Comments on: The wide open sea

By: Another brick…

Another brick… — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:26:17 +0000

[...] choices haven’t been going so well over the past few weeks. In my current job-free life I’ve allowed the days to stretch into each other, without enough structure. I’m [...]

By: Tess

Tess — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:50:43 +0000

Rachel, welcome to the blog and thanks so much for your comment and encouragement. I’ve just been exploring your site – I really like it, and will be sure to spend time there.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:20:39 +0000

What an exciting new beginning for you (and wonderful to have the financial means to give you the confidence to go for it!)!

I wish you the best of luck with your new endeavours and that you grab every wonderful opportunity with both hands (flippers?)

By: Tess

Tess — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:57:36 +0000

Lucy: Big smile on my face!

By: lucy

lucy — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:42:32 +0000

again, a big super WOOHOOOOOO for YOU!!! i am so excited and i can already see you riding those super dolphin waves. not so surprisingly, i had an image of waves myself this morning and i was reminded that along with the highs come some dips in the sea. i know you are up to it, so get to dancing dolphin-girl!!! xoxoox

By: Tess

Tess — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:27:48 +0000

Thanks SS and Barbara Anne, and towanda, I love the idea of dancing on my dolphin-head!

By: towanda

towanda — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:51:20 +0000

last year in Mexico we saw dolphins leaping out of the water then dancing — I swear it — on their heads.

I hope the same for you.

By: Barbara Anne

Barbara Anne — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:49:48 +0000

Playing catch-up here, but sending my warmest wishes for joy, peace, and a deep creative well to draw from as you imagine your new life and all of it’s possibilities!!!

I’d vote that you let your former boss know you’d consider doing some limited consulting, no more than one or two days a week (or your choice here, perhaps 2 days a month?). You’ll get to see your friends, but will be delighted at how office politics won’t affect you in the least. Part-time work can be delightful and occasionally swimming back to the familiar is okay. As for the headhunters, you can talk with them without obligation and perhaps you can do some work with the new offices, but only as you choose to and if you want to. You’ll have learned what they have to offer.

Add me to your cheering squad!!!!!

By: Sunrise Sister

Sunrise Sister — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:31:26 +0000

Tess – wow – I think this is exciting news for you and for us who are your blog friends. We are here for your new adventures to unfold and for the calling that has already begun in you – maybe not formed yet – but forming. You are a seeker and a definite “born to be a dolphin” person! Yeah, for you and congratulations. xoxo

By: Tess

Tess — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:52:14 +0000

@Sue, thanks, I’m glad to have you cheering me on.
@Kel, a warm welcome to my blog and thanks for commenting. You’re right, but I should say it’s nowhere near a year’s money! Redundancy payments can be structured in a very tax-advantageous way in the UK, so that helps, but I’m going to have to make tough money choices for the freedom of working less or not at all for a while. That’s probably the subject of another post!