I USED TO BE A BIG DEAL

When David first met me he Googled me to see what popped up.  To his surprise things did pop up.  I used to be a reporter and photographer.  I started in high school on the newspaper and got a job at the big state paper The Arizona Republic.  After that I worked on the college newspaper and worked my way up to editor in chief.  Then after my success in school I was able to get hired at South Eugene High School.  Since I lived in Arizona it took me a while to figure out what a big deal it was.  There are teachers who work years in hopes of getting hired there.  My students went to Harvard, MIT, and Stanford and the publications I advised were award winning.

Looking back at all my so called big days I can say I honestly don't miss them.  I do miss the the people I worked with and the students I taught.  But, I don't miss that world.  Now I have no career aspirations.  If I was talking to myself in my college years, the college me would yell at me and say "WHAT!"  But, my priorities now are  God, my husband and my kids.  It is funny I spent so much of my younger years working, working for something and now I realize it really isn't all that great.  Don't get me wrong, career aspirations are great, but you have to know yourself well to pick the right thing for you and you can't let it rule your life.

What about you?  Anything you see differently than when you were younger?