I wanted to share some very cool (in my opinion) news. In two months I will have been gone from Bethel for 14 years and attended my last meeting 11 years ago. I spent 11 years at Bethel sacrificing all of my 20's to the BORG and finding myself at age 32 with no resume or real work experience.
It has been a tough haul with the majority of my energy going into building a career. I am now in the humanitarian/charity sector with a decent title and job.
Today I found out I was nominated to run as Vice President for the Industry Association for my profession. It was a nomination by three of my peers and I was asked today if I accepted the nomination and if I wanted to run in the election. After due consideration (about 20 seconds) I accepted the nomination. The election is in May.
Whether I win or not to me isn't the issue. The fact that I started so late, have developed enough of a professional reputation and credentials to have people, with no prompting at all, nominate me for the second highest position within the Association is very cool and rewarding.
I guess I just wanted to share that just because someone was once a slave (birth - age 32) to something with no future doesn't mean one is destined to remain that way.
Plus a little shameless self-promotion isn't a bad thing after years of being told I am nothing more than a worthless speck of dust.
Uzzah