Week 4 Blog #3:

I Follow My Gut...

My instructor, Joe Bustillos started a summer job at a phone company, and ended up working there for 15 years. Now, the difference between Joe and the other workers was that Joe was not a "lifer." All of the employees were content working there for the rest of their lives. However, Joe wanted more for himself.

I relate to Joe, and I was actually surprised when I read the blip that he wrote about not being a lifer. I wrote a previous blog that reminded me of what Joe wrote. I didn't realize that there were many people how there who thought exactly the way I did, until the other day when I read Joe's blip. In my previous blog I expressed that fact that I knew I did not want to stay at the same job that I am at now, but I wasn't sure how to explain why I didn't. However, Joe's term "lifer" seems to help me explain it better. I am definitely not a lifer, at least not if I can help it. I am a teacher, and I am surrounded by people who plan on working as a teacher in the same position at the same school for the rest of their lives. However, that is just not me. I know in my heart and in my gut, that I will not be doing that. After reading Joe's blip about his life's work, I realized that we have something in common! While we may not be able to control every bit of our lives, and summer jobs may sometimes last longer than we planned, there is still the fire within us that will get us where we want to be. Life may throw us curve balls, but eventually we will end up exactly where we are supposed to be!