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THE DREAM ON THE SHELF

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You Are Not Your Thoughts
Tell me something. Where are you right now, really? Not the how are you, fine thanks answer we all give, the true one. What's been rattling around in your head lately, the one you keep pushing off to next week, or the one you haven't said out loud to a single soul? Tell me where you're at today. I can go first if that makes it easier :-). Here I go....some nights, when the house is quiet and I can't sleep anyway, this little voice creeps in and asks who do you think you are, starting something brand new at 69. Shouldn't you have done this years ago? I don't always have a comeback for it. But the truth is, I don't think I could have done this a long time ago, it took me this long to feel secure enough to use my voice for me instead of everybody else. Some nights I remind myself the whole reason I'm building this place is because I finally stopped letting that old voice win. Yes, some days it still feels a little late, but I've stopped needing it not to be. After all I can't go back, I can only go forward and forward feels good. I don't have it all figured out, I'm building it as I go, right alongside you. So that's mine. Your turn :-)
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I know exactly what you mean. I’m about to embark on a new job. Yes I’ve had my career and live with the guilt that I loved my job and often put it before my family. That is my biggest regret. Amazingly my children have grown into adults who I not only love with all my heart and I’m so proud of them but are the kind of people I would like to be. I’m in ore and admire how they present themselves in life. I’m also very lucky that for some reason I can’t fathom they are still happy to spend time with me and look out for me. Another blessing is they have both found amazing life partners who have also welcomed me into their lives. My anxiety now is ‘the new job’ This is for me, for my benefit, for my happiness, for my future. Am I being selfish not making myself available 24 hours a day to the family I adore? Is it ok to put me first, because sometimes it doesn’t feel ok! Do I need to be there to make their life’s easier. Would this compensate for not always being there when they were small. This keeps me awake at night.
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So my new job is for the Cumbrian National Park. It’s an investigator for the planning department. Not only will I be able to use my previous skills but I’ll get to travel around the beautiful countryside. Being a country girl at heart this so feels like my perfect job.
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Karen Diamond
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Hi from the UK

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Joined Jul 9, 2026