Positivity in all aspects....

I am a bit proud of myself today.  Someone brought up someone I no longer consider a friend due to some unfortunate situation.  At any rate, I have made peace or I don't care but I did not say anything negative just nodded and smiled.  It was like someone had a box of marshmallows and they were taking aim at my forehead trying to see if they could hurt me.  I'm over it. 
:) So glad I am learning and have learned to move on and am trying to let go of the negative.  My life only needs good things and the bad things are going to fall through and hurt themselves because I am not catching them anymore. :)

Career Choices & Opportunities

I am currently struggling with the decision to go back to school once more. It's not enough that I juggle single-momhood and a full-time job and just having finished my MBA in December but now I want to go back for more. I am a true glutton for punishment.

I keep having this nagging feeling that I should go into Occupational Therapy. There's a part-time program I can enroll in. I feel though as if this is a choice based on my childs needs and not my personal ambitions. Is it selfish of me, no.... the healthy less co-dependent side of me thinks there are other avenues for support of his needs and that I should not try to shoulder more of that than I can handle. The other side of me feels that I am not the passionate parent advocate I should me like some are when their child is afflicted by some disease or killed by a drunk driver. I just don't know what part of me should win on this decision making battle.

The practical me or the over analytical me. I often go through some mental meltdown for weeks until I can come to full terms with what is the best course of action. Then and only then am I able to make peace with my decision and move on. I hate that I am like that but then I would not be so self controlled and have any money in my savings account right? Oh sigh.

Stuff to do...

I never cease to find something new to do online. Now I am hooked on blip.fm, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and another iPhone favorite TuneWiki. All these are really in some form social or professional networking sites but I am not thoroughly into all of them. Most recently I was obsessed with my following on Twitter. It was an aimless sort of thing until I found other parents with special needs children posting their 140 word thoughts and links to other autism/Asperger sites.

In that sense some social networking has it's place. I met a few people but it really is not a safe place to try to meet anyone - it's too open like Craigslist is. Any crazy can get on there and stalk you or harass you.

The favorites I have are Facebook because I connect with people I truly know from work, family or affiliations with local groups. I prefer LinkedIn for professional networking because you can build your circle of professional friends that know your work ethic and can give you good references for your next potentional job/career move. It's great for new college graduates.

If you want to connect with me on any of these please email me for FB or LinkedIn but you can follow me on Twitter on the username cwriting.