A new life and a new year.

I am a Naval Officer. I continue to pinch myself knowing I finally accomplished my goal. Now what. What do I do now?

I had a classmate that hiked the entire Appalachian Trail and the end was bittersweet because he had spent months wondering what the moment would be like and then when he reaches the end of the trail - his journey came to an end.

I'm at that point. I've spent all this time in school, worked hard to get here and I ask myself now what. My high is gone. I need a new goal.

I have a brochure from Northern Virgina Community College sitting next to me and they offer a basic EMT course. Hummm - I think that would be cool to learn. I fancy learning the guitar - maybe I should find someone that will teach me. I think about karate and the gym - but I do not have enough FIRE to drive me. What is it I seek?

I am hungry to learn. I am hungry to do my job and do it well. I want to be a leader but still unsure how I can lead in a system I hardly know. Should my passion now to be learn everything I can about my service corp and the organization I work in?

I found a blog today www.eyeonthediscoball.com and I think I'm stuck in the mud too and I know I am easily distracted by shiny - all over the place with my ideas. I feel like I'm at that point where I met with the career adviser and I was all over the place and left him speechless - who does that? Leaves a career adviser speechless? Me.

I know I am where I belong because I am. But I also know I cannot be satisfied - there is more - I just need to pause and figure my path.