tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post7272471997085098923..comments2023-11-03T07:29:16.334+00:00Comments on The Potty Diaries: Onwards and UpwardsPotty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-35093380116089364172013-05-16T10:05:23.905+01:002013-05-16T10:05:23.905+01:00Oh and this: 'Except, I've reached a place...Oh and this: 'Except, I've reached a place that I'm reliably informed many writers do when, approximately 2/3 of the way through their book they get the wobbles, look at what they've written and think 'Well, this is just so much shit...'<br /><br />Pretty much where I am at right now....Melissahttp://talkaboutyork.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-36376452124196226402013-05-16T10:03:53.866+01:002013-05-16T10:03:53.866+01:00I was thinking about this recently. Women seem to ...I was thinking about this recently. Women seem to go through a strange cycle. They have a career. They have kids. They try to work and have kids and find it really hard. So (many not all) give up work and do something creative. We convince ourselves that it's what we want to do and that it's best for the kids and secretly it's so much easier than trying to juggle work and kids. But at some point it all seems too easy, not ambitious enough. And many start over again, heading back to the workplace. What I haven't heard is how they feel once they're back there. Whether the grass is greener back in the corporate world. Whether that sense of purpose is fulfilled. Or whether we will always be looking to the next thing to find fulfillment, regardless of where we are or what we are doing.<br /><br />One of the hardest things in life is to just give ourselves permission to be happy with where we are right now. I haven't managed it yet.Melissahttp://talkaboutyork.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-20208196482261882572013-05-16T06:45:50.579+01:002013-05-16T06:45:50.579+01:00I think as long as you are happy and fulfilled wit...I think as long as you are happy and fulfilled with what you're doing, it doesn't matter much what anyone else thinks. The question is: are you? Granted, it sounds like a Russian winter would cause almost anyone to feel a little cynical(I am a basket case in the winter in Seoul, and our winters are not half as severe), but still: maybe it's time for a change of some kind. Speaking as a trailing spouse myself, I realize the career opportunities aren't nearly as plentiful when you're overseas, but maybe all this unrest is pointing you in some new directions. MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-89503714628588576742013-05-16T06:35:12.004+01:002013-05-16T06:35:12.004+01:00Have our inner judges been talking to each other, ...Have our inner judges been talking to each other, d'you think? Mine is getting a bit active again. Perhaps it's inner judge season. Mine says: "Now your children are at school all day, what on earth do you do? It's great to be a full-time mum when they're babies or toddlers, but when they're not even in the house for several hours a day, it's getting a bit thin, isn't it?"<br /><br />I like NVG's comment. Being, not doing. That's the key. As Irene says. So hard to keep in mind, though. Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-48609697231121496292013-05-15T20:29:36.946+01:002013-05-15T20:29:36.946+01:00One thing to remember about most people with "...One thing to remember about most people with "careers" - they're all working for somebody else. At the end of the day someone else is making a lot more money out of them than they're actually taking home. I swore when I stopped working corporate, that I would never line anyone else's pockets again.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-83267655170887263292013-05-15T16:44:55.470+01:002013-05-15T16:44:55.470+01:00I think we spend too much time worrying about what...I think we spend too much time worrying about what we are for and what we amount to. If there's one thing being ill has taught me, it's to appreciate just being here and being healthy for my family was such a gift, and I just took that for granted. What you are doing is being a wonderful mother to your boys, and filling your own time creatively. You don't need to be CEO of a company to make a difference in life. nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-52005731081430493232013-05-15T14:11:34.299+01:002013-05-15T14:11:34.299+01:00Since when do you have to justify the reason of yo...Since when do you have to justify the reason of your existence to anyone. Isn't it enough to just be? Does there have to be some measurable result to show for that? The whole purpose of life is to learn to like ourselves and the people we love and to get along with ourselves and them as well as we can. That's all. If you can do that, you're doing great!Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.com