After 10 years of controlling Air Traffic, 18 years of education and another 8 years in health care, why leave the money and many perks to work at a fraction of the money and no recognition?
It is because while I was at work all those years, my mind was elsewhere, outside, making lists, planning my next years garden, not liking all those bills and wearing those nylons, and thinking what else I could be doing. It wasn't weakness or selfishness that led me to leave health care, but self-preservation. I did not have the stamina to "do it all", or the single-mindedness some have to just "go to work". Not blaming the health care system and its flaws, leaving was the best opt out for me.
My encore career, a second career, really its my third career, is in farming.
It works for me; more happiness, less stress, more control by getting up in the morning when I awake and deciding what to do after considerable thought, better quality of life, more satisfaction, instant gratification and time for creativity.
Farming? is a natural outlet for women and mothers to provide the most healthy food for their family.
Globally, women have been farmers and now the U.S. is trying to catch up, as 30% of all U.S. farms are operated by women.
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 It is a miracle the abundance a garden can produce. What do I love about my encore career? Everything! Dirt, work, sweat and all the free time in between that allows one to create. |
