I'm going transgender.
j/k LOL! :biggrin2:
In all seriousness, I made a decision a few months ago that my life has gotten too hectic and it is time for a change. Over the last few years I've put too much on my plate, committed to too many things and have overloaded myself to the point of exhaustion. Every time I turn around I am having to go help this person do this, go do a trade show, help do this fundraiser for these folks, go help so and so at the church because they couldn't find someone to help them etc. All of that on top of my regular responsibilities of taking care of my family and trying to find time to spend with them. A few months ago I hit my breaking point. An emotional breaking point so to speak. I have no idea what triggered it. Maybe just mental and physical exhaustion. But I was sitting in my recliner on a week night after not getting home until after 8:00 pm. The kids were getting ready for bed and I was just watching them walk through the living room when this thought ran through my head. "I'm 40 years old and I haven't spent anywhere near the time with my kids as I should and as I've wanted over the last few years. My family has been getting the 'left overs' of me and my time." I can't convey the feeling that I was feeling behind that thought but it hit me like a ton of bricks. I told my wife when I had my "enlightenment" that after these commitments that I'd already committed to were fulfilled. I was "done". No more. That I was no longer going to give them the "left overs". I did my last "help" project this past weekend for a long, long time. It feels like I've had the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders now that I have zero commitments other than my family from here on out. We've already planned a Saturday picnic this weekend at our local park and a movie that night. The smiles on my kids' faces when I told them what we're doing this weekend was worth more than a blank check from Warren Buffet. Life goes by very fast and there's no reset button once it's gone.
j/k LOL! :biggrin2:
In all seriousness, I made a decision a few months ago that my life has gotten too hectic and it is time for a change. Over the last few years I've put too much on my plate, committed to too many things and have overloaded myself to the point of exhaustion. Every time I turn around I am having to go help this person do this, go do a trade show, help do this fundraiser for these folks, go help so and so at the church because they couldn't find someone to help them etc. All of that on top of my regular responsibilities of taking care of my family and trying to find time to spend with them. A few months ago I hit my breaking point. An emotional breaking point so to speak. I have no idea what triggered it. Maybe just mental and physical exhaustion. But I was sitting in my recliner on a week night after not getting home until after 8:00 pm. The kids were getting ready for bed and I was just watching them walk through the living room when this thought ran through my head. "I'm 40 years old and I haven't spent anywhere near the time with my kids as I should and as I've wanted over the last few years. My family has been getting the 'left overs' of me and my time." I can't convey the feeling that I was feeling behind that thought but it hit me like a ton of bricks. I told my wife when I had my "enlightenment" that after these commitments that I'd already committed to were fulfilled. I was "done". No more. That I was no longer going to give them the "left overs". I did my last "help" project this past weekend for a long, long time. It feels like I've had the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders now that I have zero commitments other than my family from here on out. We've already planned a Saturday picnic this weekend at our local park and a movie that night. The smiles on my kids' faces when I told them what we're doing this weekend was worth more than a blank check from Warren Buffet. Life goes by very fast and there's no reset button once it's gone.
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