A few months ago, I wrote to try to work out the anxiety I was feeling over possibly retiring from high school teaching. I’ve been teaching ELA (English Language Arts) and Communication Technology for nearly 26 years. It’s not that I am bored, disgruntled, or unhappy. I need to do something else. I want to write the stories in my head, be more involved in writing how people survive addiction, and stories about real people. I want to be an author-entrepreneur.
I have watched others retire. They seem to be excited, in some cases almost giddy. Well, that’s not me. I have a complicated history, and it’s reasonable that I would be nervous. I am sure there are others out there also who, do not have husbands who will “Keep them in the fashion that they are used to.” No, I am not implying that mine is not supportive or “a good guy.” He is. But my past of a former husband who, after convincing me to leave teaching the first time, and then left our marriage, has had a residual effect. From experience, I learned to depend on me. But leaving teaching has brought on some nightmares and anxious moments.
I spoke to my doctor today, and she assured me that I am more rational than the giddy people. So! I need to hear from all of you out there who like me are working on a new mindset. To embrace the freedom, without the guarantee of making six figures in a new business, and have found new passions, and a pleasurable new purpose. Share, please. So I can reassure others.
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