Omphaloskepsis.
That’s Greek for navel gazing, something I’ve done a lot of in the past six months or so. I’ve been wondering about shaking things up in my life and doing something different — or more meaningful — and what that might look like in the coming years. It’s time to stop being so inwardly focussed, and to share ideas and ask for opinions.
Many years ago, I had dreams of seeing the world, learning about other cultures and really giving back. As so often happens, practicality got in the way of those dreams, and in the intervening years, I’ve had three great children and a rewarding career.
I’ve had the privilege of living in a first-world country and have experienced little in the way of discrimination, despite being a woman who has worked mostly in male-dominated industries. My teenagers are turning into really interesting young adults. But that’s meant little travel, and even less spare time for me. So what have I really done? How have I taken my advantaged life and done something with it?
It’s a little sobering to realize the answers are … not much and not really.
I want to change that and my hope that writing this blog will help me figure out what I want to do – and how to make it happen.
So over to what I hope will be at least a few readers. How do you give back, and how do you make it a priority in your life?
