¶ Intro / Opening
All right, I'm getting a little tired of this a voice memo on my iPhone messing up all the time, I tried to record a couple of things. And I would have to pause it, and then I would resume. And so I look back over the first, you know, couple of minutes, and it only captured 35 seconds. Oh, ugh.
Anyway, it's Wednesday, 1030. And I realized it's Wednesday, 1030. And I'm supposed to be putting out an episode today. And if I'm going by my editorial calendar, again, like I said, it's Wednesday. So it's something from a personal standpoint, instead of me talking about politics and news. And the other day at work, I was thinking about the choices I have made in the past and what the choices I have made and how
¶ Choices
it led me to where I am today in current times. And I got the thing. And if I had chosen just one little different thing in the past, where would I be today? Now I'm not harping or reminiscing or regretting anything, I want to make that very clear. I am happy where I am right now. And I'm glad for all the choices I made to get me here to where I am. But again, I was sitting her at work of sitting at work. And I don't know how I started thinking
about this. But I started thinking about being married to my second husband. And at the time, I was living here in Alabama, and I was just so bring up. And he had a job interview in Indiana and he took the job, he got the job, and he took it.
And so I had a choice to make, I guess moved to Indiana or stay here. And at the time I was thinking leaning about wanting to get out of that relationship anyway, I decided to stay here. And so we split up. Obviously we didn't have kids together. We weren't married that long together. And I got to thinking as like what if I had decided to stay with him and move to Indiana? Where would I be today? What would my
life be like and all that. And again, it was it wasn't like regret, it was like Aw, thank God, I didn't know that there was anything wrong with him or anything. I just like my life today. And I was thinking man, I guess I was thinking about unanswered prayers, or what God has done for me what I cannot do for myself or something like that. And the choices that I've made and or not made or whatever God was looking out for me the whole time. And I don't think I would have if I had chosen that
particular path. And there were many choices I could have made in the past, that would have taken me in a different direction. But that particular one, I'm just using that one as an example. I don't think I would have grown as much as I have today.
I don't think I would be as spiritual seeking as I am today, or I don't think I would be sober today. I just don't think I would be a very good person. I think I'm a decent person today. But that's because of God and other people in my life. And I think if I had chosen that path, I don't know. I think it would be a very different person. The only saving grace if I had made that decision is that I would be closer to my family in Ohio. That's the only silver lining I
could think out of that. Like I said, not that he not that that guy was not that that husband was bad or anything he wasn't. We just weren't meant to make to be together. That's all. Anyway, I'm here and I'm here now. And I don't know, I was just wondering, do you guys sometimes does your mind wander to that? Now I am not. Like I said regretting anything I'm not. It just popped in my head. And I thought my first one of my first thoughts was oh, this may be a good episode for the podcast to
¶ No Regrets
talk about that kind of thing and and ask you guys, does your mind wander and wonder about what decisions if you had made a different decision? Do you think about what your life would be like and etc, etc. Again, again, I want to make clear, I'm glad I am where I am today. It's just sometimes your mind plays with you, I guess. And it just, you know, I guess what I was thinking about that particular scenario. Like I said, I think I was more along the lines of kind of scary when
I was thinking about it. It's like Oh, thank goodness, I didn't do that because I like who I am today. I like where I am today. I think I was I think what happened was I I was, I was listening to a conversation that was happening beside me. And these two young ladies from Maine, right out of college were was talking about the job that we do. And they were, I guess, talking about since they're so
¶ Work & Age Differences
young, it's just like a springboard for them to get some experience under their belt and then move on to different areas of our field. And they were saying that this particular job that we do, they've noticed it's better for older people that have already had a lot of work experience, and they are kind of hidden into retirement.
Because I think we're where we are, there's really no room. Well, I don't say there's no room for advancements, because there is I just don't particularly want to advance because I've already been there done that. And I think maybe that's where they were, the young ladies were talking about that the older people tend to like this particular job better, and they're more satisfied with it, you know, then wanting to move up in the company or advance in
this field. And then I think that got me to thinking about my interview with this particular company. And in fact, I had told the interviewer because they had asked me, where do you see yourself in five years? And I said, quite frankly, I see myself, hopefully, staying home with my grandbabies. When my kids started to have kids, and then I thought, Well, maybe not five years, maybe 10 years, give me 10 years. And that, you know, that started
me thinking about time. And I think that's what got me to thinking about my past. So there you go. That's where I think my mind went. Anyway, I just thought it was something fun and interesting to maybe bring up on the podcast and wonder if you guys think about those things, too. On occasion, I'm sure you do. I think it's just human nature. To think about that, about what your life would be like if you had chosen a
different path. Perhaps. I sometimes I used to now I will admit this, I think I used to obsess a little too much about if I had stayed in the Navy, I served five years active duty three years reserve in the
¶ The Navy
United States Navy. I love that part of my life. It was good for me. And I wondered, you know, earlier maybe in my 30s, my mid 30s. Mainly, I obsessed over what if I had stayed in the Navy, I would be retired by now. And you know, blah, blah, blah, should have stayed in and retired. And I'd have all these benefits and an extra income. I wish I had stayed the course. You know, and that I did kind of have some regrets on now that I'm 54 I'm like, it is what it
is. And again, I would not be where I am today if I had made a different decision. Now I will tell you this. I was a little wild when I was in the Navy drinking a little too much partying a little too much. And I actually had orders in my hands. If I would reenlist that I would go to Rota, Spain. Now, let me tell you something, y'all. If I had gone to Rota, Spain back then I would probably either be dead, or in a Spain
jail prison somewhere. Because the way I was acting back then if I had acted like that somewhere over in a foreign country, who knows what would have happened to me? Goodness, gracious, I was a little buckwild. back then. I hate to admit that sorry. Kids don't do what I do.
Oh, anyway,
I was talking to my kids. I hate to hate because I think they listen to this podcast. And well, I know, one of them does, for sure. Because he did not know that I was had
¶ My Kids Listen To This
been married before on one of my very first episodes. I had talked about you know, I did a little introduction about myself and I talked about my previous marriage. And who texted me? I didn't know you'd been married before daddy. Oh, it's like oops. I just tried. I had kept that from them for the longest time. I just didn't think they needed to know. Anyway, yeah. Yeah. Lots of stuff in the past. Lots of decisions. I could have made differently, and I'm glad I did not. Because I love my life
today. Yeah, it's all good. It's all it's all good. And I have to thank God every day for doing for me what I could not do for myself and for unanswered prayers. I think that's what I'm going to be grateful for today. And with that, I'm going to end because we're just going to keep this nice and short since I'm already late and getting this out. I hope you guys have a good rest of your week. And Hopefully I can be back on Friday with another episode of remarkables.
We shall see. I don't know. I don't know if I have enough material to talk about that or not. If not, then I'll be back on Monday. For sure. Okay. Have a good rest of your week. Thanks for listening. Bye