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TxZen
7-6-14, 8:29pm
Well I didn't get fired but I did resign. The sad thing is the CEO knows the truth and is saddened to see me go. The thing I find sad is knowing the truth and her still doing nothing about it. Oh well..moving on.

I am a very visual and mark the occasion kinda gal. I am taking all my work papers, save the projects I have done, and am having a burning party next Saturday. This includes all my memberships to various organizations that were career related and even a suit that I have worn every week for the past 2 years. It will be very cleansing for me.

Another important aspect for me is to sit in the moment and soak it in. I usually rush to get through these things but I think this is such a time of contemplation for me, as time to really let go of this 23 year path I have been on and to open up to all that is new and exciting in the world.

I am also donating my hair. I have had it long for 7 years now. Again, another soul cleansing, mark the moment time for me. I am not afraid of change in this way and I think a new perspective, even if only hair, will be very satisfying.

I packed up all my corporate clothes except for the pieces I am wearing for my final week of work. This includes jewelry, shoes, accessories. I want extreme simple for the rest of the summer. A huge piece for me is my make up. I am basically throwing it all out (I think I have had most for over 4 months now). Freshly scrubbed and clean is my motto right now, to include my face.

And so begins the stripping back of the layers to find out who is under there.

I am really excited to approach this next phase in my life. Here's to life!!!:cool:

iris lilies
7-6-14, 8:30pm
wow, that's a great way to start out fresh and new! Good for you, keep us updated.

ctg492
7-6-14, 8:32pm
Please keep us posted on your new adventures in life! Best of luck

Jilly
7-6-14, 8:44pm
There is something cleansing about ritually passing from one part of a life to another. I highly recommend fire as part of the process.

I would love to see that suit burned and watch your boss' betrayal float up into the sky, taking all of that negativity and cowardice along with it.

Tussiemussies
7-7-14, 12:41am
Sounds like a new wonderful time in your life. So great that you can do many things to cleanse you from your experiences there....

shadowmoss
7-7-14, 6:15am
You might consider donating your corporate duds to someone who needs them rather than destroying perfectly good clothes and such. It's not the suit's fault that the job was sucky.

TxZen
7-7-14, 8:08am
Shadowmoss- it's just one really worn out suit, the pants are literally worn thin from too much wearing. I will donate 2 others and some shoes, 3 shirts. I purged them last night. :)

shadowmoss
7-7-14, 9:52am
Ok, good for you. I just hate to hear about things that could be used beind destroyed. Why yes, I am kind of a horder, why do you ask? :)

TxZen
7-7-14, 6:53pm
I understand Shadowmoss. :)

Jilly
7-7-14, 10:39pm
You might consider donating your corporate duds to someone who needs them rather than destroying perfectly good clothes and such. It's not the suit's fault that the job was sucky.


Ok, good for you. I just hate to hear about things that could be used beind destroyed. Why yes, I am kind of a horder, why do you ask? :)

All of that made me laugh. Hoarder...chuckle...laugh...snort...drool...guffaw ...thud.

Blackdog Lin
7-16-14, 9:42pm
GreenMama: I hope your burning party was all that you hoped for. Cleansing and all that. :)

Best wishes for the next stage of your life.

Float On
7-17-14, 10:51am
When I left banking I swore I'd never have a job again that required panty hose and I burned a drawer full of hose and donated all the office suits and heels. I haven't put a pair of hose on since.
Congrats on moving on and doing so in such a cleansing way.

Marion
7-30-14, 3:34pm
After I left the company I'd been working for, I was sorting out all sorts of work-related papers when I found a photo of my boss and colleagues : i burned it immediately, and said "With this photo, I burn all the wrongs you did to me, you have no power over me and as this photo's ashes disappear in the sink hole, so you all mercifully disappear from my life". It felt good :)

Best wishes to you GreenMama, isn't it great to be the pilot in the cockpit instead of a passenger in the plane that is your life ?!?