EXIT PLAN UPDATE

The Exit Plan. I had my first 'meeting' (via the tellie) with my Life Coach on Sunday.  I chose to work with Michelle Ward of 'When I Grow Up' because it seems the universe was conspiring to bring us together.  I like her sense of humor and felt I needed someone with a bit of wit to help me with my dire straits. I didn't want this to be a pity party, I wanted to be able to laugh and 'work in the solution'.  Which to the chagrin of most people that I am in any kind of close proximity to me I am constantly expounding 'Let's work in the solution' (I know annoying).  Michelle had emailed an intake form and stressed that she was not going to help me with my mental problems. Okay maybe not stressed but there was wording to the effect that 'I am not your shrink yo'. I am mentioning this in case you are thinking of hiring a Life Coach to remember that they are there to guide you and help you find your way, not wave their magic wand and take your problems away. Gold star for me for being realistic, (how very unusual). I actually believe I started to see the forest through the tree's with the intake alone.  I don't know if that's the norm but I felt like it made some things very clear for me.

The appointment (45 minutes) itself made me very hopeful and that in and of itself was worth its weight in gold.  I loved that she gave me deadlines, homework and that I am accountable to someone other than myself.  Have I done said homework or met the deadlines yet?  Nope, but it's only Wednesday I have two more days and I am planning to meet my goal. Really.  We discussed my being pre-disposed to procrastination (I blame my parents) and we will work on that but for today I feel that Michelle was a step in the right direction to getting out of hell. I may not be starving in Africa and I do have a job, which both these things make me feel super guilty for even complaining but seriously friends I am not a complainer and I do want out and this I feel is a great first step.  Is it a bit bourgeois to have a Life Coach?  Perhaps, but you wouldn't deny a diabetic insulin now would you?  I feel like I need to pursue this avenue as my 'insulin' and if you have the desire and means (Michelle is quite reasonable for what she offers--a lot) then my suggestion is to not wallow and do something. I am the biggest procrastinator in town, if I can can follow through on this than you most certainly can.