Journeys of a Catholic Poster Girl

“Our faith needs to be the North Star of our lives. Our behavior needs to match our words.” –Archbishop Charles Chaput

Working conundrum

Filed under: personal, prayer — catholicpostergirl at 9:35 pm on Sunday, May 27, 2007

It seems like everyone I talk to these days is sick of their job. I am no exception. It’s not really that I’m sick of it, it’s that I don’t feel challenged, I definitely don’t feel needed, and I know I didn’t go to college for four years to order office supplies and type labels. I just didn’t. I need some sort of stimulation. Hopefully this will change once I’ve got my C.I. activated and I can be more useful again, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope for that one.

Compounding this is the idea of discernment and what God wants me to do with my life> I don’t think God has me making labels forever. But that could be presumptuous. During my retreat I felt that God wanted me to stay in my present place for a little while longer, but of course, the length of time wasn’t specified (when he told Lucia she’d be here “awhile longer” after her cousins died, she stayed about 80 more years. So what does that tell me?). I don’t know if I have anything else to offer at work, or if I should start looking other places. I’d love to do something that involves kids, or health care, or government relations somewhere. And of course I’d love to just sit back and write the Great American Novel, but that’s real likely to happen, given my total lack of self-discipline and inspiration in that project.

Wow this is kind of  rant; sorry it’s not the most interesting thing. :) I guess the only thing to do is more prayer and, especially, for discernment.

A “Me” meme

Filed under: Blogroll, Catholicism-general, family, movies, personal, pictures — catholicpostergirl at 7:49 pm on Sunday, May 27, 2007

I tag Liz and Nutmeg!

Ryan and I

*that’s me and my godson, BTW.

All About MEme

1. Male or Female: Female

2. Married or Single (or religious): Single

3. Dream vacation: Rome and England
4. Birthplace: St. Ann’s hospital, Columbus, OH

5. Area I live in currently: apt. in Central Ohio

6. Someone you wish you could meet: The Pope (I know I’m so original)

7. Biggest “pet-peeve”: They are all driving-related–not using turn signals, not having your lights on in the rain/snow/dark

8. Favorite Religious devotion: Rosary

9. Favorite Saint (besides the Blessed Mother): My Patron saint, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Emily :) and St. Thomas More

10. Favorite sport that you play: mini-golf (is that a sport?)

11. Favorite food: pasta, baby. Pasta.

12. Tridentine or Novus Ordo: Missed the Tridentine by virtue of being an 80s baby, but would LOVE to attend one.

13. Would you (or are you) home school or public school: I did public and parochial school; I would like to homeschool though, since I was originally an education major.

14. How many kids do you have: none.

15.Ever been in an auto accident: Yes. Rear-ended taxi in February (sadly)

16. Ever seen a Pope in person: No, working on it, though.

17.Languages that you know fluently: English , American Sign language. I can read French pretty well

18.Last movie you saw in theatres: Spiderman III

19.Favorite Blog: The Corner, Danielle Bean, Mom to the Screaming Masses, Life in a Nutshell, Adoro Te Devote, Recovering Dissident Catholic, Liz’s Book Blog!

20.Your thoughts on Barney, the Easter bunny, and Santa Claus: Missed Barney phenomenon, thank God. Easter Bunny–very cool. He still comes to our house. :) santa Claus–also very cool, even though no longer comes to our house. :)

 
Powered by Get your free Catholic Blog at tBlogs Catholic Blogs