When you have to make a career/life change, it can sometimes be very scary. That's what is happening to me. Due to a misdiagnosis and invasive treatment (based on the misdiagnosis), I'm left with a physical impairment and autoimmune disorder. That puts a huge damper on a nursing career. At middle-age, having worked long hours in one place, doing one type of thing, I've suddenly been slapped with reality. The world outside of what I'd been living is so different than I remember it. Technology has advanced right under my nose, and I had no clue, let alone spare time, to realize it. I'm now out of the loop and feel like I've stepped into a whole new world. It is scary, challenging, and self-doubting.
I'm lucky to even be writing this. I finally had to seek help. I'd spent hours working on a wiki thing and this blog thing. My husband, also technology illiterate, and I only stumbled upon how to put profile info onto this blog thing. We also, completely accidentally, managed to somehow resize a photo to post on the wiki thing.
I always used to hate it when I heard an elder say, "It's no fun getting old". I can now relate. I suppose that just because one ages, there's no reason one can't keep up with the world's technological changes. However, when you are busied with one career, other things absolutely go by the waste-side. That's certainly what happened to me. Now I feel like my elders. It's no fun to feel that way. But I won't bore younger generations with that old statement that I hated so much.
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Leo,
ReplyDeleteI love your background too! I am an avid book lover. What you said about the portraits of students is a really important point; I agree there is nothing like holding a classic in your hands. Books have their own lives and stories beyond their content, and that is diminished when they are put onto e-readers.