New beginnings

I can't even tell you what a relief it is to have resigned from my job. Partly I wish I'd done it sooner so that I could be FINISHED already but of course I've had to give notice which means I'll be back there for the next two weeks. Considering I only do three shifts a week it's not so much of an imposition but you know....

So now, apart from the hours I am attending uni (which is the equivalent of two and a bit days per week but spread over four days, thanks because that's convenient) and the couple of hours I spend coaching, my time is my own. Obviously I have out-of-class work to do, and there's plenty of that... but apart from that, I can think of SO MANY THINGS to do with my new spare time that if I'm not careful I'll end up just as time-poor as I was before.

So here are some ideas/options I'm pursuing:

- Firstly I only attend classes Monday to Thursday. Previously I worked whatever hours I wasn't in class which was CRAZY so I've been taking Fridays off to do my uni work. Now that I'll (hopefully) be able to do the uni work on those four days instead of WORKING, I'm planning to keep Annabelle home on Fridays rather than send her to child care. That will save $65/wk in fees as well as give me a bit more time with her, which I'm very happy about.

- I've registered my interest in doing some behavioural therapy work with autistic and learning delayed children in their homes. It isn't very well paid but I think it would be great experience and obviously I have an interest in working with kids. You do two x 2hr sessions per week with each child and they require you to work with 2 children minimum to keep up your registration once you're trained, so that would fill 2 x half days. I'm still a bit unsure about it because it also requires travel to their homes and I don't want to end up feeling stretched, but I'm going in for a meeting to find out more about it next week (I hope). It can't hurt to check it out.

- Yesterday I went and looked at a healing centre which has a room available for rent a couple of days per week. The idea would be to rent the room for a day or half-day to do coaching because a few coaching clients would easily replace the lost income from my job. The centre is perfect. There are other practitioners in there doing naturopathy, acupuncture & chinese medicine, kinesiology, counselling, reiki etc and the building itself has a great vibe about it. It's also in a fantastic location with lots of foot traffic and easy parking. The problem is I DON'T HAVE ANY CLIENTS HERE so I can't justify paying for the room. But if I don't pay for the room, how do I get the clients? *sigh* What to do?

... So I think I just accounted for all my spare hours plus a few more didn't I? Still, it's great to have a feeling of choice and options instead of the feeling of being completely stifled and restricted and overwhelmed which is how I have been feeling these past months.

As Big Kev would say "I'M EXCITED!" :)

And now I'm off to do a step class for the first time in about ten years so wish me luck with that.