TexAnne - the shop where I learned to sew is mostly for quilters, and I went in wanting to learn to sew clothing. I may work my way up to quilting, but I'm working on straight seams first. The little teeny tiny seams scare me.
Diatryma - Yes! Interviews are easy! I know I'll ace the interview, unless I get the dreaded "you're too qualified for this job." Until they start hiring people to stay at home and read a lot, or travel around the world visiting castles though, I'll just have to stick with what I've been doing.
Thank you to everyone for the suggestions, too. It helps to know that I'm not the only one out there who is having trouble finding my niche.
I guess I just feel pressured to find "the thing" because I was always really good at school, and told that I would amount to something, :), and I haven't yet. I feel like I'm slacking off. Especially hard because my husband has finished school to be a helicopter pilot, and while he doesn't love his current job, the work he's doing (the actual flying) is exactly what he's always wanted to do.
I guess I just needed reassurance that it's OK to do things purely for the enjoyment without wanting to make a career out of it. My dad asked me once, "Well, you like music, and you like psychology, so why not do musical therapy?" and I didn't have the heart to tell him that I liked Behaviorism and not Abnormal Psychology, and the thought of doing actual therapy on people scares me to death.
Things I enjoy: Feeling as though I have created something, making things better (run more smoothly, efficiently, etc.), following rules to one clear answer, reading, singing, TRAVEL!
Things I don't enjoy: Self motivation, dealing with people, feeling at the end of the day that I have accomplished nothing lasting.
Lurking on Making Light for 3 years now has opened my eyes to lots of possibilities. I took up sewing 6 months ago, and am considering getting a hamster.
My response to people who comment on how quickly I'm reading is to say "oh, no, I've only read a little bit, I haven't really gotten into it yet." This is especially effective if I've read 100 pages while on my lunch break. I borrowed Outlander from a friend and returned it to her the next day, to her surprise. I think I probably read very much like Caroline at #164, but now I'm going to have to pay more attention.
I just started reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell this weekend, and I haven't really gotten into it yet (but the comments here are giving me hope). I do find that generally I have to pace my reading (only reading at lunch, or on the Max) because otherwise the books take over the house.
Now I'm going to pace my commenting because thread about reading has stirred up all sorts of completely unrelated thoughts, and it's entirely too late to post them coherently.
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