The Domesticated Male

As I close out 2018 and look forward to 2019 I can't help but feel an overwhelming amount of thankfulness and end this year with a single word: Blessed. The year did not start with a feeling of thankfulness and honestly blessed was the not part of my January. In fact I started this year with a mixed bag of emotions and most of them not very pleasant. I began this year with a lot of feelings of hurt and pain. I was about to embark on the biggest change of my life. I quit my job in HR as of February and went to work for my wife in March as the Operations Manager of her quickly growing business, Wholistic Therapeutic Services. I had worked in HR for over 17 years and had honestly thought that would be where I retired but circumstances dictated that I had to make some changes and with a huge push Lexi and I felt it was the right time for a very big change in my career. 2018 saw her business grow from a 2 person office to ending in December with a 6 person office and a change of a

I’m about to start a new chapter. A new adventure. There will be mountains to scale and rivers to cross. It’s going to be epic. What’s even more exciting is the pages are blank. It’s up to me to write a comedy, drama, self-help, or tragedy. I get to decide how the story will develop. I tendered by resignation at my current job. Many might think I have lost my mind. I have a stable job with great benefits. Why not ride it out until retirement? I could do that easily. I could lay back in comfortable complacency and traverse the next 15 years with little to no professional struggle. That sounds like a pretty good place to be doesn’t it! I can’t be satisfied with that life. I’m at a pivotal moment in my life and career. I have come to a crossroad and I can choose to maintain the smooth sailing I’m on or I can choose adventure. As Ralph Waldo Emerson stated I want to ‘...leave a trail’ rather than ‘follow a path...’. My wife started her business one year ago and it has grown e