Thoughts on my daily work routine

Husband and I at a Virginia Winery

What powers our desires to be happy at work? I wake up at 6:00am and return 12 hours later often hungry, grumpy and wishing for alternatives to the daily commute and the daily grind of office work. My job itself can be great at times and my feelings are certainly no reflection of the company and customers we interact with on a daily basis but in the back of my mind I always wonder, is there a better way? I often change my mind on what I want to do with my life in terms of career choices. I seek to be intellectually challenged, have a sense of contribution to society while being able to enjoy and interweave my personal life goals into the equation.

I have a bucket-type list of things I want to accomplish in life such as running the Marine Corps Marathon, visiting several countries, seeing the Mayan ruins, jump out of more planes, have 5 children with my husband and teach them how to be nerds of science and space, learn how to can and preserve food, learn French, maybe run a personal farm among some other things. I know in order to accomplish much of this I need to have stability in my career and there also needs to be stability in my husband’s career but I can’t escape the feelings of wanting to just explore the world, explore all the things I want to learn and not be restricted. I guess its all part of being responsible and an adult but I can dream of one day finding a perfect balance.

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