My team at work engaged in a conversation about retirement yesterday morning.  None of us TRULY want to get up and come here every day.  It’s not the company…..we work for a good company.  Our boss is very easy to work with and the work isn’t as back breaking as my last one was.  We just don’t want to work every day….for someone else.  We all want to make our own rules.  Like Travel Diva said to me earlier this week, we want to look in the mirror and see the boss looking back at us.

Well this morning one of the team shared our conversation with our boss and she stormed over and insisted that we not leave her here by herself…….if we retire, she wants in on it. LOL  How about that.  For a month now I’ve sat here and looked around wondering “do these people REALLY want to be here?  Seriously?  Somebody looks forward to THIS?”  And I acknowledged that I just don’t find it enjoyable but it’s possible that others do.  LOL  Now I have the answer to my question.

We talked for an hour about ways to not work anymore.  Of course I didn’t share that this time next year I’ll be signing my own checks…but it was interesting to hear the ideas and plans that other people have.  The one common theme was fear though.  One person came out and plainly said that she needs a steady stream of income and therefore can’t quit a job.  My other half would call that lack of faith in one’s self.  If you’re good at what you do then YES YOU CAN!  It just amazed me at the lack of faith WE all tend to have.  It also motivates me a little more to know that I’m not CRAZY for feeling the way I do sometimes.

This morning on the ride to work I found myself worrying about money again……and then I stopped myself.  RISK IS WORTH THE REWARD.  Last night I started working on my 3 minute elevator pitch.  It’s required for a funding opportunity. YAY ME!  I also narrowed down my theme ideas for the table top competition. 

Risk huh Sales Diva?????(I hope she knows that I’mma call her and Creole when I start hyperventilating.  Hassan’ll just hand me a paper bag and say breathe. LOL)