Comments on: Why I Haven’t Won the Pulitzer http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/chronicles-of-chaos/2009/07/15/why-i-havent-won-the-pulitzer/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:13:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: Teresa http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/chronicles-of-chaos/2009/07/15/why-i-havent-won-the-pulitzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Teresa Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:27:39 +0000 http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/?p=1145#comment-1679 I've had the hardest time dealing with my lack of a career since my son was born last year. I've tried to come to the same conclusion as you many times. I've been working since I was 15, and my job has always been such a hugely defining aspect of my life, and my career succeses have been such points of pride and personal accomplishment, that not working has felt like a piece of myself that's missing. Thank you for putting into writing what I failed to comprehend. I know I'm a little way off from a full-fledged return to my career or even most of the other activites I loved so much before 2008, but your article will remind me that I get to define who I am, and that even if I get lost in the mix along the way, I can find ways of reclaiming myself at any time. I’ve had the hardest time dealing with my lack of a career since my son was born last year. I’ve tried to come to the same conclusion as you many times. I’ve been working since I was 15, and my job has always been such a hugely defining aspect of my life, and my career succeses have been such points of pride and personal accomplishment, that not working has felt like a piece of myself that’s missing.

Thank you for putting into writing what I failed to comprehend. I know I’m a little way off from a full-fledged return to my career or even most of the other activites I loved so much before 2008, but your article will remind me that I get to define who I am, and that even if I get lost in the mix along the way, I can find ways of reclaiming myself at any time.

]]> By: mamatoto http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/chronicles-of-chaos/2009/07/15/why-i-havent-won-the-pulitzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 mamatoto Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:32:58 +0000 http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/?p=1145#comment-1678 I have been a stay at home mom for the past 10 years. A few years back I realized that I had given all of me to my children. There was nothing left. I couldn't even tell you what I was interested in outside of my kids. And although that time with them was wonderful as I look back on how I would have done things differently from this perspective... I would have taken a lot more time to feed and nurture my own soul, continued my education, volunteered (outside of the classrooms), and I would have made a stronger commitment to myself. I am looking to go back to work now and have been reflecting on my choices with no regrets just from a different perspective. Thanks for your post. I have been a stay at home mom for the past 10 years. A few years back I realized that I had given all of me to my children. There was nothing left. I couldn’t even tell you what I was interested in outside of my kids. And although that time with them was wonderful as I look back on how I would have done things differently from this perspective… I would have taken a lot more time to feed and nurture my own soul, continued my education, volunteered (outside of the classrooms), and I would have made a stronger commitment to myself. I am looking to go back to work now and have been reflecting on my choices with no regrets just from a different perspective. Thanks for your post.

]]> By: Filaree http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/chronicles-of-chaos/2009/07/15/why-i-havent-won-the-pulitzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Filaree Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:15:23 +0000 http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/?p=1145#comment-1677 Could be I'm pregnant and emotional but this brought tears to my eyes. It brought up something for me about the collective struggle in humankind to live a fully awake and impassioned life. The world is so complicated that it's almost impossible to find what makes us feel that aliveness we seek...and more times than not it is not just one thing. Hence the balancing act you, me and probably most mothers feel. Could be I’m pregnant and emotional but this brought tears to my eyes. It brought up something for me about the collective struggle in humankind to live a fully awake and impassioned life. The world is so complicated that it’s almost impossible to find what makes us feel that aliveness we seek…and more times than not it is not just one thing. Hence the balancing act you, me and probably most mothers feel.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/chronicles-of-chaos/2009/07/15/why-i-havent-won-the-pulitzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Anonymous Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:06:43 +0000 http://www.mylittlebuddha.com/?p=1145#comment-1676 Powerful, thank you. Powerful, thank you.

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