My second daughter wanted to follow in my footsteps. After I suggested she not, she got a bachelor’s in early childhood education and started teaching special ed. Two or three years later she called me and said, “Dad you are going to tell me you told me so…” I did not tell her that, but her school day ended that day, she walked to the principal’s office and resigned. Never looked back. She is now one of my nurse daughters. It takes guts to do that, but good for you.
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It will give you peace and that goes a long way! I’m excited for your new adventures ahead. When one door closes, there are so many other doors to open! Get out there and open some doors - maybe just not the pantry and kitchen cabinet doors. Lol. Remember, that food will never fix feelings. Instant gratification isn’t worth the long term mind games. You got this!!
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Very excited to hear about the new chapter in your life and you being able to take back control that way.
Also this
Ya’ll doing a cruise, or some sort of all inclusive resort deal, or something else entirely?
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Awesome move on the work front. I am sure something amazing is around the corner for you and you are strong enough to move forward and allow it to find you.
I hope even putting in notice helps with the stress, at least the end will be in sight.
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Excited to hear you take control and looking forward to see what the next chapter brings. Very jealous of your upcoming Caribbean vacation, I have been to that part oft he world a couple of times long ago on a previous life and it is beautiful.
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Still Wednesday, January 22
Trampoline jumping just under 90 minutes. I counted it as HIIT and according to my watch was in zones 3-5 pretty much the entire time.
It felt great - just what the doctor ordered. It’s hard to be stressed and angry when you’ve got an entire trampoline park nearly to yourself and your ponytail is flying around above you as you bounce around the place.
Afterward, we went to…this is NOT optimal and I think we should speak of other things…Golden Corral, which…well, let us speak of other things.
@Friedrich, @QuadQueen, @T3hPwnisher, @unicornsandrainbows, @simo74 thank you all for your support and good wishes! It’s not exactly a brand new chapter, I was in private practice when covid hit. A partner and I shared three offices, one of them our waiting room, but she decided to go telehealth full time and wind down her practice. Partnering with her turned out to be a mistake as she was closer to retirement than she realized and I was more ambitious than either of us realized. In 2021 I took my current job and let the private practice go. I brought a full schedule of patients with me, as I almost certainly will again when I go.
I really just want to work without office drama and conflict. I don’t see it as a bold new direction. Whatever I do things will go well. I’ve never lacked for clients or referrals and there are jobs available to me. But I feel more tired than excited having to mess with it. I resent the imposition, honestly. But there are pros and cons whatever I do. I suppose it’s even possible that I’ll change my mind between now and Tuesday, when I give my notice. I don’t think so, though.
We’re just doing a VRBO place with friends on St. John. I’ve never done an inclusive thing. Not yet, anyway.
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It is Awesome to have the power to do that. Truly. You’ve really hit your stride in so many ways. 
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Thank you! I really appreciate that.
Sometimes it feels like I’m stumbling around with more optimism than sense.
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You’re welcome.
I’ve felt that way my entire adult life, but people seem to really love and appreciate my whimsical fumbling, and I’m sure you receive similar sentiments.
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Sounds like you have everything you need for this to be a positive move!
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Thursday, January 23
Weight 155.1 I think
2 mile walk on an off-season road that’s groomed for snowmobiles, with packs. So nicely zone 2 despite our pace, which was 33 min/mile - not bad for Buttons, honestly. That good, good girl.
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Saturday, January 25
Weight 154
Like 40 minutes of xc skiing. Husband maybe didn’t feel good, not sure, but he was grumpy and didn’t like his skis and we aborted pretty quickly.
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Sunday, January 26
Weight 154.1
Iron day 13/30 - posterior chain - 15 minute/1 mile cardio warmup. This felt extra good, I think because I had an extra rest day in there. I wanted to be fresh enough yesterday not to have to lie in the snow and die in the forest because I didn’t have the stamina to xc ski back to the car, haha.
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Still Sunday
1:15 snowshoeing. Gorgeous, OMG. That felt fantastic, too, though now I’m feeling it all. But that’s okay, agenda is to relax and then go to sleep. Should be manageable, lol.
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Wednesday, January 29
Iron day 14/30 - full body- 10 minute cardio warmup. I gave notice at work yesterday, so this has been a bad week for training. Should stabilize now.
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I think you’re really good at resetting and being back on track pretty quickly.
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How is that sitting mentally? Relief?
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I whish you the best in your future project
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HUGE relief! I had no idea how unhappy I’d become, even before having overt conflict with my boss on Dec. 19th. I just informed my team, and had to stop myself from jumping up and down and clapping, lol.
Meanwhile, so far all of the patients I’ve told want to stay with me if I can accommodate their insurance, which we’ll have to see. (Many of them followed me here four years ago.)
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