Not to long ago I wrote a post about turning 45 and feeling like I'm running short on time. In that same post, I was commenting about how I shouldn't complain. Good job, etc. Not long after that I was talking to my wife about how my office wasn't getting support from our main headquarters and I remember saying that a few different things could happen. We would be successful and they would be forced to support us or they would fire us.
Well guess what. There was a third option. We started being successful, and they called us and told us they were shutting the office down.
Be careful what you put out there folks. Of course my wife was not shocked. At all. She just said "Well you did put it out there"
So now what? No idea. I have plenty of options. But I'm back to what do I want to do. And I still really don't have an answer. Luckily for me I have some time to sort it out. It's not like they locked the door and changed the keys on us. I still have about a month and a half of work left before they formally close our office.
In my younger years I would probably have freaked out at this. But I haven't. Maybe it's because I'm confident in my ability to get work if I need it. But I don't seem to have that gut wrenching fear of what will happen to us.
This just happened yesterday, so maybe it hasn't hit me yet. But to be honest it feels pretty liberating. Like I'm standing in a room and there's a million doors standing open. I just have to walk through one and see where it takes me. I could do a complete 180 on my career right now, and still be fine.
So once again, what's next? No idea. I have some opportunities I'm looking into, but nothing solid yet. I guess I'll see what the universe brings to my door. I know whatever it is, I'll have to work for it.
I'll keep my eyes and my heart open. My next great thing is coming next, I just need to recognize it when it gets here.
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