Resting on My Laurels

A dear friend sent me the title of this post in a text in April. April 28th to be exact and when I read the words on my phone screen the wheels started turning. At the time, I didn't do anything with them and almost forgot about them. Tonight I was reading another text from a friend and she was asking me about an interview I had gone to for a new job. The interview went well but to be perfectly honest, the job isn't right for me.

Yes, you can say it.... "In this economy? Why isn't the job 'right' Di?" based on how difficult it is to find a job one might wonder why I'm not thrilled to find this opportunity and grab it with both of my greedy little hands (I Know, my hands aren't exactly little...rather large actually). To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure I'm doing the right thing by not pursuing this job offer with a little more vigor. The economy is in a bad state and who can say I'll find a job that I am crazy about. No one can say that I will find that dream job. Thing is, what I DO know is that I also can't settle for a job that would take me in a direction that; #1 doesn't help to serve our men and women who serve this nation,  #2 doesn't have me looking forward to going to work every day and #3 doesn't allow me to use my strongest skills. All of those things are extremely important to me.

Perhaps I AM resting on my laurels.