Turning Over a Gargantuan Maple Leaf

Greetings. Time has flown; and now it will have to land in another location as I change my subscription to a new address.

I will capture this update in 10 words or fewer:

Futility and resignation, rejection yet inspiration, new city, new job.

After more frustration than I can relay in this space, perhaps I shall dare to write a chapter in an extended memoir someday, the decision to resign from Teach for America was reached.

After nearly a quarter century, and the development of the pre-frontal cortex is complete, one might think that he would have quite an excellent understanding of the mechanisms fueling his planning and decision-making processes. However, he would be wrong.

While outwardly an obviously extroverted person, my internalization of life concerns, serious quandaries, and troubles is really quite extreme. Therefore, when I shared with my roommates my letter of resignation without previously having discussed the aforementioned openly, they were quite surprised to say the least. Shocking the threesome again, my decision to move to D.C. hit them hard - ranging from an emotional hurt denial to a chill nod of the head.

Lesson learned:

Thinking it ≠ Saying it.

Sunday brings a big move. For the time being I shall house myself under the roof of hospitable family friends and will interview to the best of my abilities with two organizations next week.