Wish you were doing something else in life?

[Im-revived]

Well, once the kids arrive, its a life long expedition, did you realise as a mum you become a counsellor, a stay at home worker, an idea enthusiast, a moody person when your tired, but the best one is your true feelings of Love are explored. Get to grips with that and your OK. A Mums job is harder than any husbands job, but yet they still expect there dinner on the table. LOL

Im-revived

Currently, I am happy with it. I am a stay at home mom of three boys. The youngest one is still home with me during the day. I'll have him home for another 3 years. I'm enjoying being able to be involved with the kids in school. Parties and such. Another reason why I am happy with things now is that I'm available to help out with the church and be involved with it. I've got more time for bible study as well. Not sure if I'd like to go and work a career/job now. Which is strange since I had been out in the workforce up until three years ago. I definately have settled into being a stay at home mom quite nicely

I do realize though that life is constantly changing and that my feelings about my current situation could change at anytime. I hope not, but it could happen.

 

[JPPT1974]

I would love to be like a youth counselor
I wanted to do something with journalism
Like be a White House reporter
But I think the Lord has better plans for me.
I just need to lean on Him.

 

[Im-revived]

Sleeping

 

[KnowBeDo]

If I could just drop everything and change careers, I would. I would have to give up my current job, which provides our insurance. The lack of income would make paying for college most difficult. So, for now, I just thank God that I have what I have. If He opens up a door, i'll walk through it.

 

[Autumnleaf]

Who else is frustrated with their current life situation?

Just curious.

Don't know if frustrated is the right word. Occasional boredom might be more pertinent to my situation. I'm happy where I'm at doing what I do at work. Family life is great! There's just something missing in society or something which feels off/wrong, sort of like political correctness gone awry throughout the system.

Mdolls68, you remind me of Anthony Robbins.

 

[the Colonel]

Sleeping

Yes, a lack of enough sleep is a common theme in today's society.

 

[Josh3908]

Waiting on God is very hard. I left High school at 16 with nothing, 5 years later managed to get into junior college and after 8 and half more years of school I'm now a certified physical Ed teacher. One problem, I don't have a job, have applied to loads, have had my resume checked several times to be told its great, but I never hear from any school, its frustrating. Its frustrating beacuse the only experience I have is student teaching and substitute teaching and most schools want experienced teachers so it seems.

I have no ties to stay where I'm at, but sometimes as much as I make an effort to get something done, I don't always know how to do it.

The older you get the more you feel like life is passing you by, and it makes it harder to wait on God, although I believe we have to be proactive in waiting on God, I don't think he wants us to be lazy, anyway without starting a philisophical new thread. Its tough not knowing.

 

[the Colonel]

Josh, you hit the nail on the head. Somehow I find your story refreshing (misery loves company?). I feel for you, as I kinda know what you're going through.

How do you obtain the faith that God has something good in store for you after waiting for so long? We could look at the story of Joseph, but it's easy to be positive when you (we) know the outcome! How miserable must it have been for Joseph?!

 

[jeriko]

Well Colonel,

I felt much like you did approximately six months ago, but now things have changed amazingly.

I joined the beloved Air Force right out of high school thinking that aiming high would bring fulfillment to my life: it didn't. After my term was up I started working for a utility company which ate up the next ten years of my life. Throuh that entire fourteen year ordeal I always felt dissatisfied with life. I hated just about everything I did for a living and that began to reflect on how I viewed myself.

The Lord called me into ministry at the age of thirty-three. A youth pastor who is more than twice the age of those he serves is kind of comical. Well for the last four years life has been particularly difficult with working full time and going to school full time and taking care of a house and being around for my amazing wife, but God provided and now I am in full time youth ministry and I look back and see that the Lord had to prepare my life and mold it into something He could use.

Maybe where you are right now, Colonel, (Was that your AF rank) is where He is refining you for something greater He wants you to do. God is good and He will use each of us for His glory, and I know we will enjoy what He is going to do through us.

Jeriko

 

[JulianaTheory]

When I grow up, I wanna live on a beach somewhere with lotsa seashells.

 

[the Colonel]

Well Colonel,


Maybe where you are right now, Colonel, (Was that your AF rank) is where He is refining you for something greater He wants you to do. God is good and He will use each of us for His glory, and I know we will enjoy what He is going to do through us.

Jeriko

Thank you very much for the encouragement. It is wonderful to hear the way the Lord had worked in someone else's life. Yours is a wonderful story; I hope the Lord has something great in store for me as well.


p.s. No, I wasn't a Colonel. I wish! No, I was one o' them peons: E-4 Specialist/Senior Airman.

 

[mannysee]

When I grow up, I wanna live on a beach somewhere with lotsa seashells.

I know where that beach is AND i have a box of colourful seashells from there, which i collected 20 years ago! (too bad now everyone knows where this beach is, and that it's been turned into a tourist trap!)

Seriously, i'm at work here at 1am, and i've been trying to figure out a new direction for a couple of years. Unfortunately, i'd like to be a ceramic artist, but i don't think i could make a living from it. The main thing at the moment is to get off the night shift. The money is good, but the life is a lonely one .

 

[JPPT1974]

Sleeping
Working for the NFL
Or for game shows

 

[3girls2dogs]

Sleeping
Working for the NFL
Or for game shows

My husband absolutely loves his job, but if he could chose from anything else in the world, working for the NFL would be it. And he could do it too, I have never met anyone who knows more about football than him.

 

[TurtleChele]

I sorta have mixed feelings about where I'm at and what I could be doing in life. Presently I work at a home appliance manufacturing plant and I've been there roughly 3 years now. I have been diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome because of what I do. The work is very repetitious and hard on the hands. There have been so many days where I wish I could just quit. But on the other hand I must look at my whole situation differently. I have a good paying job with excellent benefits. I don't know where else I could go to make the money I make now and have the benefits I have now. I work 6:30am to 3:30pm M-F and sometimes Sats. OT is a plus. I'm just not looking forward to the day I go in to see my doc for more cortisone shots and he ends up saying, "Michele, you need surgery." Oh I loathe that day. So, I'm just wondering if I'm gonna be at this company for the rest of my working life? I find myself asking and praying to God, what's next, or is this it for me? I do have dreams. I can draw, I know how to do things here and there on the computer. I want to create my own Christian t-shirts. I want to own my own Christian book/gift/art/music store. I'm tellin' ya, I could go on and on and on about this, but I sure don't wanna bore ya. It's just like a never ending cycle for me. And I remember reading in a previous post, someone asked what are we doing about it? Between work, domestic duties, kids, etc. I don't have time to do anything else hardly at all. I'm surprised I'm actually awake and online right now! lol But anyway, there's my "I wish I were doing something else with my life" 2 cents. I'm sure plenty of ya out there can surely relate.

~Chele

 

[the Colonel]

Oh, man, I've done the factory thing. I was on workman's comp for 3 months for severe tendonitis.

Well, I GOT A NEW JOB!

After 9 months of absolutely no doors being opened one inch, I put in a resume over the internet and received a call within 15 minutes! 4 interviews and 3 weeks later, I was offered the job. Less hours, more pay.

I will be working for the University of Phoenix Grand Rapids campus as an Enrollment Councelor. 100% paid tuition to get my Masters!

Thank you, God!

 

[HoosierCanuck]

My two jobs are okay but it's definitely not where I would have 'envisioned' myself to be at 35 1/2! I DEFINITELY wouldn't have said I'd still be in my 'hometown' at this point.

Dream job: Zamboni Driver for the GM Place in Vancouver

 

[JPPT1974]

Sometimes I do
Sometimes I don't
I don't because that wouldn't make me the person that I am glad that I am today
I do because I wished that I had a career and perhaps a family and a husband
if you know what I mean.

 

[oat02351]

I sell cars--cool cars (Volkswagens)--but I'm still a car salesman (which is a bit of a misnomer because I'm not selling any cars! ) . . . not exactly my life's ambition. I have a B.A from the University of Michigan, I'm an Air Force veteran, and I can't get a job worth jack!

Who else is frustrated with their current life situation?

Just curious.

A few years ago I wanted to be nun. HE was calling me alright... just not for that despite the fact I wanted it with every ounce of my being. Stuff happened to get in my way. That and getting layed off from a job I can actually say Yes, Loved a few years ago. Every now and again I think of my direction now as apposed to then. Every day I was high on life... or caffiene . I am happy with some current things but, others in some ways I'm not though I feel I should be. It's just, I fit into the job like a hand in a glove and all my residents loved me and the Sisters, I fit in with them I just felt like part of something special. I was rather nieve about somethings but, other than that I had more knowledge of God than I ever had before

 

[brokenbananas]

Congrats Colonel.

The past 6-7 months have been some of the hardest times in my life. There were times I've wanted to give up, like yesterday. However, God has called me and I must answer. Joseph is the person I relate to most. God gave me visions of my life at an early age. And I'm on course, but the road is very tough, often times I am on my knees asking God to give me the strength to go on.

In these past 6-7 months, He's been working on eliminating procrastination, flushing out some ugly things in my life, helping me deal with trauma, step out in faith & courage in Him to fulfill the destiny for my life. It hasn't been easy. I've had to leave my family to go travel and it's so hard. The trips aren't for long and they are super productive, but the extreme loneliness I feel is incredible.

Yesterday I talked to my manager about some of my issues & stresses in life. It has been greatly impacting my job performance. He was very understanding and accommodating. I had built up all this fear and doubt in my head that it ate at me.

God wants us to live abundantly in Him, and by hanging onto the fear, I wasn't. So, I'm taking hard steps towards the vision God has for my life and it's been very uncomfortable.

God reminds me that I can do nothing apart from Him. It is He that gives me strength to meet each day, and as long as I set my eyes on Him, anything can be done with the peace of God right there.

In order for me to get to what God wants, it requires stepping out in faith. This is never an easy thing, but faith without the actions isn't faith at all. It's just smoke.