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    I’ve lost my Mojo

    mojoAt first I was pretty happy when I made the decision to drop out of the formation program (the process to become a priest). The decision came suddenly and easily and I knew it was the obvious choice to make. I still think it was the right decision.

    It’s taken a month for the grief to catch up with me. I knew it would come and the last week (back at work, back to normal life) has brought home to me that there’s something missing now. Last year I had a purpose and sense of progress. I knew what I was going to be doing for the next few years and how I was going to it. I had a good idea of what my future would look like. Now I don’t know.

    I’m still enrolled at St Francis’ College and intend to keep studying. I’m still busy and always hatching plots and plans. This semester I’m going to do a lot of work in the yard to create a garden for myself (and the family I suppose) to enjoy.

    But I’ve lost my mojo.

    It’s not like I’m having a mid-life crisis or anything – I had that already when I was 29. It’s more like I want to have a long term plan that involves doing something creative for the world – not institutional repository software (though I like doing it), but a vocation.

    Anyway, I’m just having a whinge and I’m sure I’ll sort it all out in my own time if I set aside the time to think about it properly. In the meantime I think I’ll just blog about my garden project until semester starts and then I can misquote my lecturers and bitch about my classmates on here instead.

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    Posted: January 12th, 2007 under Formation.
    Comments: 2

    Comments

    Comment from Nancy
    Time: 15/1/2007, 11:26 am

    Hey Matt,
    That’s big news! Why (may I ask?)? I too am suffering from a little lost mojo at the moment. I know how you feel. It’s like I have these skills and this career, but I cannot imagine doing it for the next 20 years, even the next 5!

    Comment from Wurly monster
    Time: 15/1/2007, 5:20 pm

    hope you get that mojo back soon. Trace and I have both felt a little flat lately – it could be the time of year? We were talking about feeling a little unchallenged. For me, its partly due no doubt to the fact that I’m only really a part-time worker (about 10-15 teaching hours a week, plus preparation etc)... so I have a fair bit of free time. I’m probably going to enrol in university here in March, so that will help. University to the rescue???

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