I met with my director at work today. For the past several months I had been doing serious soul searching about my work. I have spent the past fourteen years working at an addiction program for drugs and alcohol. It has been at times demanding, draining, exhausting yet rewarding exhilarating work. Giving 100 percent of yourself is tough in any situation, but that is what I have tried my best to do these 14 years.
During the past couple of weeks I came up with an exit plan of sorts. I presented it to my boss today.
For the next few weeks I will be training in house yoga teachers for our program. Hopefully then if all goes as planned in a couple of months I will only be teaching the Pain Management group and the First Responder/Military group one day a week. And when the time comes, I will bow out gracefully from that one day eventually.
I have one amazing teacher already trained and will start another one next week. Teaching/working in an addiction center is a calling I believe. To be effective and successful there, you have to have empathy and let go of judgements and be willing to listen. My students through these past 14 years have given me so very much and I am so grateful to have met each of them.
This is not retirement. This is about bringing balance into my life, giving myself and Rick the gift of time to pursue some of the things we love. I have struggled with living a balanced life the past few years, but this past year as 2019 began I made a commitment to myself to work towards balance.
I made a giant leap forward toward balance today.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
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Society needs people like you, people that believe working with addicts is a calling and it's rewarding.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Good Luck with your plans for the future!
With such a demanding career,, I'd say there would be a need for balance in your life. Best wishes for your exit plan and all tht goes with it. You are smart to take action before you get burnt out.
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