What do I do now?  My oldest son had moved out on his own.  My daughter only had two years before she would also be moving out to attend college.  I knew I needed to find something that I wanted to do, but what?  I didn’t have a clue. 

I worked when my oldest son was little for a short period of time, but other than that, I had the privilege of being a “stay at home” mom.  I also had been homeschooling my children for seven years and had three more years to go.

I had gone back to school when my youngest son was around 3.  I completed my Associates Degree in Accounting, and so I decided to check into getting my Bachelor’s Degree.

We live an hour away from the college – who wants to commute that every day?  Plus, I was still homeschooling.  So, this wasn’t an option.  I could wait until they moved out, but I felt I needed something set up and in place before that happened.  I wasn’t sure how I was going to handle them leaving, and every time I thought about it, I started crying.  Needless to say — I didn’t have a lot of confidence I would be making good decisions or grades after they moved out, so I needed to decide now.   I didn’t have a whole lot of confidence I could made a good decision now either.

I was reading a book by Cheryl Richardson, “Take Time for Your Life.”  She was explaining about Virtual Assistance and AssistU (http://www.assistu.com)  had a training program.  Hmmm, now that was something I could do from home.  Plus, after doing some investigation, I could make more money being a VA than having a 40 hour a week job.  No commute, no office politics, no leaving home, I would be my own boss, and I could even work in my pj’s if I wanted — hmmm, this was really a no brainer decision — no matter what frame of mind I was in.

So, I applied to AssistU and I got in!  For me, this wasn’t just a training course about how to become self-employed as a Virtual Assistance, it was a discovery process.  This was the beginning of my journey to “rediscovering me.”  Who I was, what I liked, and how my experiences growing up and the people I met along the way, all had effected where I was in my life today.

I was about to discover, not only who I am, but who I wanted to be.  I also was about to learn what things I wanted to “let go,” change, and develop.  I was scared and excited all at the same time!