Vetting? Any regrets?

Low grade malaise.  Extreme vetting they say.  But did they vet when they voted?  There is no mandate.  Only 26% of the whole of the voting public voted for the current president.  46% did not vote.  The popular vote did not go to the un vetted.  Do they get it?

They are selling fear.  I believe the "white trash" that have lost out due to automation and not growing with the times or advances in technology - may be structural in nature - are responsible for this confusion.  They are voting against their own interest and do not realized it.  You can't fix stupid.

Stupidity due to fear and alternative facts.  It has actually been said that the media is the enemy and should be fired.   A free media is the backbone of a vibrant democracy.

Why does this all feel like we are being taken over subtly, at times in small increments and turned into an autocracy.  He thinks he is king.

On another note - the crux of the matter, the heart of heart discussion for me - about me about me about me about me right now is WHEN TO QUIT.   Or how to survive and  thrive in the meantime.

I want to quit this work I am doing in my corporate life.   Partly due to the many issues.  Every client is in escalation or struggling with the Solution.  So many issues, so fragile, so many broken parts.  So many limitations.

I want to quit.  I am thinking about what that looks like.  What I can do with the time on my hands when I do stop.

I am getting more comfortable with the idea of not working.  Or not working in the corporate world.   But I want to make the decision to wrap up this part of my life on my terms and when I am ready,  I want to know that there is enough money, that things are paid for, that I have a plan.  There are still things to do.

And what will I do?
I want to be able to live in Italy for a month or so at a time.  I may learn some Italian.  I will study art, history, food in Italy.

I will take writing classes and write in a number of mediums.  Mixed media - digital, on paper, in journals.  I will scribble.... I will manipulate pictures like the fun SX70 stuff I used to do.  I will spend time in studio - there are some options.

At some point - I will give classes in art journaling.  There are so many possibilities.

I will walk and walk and walk.  Walk in Italy - the streets of Florence, the beach, the trails.  The dirt roads at Big Pine.

    "What we need is more women conductors!" Judy Woodruff.   PBS Newshour 1/31/2017.   And good coffee.

     Moleskin art - art journals...mixed media, so many fun things to do and create.  But I digress...

In the meantime - while the internal "what's next" percolates and forms - how will I approach "work" - the other work?

With fun (remember Glenna) with "I don't care" - it is not my fault, I did not create it, I did not cause it and I cannot fix it.   With calmness and gratitude,  with sensitivity to my clients but with a realistic "eye" to what really matters.  My guide will be - what will any of this mean in a few months from now.   I will be comfortable and make things work for me.

A key to my going forward will be lectio and practice of gratitude.  Humility and listening. Remember to listen.
Keep moving....