Dear Blog

Gawd- my mind has gone blank again- is this what is known as writer's block?.....

I think I was quickly pen a note about another facet of being a Certain Age and beginning to Fade and that is What To Do When You Have Had Enough Of Your Career, but are probably too Faded to start again.
When you are Below a Certain Age you can chop and change careers relatively easily- I did it myself once-but reverted back to my original career cos I was more comfortable with it- then. Now I think I've had Enough...so what to do? I'm in the UK and, despite the fact we are very PC here one aspect of discrimination that has not yet been addressed is Age discrimination. Once passed 35 you are no use to anyone...and so once over a Certain Age you are on the rubbish heap of life.

Once I went and had one of those career re-evaluation thingies- where you do loads of tests and they match your skills ( what skills?)with careers. Apparently I was Highly Unusual because they came up with a choice of 12 careers for me- most folk only get a choice of about 4. Notably my then career was not mentioned amongst these 12.......Hmmm......strange. I always knew I was a square peg in a round hole, or is it a round peg in a square hole? I could retrain to be a lawyer, or a librarian, a marketing analyst or a PR executive- the list went on. I was Inspired, until I realised none of these was compatible with being a young Mum with no back up support for things like child care etcetc, so I went back to what I knew I could handle.

Now its too late I think to start any of them...sad, or what? So, what else? I used to win prizes for my paintings and sketches.....and for my essays but I think those days of youthful fantasising and lots of spare time to reflect and Mull on Life and Become Inspired have rather passed me by. But I do not want to wait to being Really Over The Hill and Retired.......shiver....shiver. Won't go there.

Well perhaps life will show me some signs for a new direction, and in the meantime I can get things out of my system on here. But, it's sad that here my Certain Age-ness would be held against me. Unless I went to work on the shop floor at B&Q. They prefer the More Mature person 'cos they actually turn up for work everyday and know what they are talking about and actually do their job instead of standing around giggling or gossiping.....Hmmmmm, well perhaps I won't go there either!!!!

Well I shall have to say ciao for a few days now dear Blog- 'cos No. 1 son is home tomorrow and he will be hogging the computer no doubt, and also I need my beauty sleep..................