It has been a week but has felt like a month since the start of the summer heat. Equally, the 4 days since my final day at work has felt like an endless summer.
This particular departure from this particular office has given me food for thought in regards to small questions like: what of your career? What do you really want at 24 – and for 25?
Well, for now, I am enjoying the prospect of being able to watch a Harry Potter film every day.
Regarding the fear of others that I would be swallowed up by the big events of friends this year, I am far more enjoying the uncertainty of my own “big events”.
I have been on the hero’s journey many times at this point. Let’s break it down:
The ordinary world = applying for jobs.
The call to adventure = (always shiny and alluring) receiving a job request!
And if we skip forward to “the ordeal” stage, where our hero will face trials and tribulations this is where my hero’s journey has ended twice in the past 2 years. The tribulations have been few and the trials have been undervaluing as an editorial assistant.
As I ponder the point of rushing into another call to adventure, the idea of a fresh start is perhaps less needed than it was before.
On my TV screen, Harry and Ron are flying the flying Ford Anglia in a feverish attempt to not miss their first day back at Hogwarts. As amusing as this misadventure is, I definitely feel like the frenzy and fear of missing out at “life” is not plaguing me. This I appreciate.
Perhaps an endless summer wouldn’t be so bad.
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