Day 363 - Do I Love It?

That's the (literally) six figure question - do I love teaching? The question behind the question is 'was it worth giving up your career, your life, your SALARY for?'.

The answer to that specific question is that I don't know...yet. However, it's the wrong question. The right question is 'do I love my new life?'. The emphatic answer to that question is yes, with bells on it.

The fundamental reason for doing this whole thing was to change the balance of my life so that I could enjoy it more. Making the dramatic break from corporate life gave me back the freedom to choose, a freedom I seem to have lost on a career journey that took me from Brentford to New York in 20 memorable years. The word I have heard most often in those late night, deep conversations with friends and colleagues, is what they can't do because of their job. They can't spend time with their kids, they can't get fit, they can't sit still and contemplate their navel for 20 minutes, they can't do what they really want to do.

I can. The reality is that I could have done it before but did not have the strength of character or energy to take control. I choose to teach, I choose to be at home when Ellen rants and raves, I choose to run fast, I choose to sit in an armchair and do nothing.

I love the freedom to choose. That includes choosing a new career that I have always wanted to try.