Funny how looking back to games I used to play, someone could have realized I’d want to fiddle with paper, books and organizing. They didn’t — but it was all there!

Hmm… yeah… better get yourself a gold watch to turn this into a celebration! ;-)

It’s funny/interesting that a friend of mine (older than me) always knew/felt I should work for myself and wouldn’t be happy (work-wise) until I did. He just “got” it, years before me. I needed to accumulate office experience, contacts and (tons of) confidence before I felt ready. And even then, it was one of those “meet the right person at the right time” things that ended up making me take the plunge. It’s not for everyone, that’s for sure, but it’s very rewarding.

We had “guidance councilors” at school who were supposed to provide career guidance but I don’t remember ever getting any useful or inspiring information from them. By the time I graduated from high school I had no better idea of what I wanted to do than I had when I was six years old.

Except for one thing… I had this idea that I didn’t want a desk job like my dad had.

Fast forward 30 years. I’m getting ready to celebrate 20 years at this desk. (OK, there have been a bunch of desks, but all desks, and all more or less the same job.)

I’m not sure “celebrate” is the right word.

you may have judged this to have been fuzzy when you wrote it but it makes sense to me and I relate to so much of it. Reading this reminds me of how much I have missed reading your wonderful voice and perspectives on life!

I feel badly about the way I dropped out of blogging and I write this hoping of course, that you remember me. I have not forgotten you!!

I have 2 kids now. We lived without a computer since 2 months before the birth of my daughter 4 years ago, and have now been online at home since December. I am hoping to start blogging again but not like I did in the past. It will be under my real name and hopefully not be as angst-ridden as my earlier blog. We’ll see how much time I will have to do it since the kids (the youngest is 9 months old next Tuesday) demand a lot of attention. I am on Facebook, however under Laurie Schuh. Don’t know if you use that. If you would like to write back to me, I’d love it!

All the best,
Laurie/Cocokat

C’est drôle, hein, j’ai mis du temps à penser à ce blogue-ci pour écrire ça. Je me sentais sans espace pour le faire (d’uh!). Tiens, c’est l’âge aussi: la mémoire qui s’en va, haha!