Blazing my path in this world

This morning, I turned on the TV and there was a commercial on for the Peace Corps. The tagline was "What if this is your calling?". Interesting. I went online to look up Peace Corps info sessions - there's one in my part of the world next week...and the focus is mid-career professionals. Even more interesting. For the last few weeks, I've been praying for guidance and direction. Maybe this is divine direction. I'll definitely check it out.

Just got off the phone with J-dub. She's been living in Jo'burg for the past few years doing her thing. So much fun talk with her. She had some sage advice about what to research to help me find my path. Plus, she didn't balk when I said I would like to come visit her. The joke is that whenever there's an issue - people in the family think they can solve it by coming to South Africa. In my case, South Africa was my big international trip for the year (Italy was the little one). Even if I had stayed in my job, I planned to go hang out with her. Right now, I'm looking at August. As an added bonus, I can pick up my World Cup 2010 tickets before they get hella ridiculous. Right now, seats are going for < US$100 to US$300 for the really good seats.

J-dub asked what it was about the pimpin' that got to me - I can't verbalize it yet. That's probably a sign that I'm not quite ready for interviews. She was concerned that it was the stress/pressure level. It's not that I can't handle the stress/pressure...it's the trade off. If what I am doing is worth it, then the stress/pressure is just part of the package that I accept. When I was pimpin', too often I found myself asking "What the freak am I doing this for?" I want to do something where I can still look in the mirror and smile despite the stress/pressure.