Last Friday My situation at Hasbro was ‘ rule out ’ . I ’m beneficial , thank you . Call it what you will – ‘ lay off ’ , ‘ let go ’ , ‘ position displace ’ , the truth is we all sort of knew that this was inevitable . When I commence working in 1988 it seemed like a all right plan Book of Job – but maybe one where I would stay 1 or 2 years .
Flash onward nearly 28 year , and here I am . A capital drive . Exciting , always challenging , and really – I would n’t have stayed so long if it was n’t interesting and stimulating .
I know that my position and life history confused many multitude . “ why is this hombre publish a gardening blog when he also worked in the corporate world ? ” The mix-up came both ways as well . It was n’t precisely an reward , and my identity operator was muddled because of it . At work , my colleagues thought it was new as well — I often would say something like “ oh , and I keep bees and provoke show dogs , ” Until someone blurted out “ did he tell you that he turn sweet peas and was in Martha Stewart last month ! ” . Now , I can be a ‘ one - legerdemain - pony ’ .
I have some time now to think about next steps . A twelvemonth or so off to reorganise , to direct all of the bromide price like “ this is a new chapter ” or “ this is the first day of the rest of your life story . ” . I ’m OK , and fortunate to have some savings and a cushion to land on – at least for a while . I do come alive up in the middle of the night worrying if I might recede the household next year , or not be able-bodied to give the heat on the nursery , but I will cross those bridges when I get there . I have so many ideas , and so many things that I want to do now , that I kind - of feel confident that something will take off .
This is my transition week then . I involve to buy a new laptop at the Apple Store this weekend , and then set up a new blogging studio – newfangled software , unexampled Adobe Photoshop and a unexampled photo storage system . So bear with me as I upgrade digitally . By late next week , I should be a near and more efficient blogging machine – I am so activated .
Go on – say it — My garden here ? It ’s is going to look soooooooo unbelievable this class !
Those of us who keep corporate positions know that this is always an inevitable world . In some ways , I determine similarities with fellow garden bloggerMargaret Roachand her career way . Not that I was a enceinte VP at a print company , but close . As a principal at Hasbro , I had peachy demands of both time and natural endowment . I never beware that , but I would n’t be honest if I did n’t admit that there were time when I wish that I could have been work on something personal . The day - to - daylight agitation can be invigorating for a originative but also a little exhausting . Mostly , it was the time demands that got to me . I always felt stretched and pressure , finding it challenge to fit both my life into one , individual life .
If you read Margaret ’s book about transitioning from a big , incarnate job to life in the rural area , then you know exactly of what I am referring to here , and in the goal , it was this escape that I sometimes dreamed about at night .
I was look for Margaret ’s book all weekend ( I guess I recede it ) . I want to re - learn her chapters about transitioning , as part of me does n’t quite know what to do with myself ( don;t worry – I ’ll figure it out ! ) . My transcript of ‘ And I Shall Have Some Peace There ” must have been lend to a ally , so I ’ll regularize a new one .
So – here is the strange matter – I observe a peculiar fact while searching for Margaret ’s book in my book cases – there are many garden writers who began their garden composition career during this lifetime - passage stages . I suppose it make sensory faculty . Wayne Winterrowd and both of the Beekman Boys come to mind . The remainder of a line of work often mean the opening of a new vocation . Getting place off may be the best matter that ever happened to me , who eff .
For now ? I am setting up young electronic computer – and opine what ? I am heading off to the Philadelphia Flower Show Friday and Saturday – a show which I could never make metre to attend .
link up me as I raise with plants , this next year . Who knows what will be next ?
