Hi MsFriz,
Your post hit home for me. I too was in a GT denial zone for my childhood. And while reading through the Ruf book I realized how much my denial affected my education through grade school. Talking to my Mom she informed me that I was the kid that was off the charts in the tests but of course was in the middle of the stats for my class b/c I was under the radar and could have cared less about school. When I did go off the college it was a different story and though my degrees were in Art History and Studio Art I found myself in the corporate world of technology and rose in the ranks extremely quickly to become a network engineer in a matter of 6 months.
I hated the corporate world. I was good nay brilliant at it. I had a career that most people would dream of. To give U an idea: Next time you take a flight and you have the TV, internet, etc at your finger tips... yep I was a part of that by consulting with a major airplane manufacturer. Later I consulted with some state governments and use to be amazed at how something that took me 10 minutes to do took someone else literally 2 weeks to accomplish. As I write this I realize that it sound like I am so full of myself but I promise you I am not making anything up. And I could go on and on but I think you get what I am saying. Why did I go down this path? B/c as far as corporate careers go mine was great: supposedly. But I hated it since I was always bored. There was no intellectual stimulation. So I completely understand what you are saying. I finally decided I needed more stimulation so I walked away from it thanks to the support of my husband. I was able to go back to school and he encourages me to stay in school as long as I want, but school is not real life and you have to find other things to take place of that stimulation. My thing that helps is my art. Right now I am focused on photography and it helps. I have also become more active in community work and found myself touched by refugee issues, specifically those in the African civil wars. So I have been involved in some of the community discussions but have not completely jumped into the arena at this point. So be it in the corporate world or SAHM or whatever... you still have a void that I for one have not been completely able to fill.
