This post sort of falls into the life is to short category. We continue to write chapters in our lives as we live. The highs and lows that we may experience throughout our lives. The difficult tests that bring us to the breaking point and the happy times we celebrate could all be defined as a chapter.
Well work is one of those chapters, the thrill of the first job. The high of getting a better job and of course when we retire, the sadness that may come from closing that door. By all means am I way to young to retire, but 11 years spend in a field that was never something you set out to do is a long time to be in that field.
Part of this thinking yes comes from the fact that I have been working going on 4 weeks straight but after a long conversation with my brother on this topic I have realized that maybe it is time to hang it up. 11 years 7 different stores and the feeling is the same. The thrill of a rush and long hours of a buyback is something I used to look forward to, but now am just tired of. The excitement has faded and I feel myself breaking down. My goal either short term or long term is to help people, somehow make somebody else's life a little better then it was. Selling a $200 chemistry book to a freshman is not helping in any sense.
There has to be a greater purpose, what that is I am still looking for. But I strongly feel that maybe the time has come in my life to look at something different. Somewhere I can leave my mark on this planet and know I did a good job. I will be forever grateful for this industry but it is not who I am, nor am I really sure I want to be it.
So who knows, will keep everyone posted on what I find out............
