I have a paralegal career ahead of me. I am going to help people - legally. Not as in a "not against the law" kind of way (although, that way, too ;) but in a legal capacity. I will help people with their legal issues - from traffic offences to broken fences, from tort law to contract law, from tribunal appearances to court proceedings. And, I am excited about it all.
This is what I call my 'career passion'.
Aside from this, what are my other passions? I recently got divorced and I have returned to my maiden name. In doing that, I have been trying to figure out who I really am. I made a list of things that I enjoyed doing back before I got married, things I liked while I was married, and new things I have discovered a fondness for since separating. My list seems to boil down to these top two 'life passions': 1. Writing 2. Music.
Since the separation 4.5 years ago, I seem to have let these two things fall by the wayside. I used to blog all the time, I was working on a book, and I played keyboard and led worship in church. Lately, I've done none of these things. I mean, I sometimes plucked out a blog post, but my heart wasn't in it. Then today, as I was doing some more pondering and analyzing, I decided to break back into blogging - and this feels so good, and so.... 'me'.
This week was the first time I pulled out my 25 year old, yellowed-keys, sound-deteriorating keyboard in a really long time. I'm rusty, no doubt about that, but I enjoyed every single moment. The feeling and emotion that comes from making music and singing is incomparable to anything else.
I've set myself up with a plan to make sure I don't lose these two important pieces of myself anymore. Come the new year, I am going to buy myself a new laptop (the one I have got stepped on...oops) so I can blog and start back on writing my books. Yes, books. I have a sequel planned. I am also going to purchase a new keyboard (or new-to-us since kijiji is a great place sometimes) so that I can work on being a little less rusty, but mostly so that I can teach my daughter how to play. She's been asking me for a while to teach her, so I am looking forward to some productive mother-daughter time with her this year.
I shall call 2015 "The Year of Passion".
I admire you for how far you have come Paula :) I am looking forward to reading your blogs :) It must feel goodto have your maiden name back. I was going to do the same thing after my divorce...but it was suppose to cost me a 1000 Euro...and I was broke. that was the end of that...lol Happy new year to you and your babies :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming by Nicole! I always enjoy hearing from you.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting about your maiden name. Things are clearly different here in Canada. When I got married I "assumed" my spouses name. Now that we are divorced, I "resumed" my maiden name. There was no charge for either because it wasn't a "legal" name change.
Happy New Year to you and yours, my friend! :)