For a long while now I have been anticipating a change, whilst doing exactly the same thing day in day out, with the same people, same routine, same work, same route home, same sofa, watching the same television. Change is definitely going to happen… right? Madness, madness, madness!
So after 7 years, 7 months and 10 days it’s time to ditch this desk, the 9-5, the endless meetings and projects that take so long to deliver no-one remembers who requested them; working groups that find more problems than solutions; and a very real sense that I have become part of the system that clogs rather than oils progress. Not that I’m complaining (too much), I have been well paid, looked after and very much supported by my colleagues. However I have lost the skip in my step and my enthusiasm for the job has left the building long before me. It is time to go.
Throwing caution, security and saftey to the wind … Costa Rica / Nicaragua here I come and a Raleigh Expedition to create space for stuff to happen. Here I have a big smile on my face and a nauseatingly anxious stomach, the only way I can get over it, is not to think too much about my decision and just keep taking actions that move me onwards. Anyone who knows me, knows I am a prolific list ticker…
0 resign job
1 panic
2 book flights (one way?)
3 calculate budget
4 jabs: Rabies, Diptheria, Hep A, Hep B, Tetanus, Typhoid
5 get netbook
6 decide what to do with flat
7 Raleigh VM training
8 Raleigh first aid training
9 Raleigh fund raising
10 declutter flat
11 write tenancy agreement
12 new DVLA licence
13 service boiler
14 arrange work leaving drinks
15 arrange friends leaving bash
16 family / friends goodbye visits
17 sort glassblowing
18 sort camera / memory cards
19 malaria tabs (6 months supply)
20 cetirizine (6 months supply)
21 doctors checkup
22 dentist checkup
23 buy new backpack
24 buy waterproof jacket
25 buy trek/workboots
26 setup domain / blog
27 return neighbours keys
28 cut extra set of flat keys
29 arrange neighbours drinks
30 Raleigh expedition reports
31 check insurance
32 redirect economist
33 complete economist work
34 clear lodger bedroom
35 arrange proxy vote
36 get American transit visa
37 switch utilities
38 iTunes download
39 learn Spanish
40 emergency credit cards
41 complete pension docs
42 banking
43 copy important docs, passport etc
44 write will
45 get $ / Colón
46 buy outstanding kit (rollmat, mossie repellent, dry bag)
47 pack kit
48 half kit and pack again!
49 go
Adiós y gracias a todos los peces !
Hi Cathy, you probably don’t remember us but we knew you when you were a little girl in Cape Town. How I admire your spirit of adventure and your courage! Enjoy every minute of it ..whatever it is.
Love
Phil, Betty, Julie Ann and Jennifer