morning walk and news

I am so grateful that I now have the time for morning walks.

That I live in an area where there's still some open land.

This is conservation area just a stone's throw from my house ~

right off a road that gets a decent flow of traffic.

Walking gives you time to appreciate all the beauty that surrounds us ~

and clears your mind.

You see ~ almost two weeks ago, I finally left my job.

Yes, voluntarily. In today's scarce job market.

Some of you know that I worked three days/week in a government office.

I had been there for 6-1/2 years.

However, the stress of this job was making me sick ~

physically and mentally.

I had chronic migraines, IBS, and quite often was irritable,

exhausted, anxious, and lashed out at loved ones.

I had been talking about leaving this job for at least two years!

But it finally got to the point where I had to do something,

or I was going to break. The husband and I had a serious talk

about finances and decided that we'd probably be OK.

After all, we live pretty frugally.  There are some expenses

we've cut, and I'll talk about those at another time, in a new post.

 It is amazing how much better I feel already. I've only had one headache

since I've left my job (and that was from eating too much chocolate!)

and the IBS symptoms from stress and anxiety have nearly cleared.

I feel rested, at peace, have time to visit friends and family that I 

didn't get to see often, and time to work on projects around the house.

Oh ~

 and another good thing about living where there are still farmer's fields?

Free cornstalks and cat tails!

Good thing I didn't get shot by Farmer McGregor. ;-)