I think, after my 36th birthday, that I am having an early midlife crisis. First, let me, in a nutshell, sum up my life -
I moved here from England to marry my college boyfriend, (we had a long distance relationship for 21/2 years - great love story, but for another day). I did not cope very well with giving up my English life. (actually, I didn't really have a life yet...I was only 22, just graduated college with a degree in philosophy and politics, and what can you do with that?!)
I fell into teaching. After being adamant for years that I would only ever teach high schoolers, I ended up with preschoolers. Two and three year olds to be exact. But.... I LOVED it. And I think I was good at it! Anyway. So now I have three boys, a house, a husband who is a lawyer, a masters in early childhood education that is 3/4 finished and I am having a mid-life crisis.
I also concerned that the title of the blog is misleading. Maybe it should be "musings on MY life." Although narcissism is not what I predominately thought of when I thought about creating a blog, I am worried that is exactly what the genre of this blog may be!
The good thing is, I actually don't think anyone will read this. So how narcissistic can it be? Can narcissism only exist when there are other people to witness it?
So, that I suppose is my musing today. Let's just leave the possible mid-life crisis for another time....
Did you know that the Puritans believed that writing a journal was an important form of spiritual work? That reflecting on your life was a way to be better - and, I suppose, closer to god? I read that they shared their diaries, too - in fact, reading each others diaries and writing letters that were passed around and shown to many friends used to be common in Victorian times as well. I'm not sure why we worry that it's narcissistic now when we used to think of it as spiritual work?
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