Six months

Today marks 6 months since I packed up my boxes, turned off my computer, and shut off the light in my office for the very last time.

Six months since I quit my job to stay at home with my son.

Six months since I stopped receiving a paycheck

Six months since I had that first taste of freedom.

Six months since I had to answer to a boss other than myself.

Six months since I had to get up, showered, and presentable in order to get to work by 8 (or 9…)

How quickly time goes by!

This is a major milestone! A life event! A truly momentous occasion! (Hopefully my dear husband will read this post and bring me something fantastic to commemorate.) In the meantime, I feel that I should say something profound.

But profound is not my bag, baby. At least not right now. So instead, I’m going to play a little game I like to call “In and Out.” It’s like the thing they do in fashion mags… In: wedge sandals. Out: Birkenstocks. You know…

Here goes.

OUT: Requiring medicinal assistance just to go to sleep
IN: Sleeping soundly through the night

OUT: Panic attacks and high blood pressure
IN: Yoga

OUT: A whole day of meetings without so much as a bathroom break
IN: A whole day at the beach

OUT: Shaking hands with the sweaty palms of middle-aged businessmen
IN: Sweet, sticky kisses from my adoring son

OUT: Reading email
IN: Reading novels, biographies, non-fiction, blogs…

OUT: Writing email
IN: Writing blog entries, articles, my book

OUT: Spending inordinate amounts of time with people I really don’t like that much
IN: Getting together with the friends whose company I enjoy

OUT: Spending money on lattes, clothes, car payments, lunch…
IN: Not spending money

OUT: Wearing clothes that have to be dry-cleaned
IN: Wearing the same clothes every day

OUT: Living and breathing WORK
IN: Living and breathing PERIOD

OUT: Fluorescent light
IN: Sunshine

OUT: Recirculated air
IN: Fresh air

OUT: Sitting at a desk for hours and hours
IN: Walking, running, jumping, skipping, leaping

OUT: Guilt
IN: Happiness

“Now is the time to live your ideal life.” — Cousineau

I believe it now more than ever.

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