. What do I do? I thought I would be fired but things didnt work out that way. My talk with the President, a billionaire entrepreneur with a strong Christian ethic resulted in my seeing a six figure salary in the next three months. I doubt I would get anywhere near that in New Zealand.
On the eve of my long awaited and planned departure, I am forced to make a decision. It really is all about the money.
Nothing in life is ever easy. . . .
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