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Man my sleep schedule is so screwed up right now... migraine earlier had me hibernating pretty much all afternoon/night and now I can't get back to sleep. Ugh.
Anyways, the Day 8 challenge is up at the Snowflake Challenge and it's about talent. Specifically it asks:
In your own space, talk about a talent (or talents) you have. Everyone's got something they're good at.
As arrogant as it sounds, this one is actually one of the easiest challenges so far. There are things I know I am good at, and it's taken me a long time to come to understand that it isn't bragging to admit them. It is realizing that I have worth as a human being, and I am good at things. And so do you, and you, and you. Just sayin.
So anyways, one of the things that I have a talent for is massage. I was incredibly lucky in my 20's and was able to quit my job at a soul destroying multi million dollar company and follow one of my dreams and go to massage school. I graduated a year later and started my own business, and within 2 years I was to the point where I was able to make a very comfortable living and sustain myself entirely from giving massages. Sadly just as that happened, 9/11 occurred and the bottom fell out of the industry. No one wanted to spend money on something as "frivolous" as a massage when the world had fallen down around us.
I had to give up the dream at that point, and went back to the 9 to 5 corporate world. But I still have my knowledge and talent. And I love being able to work on someone and make their pain go away, to relax muscles that have been tense and sore for who knows how long. I wish I could do it more, but just being able to help friends and family when they are hurting... it means a lot. I've thought about going back to it again, but my certification has lapsed so I'd have to start all over and frankly my body is not as young as it used to be and massage is hard on you physically, so yeah I don't see it happening. But I can and will always work on people when they ask me to, that will never change.
( The other thing I consider myself talented at is cooking... )
Anyways, the Day 8 challenge is up at the Snowflake Challenge and it's about talent. Specifically it asks:
In your own space, talk about a talent (or talents) you have. Everyone's got something they're good at.
As arrogant as it sounds, this one is actually one of the easiest challenges so far. There are things I know I am good at, and it's taken me a long time to come to understand that it isn't bragging to admit them. It is realizing that I have worth as a human being, and I am good at things. And so do you, and you, and you. Just sayin.
So anyways, one of the things that I have a talent for is massage. I was incredibly lucky in my 20's and was able to quit my job at a soul destroying multi million dollar company and follow one of my dreams and go to massage school. I graduated a year later and started my own business, and within 2 years I was to the point where I was able to make a very comfortable living and sustain myself entirely from giving massages. Sadly just as that happened, 9/11 occurred and the bottom fell out of the industry. No one wanted to spend money on something as "frivolous" as a massage when the world had fallen down around us.
I had to give up the dream at that point, and went back to the 9 to 5 corporate world. But I still have my knowledge and talent. And I love being able to work on someone and make their pain go away, to relax muscles that have been tense and sore for who knows how long. I wish I could do it more, but just being able to help friends and family when they are hurting... it means a lot. I've thought about going back to it again, but my certification has lapsed so I'd have to start all over and frankly my body is not as young as it used to be and massage is hard on you physically, so yeah I don't see it happening. But I can and will always work on people when they ask me to, that will never change.
( The other thing I consider myself talented at is cooking... )
