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I am very fortunate because of the support system I currently have at home, but know it will not be there in th near future. And, oh, really, I hate to say this, but I am planning on making it easier for those helping me out with at home issues so I can walk. Keep in mind I have never walked for more than 3 weeks at a time.
What I would say is that the calling is so strong is that your 7 year old will benefit from your experience, from the person you will become after what the Camino will teach you.
Now, if the people who will take care of your child while you are walking, then I think you may be facing an issue. And then perhaps you can negociate a 2 or 3 week first walk.
Try to figure out if you will become a better parent from taking X number of weeks off, and then repay them to the care giver left behing, and if feasible ... WALK! for how ever long is ok for all of you.
We had pretty much the same experience in 2013 when we walked the CF. No clients were harmed, but it took a lot of juggling, getting out of our two attorney office was stressful, trying to help clients using wifi in rural Spain was frustrating, and putting out fires when we got back was pretty intense, even with an excellent staff. We did a couple of shorter pilgrimages in 2014 and 2015 but when we decided to walk the Le Puy to Santiago Camino this year, we decided to go ahead and retire. Life is to short to practice law when you could be walking the Camino!For me, it was difficult to arrange the time off because I'm self-employed without any partners or employees. . . . Some clients decided not to retain my services because I was going to be out of the country for seven weeks. Most were understanding if not supportive.
For me, it was difficult to arrange the time off because I'm self-employed without any partners or employees. To arrange the time, I started one year ahead of time. I told every judge, every prosecutor, and every client of my plans. Each Camino conversation took at least 15 or 20 minutes. Some lasted more than an hour. Some clients decided not to retain my services because I was going to be out of the country for seven weeks. Most were understanding if not supportive. As the year progressed, I had to remind judges and prosecutors that I was going to be gone whenever we talked about scheduling. In all, I bet I spent 2 or 3 hundred hours fighting for my time off. It was exhausting.
When I finally left for the Camino I took my iPhone with me. I spent at least an hour a day returning phone calls and answering text messages and emails. I stayed in private rooms to minimize the disruption to others.
But in the end, it was well worth it.
I still have a tremendous need to walk the Camino, but I really want to walk in the true sense and carrying a laptop (job) with me as well as remote control work simply is out of the question.
Hi, no problems what so ever. I have enough vacation day's.How difficult it was for you to organize your life (family, work, friends) in order to set aside time to walk the Camino?
Have you had any remorse or feel that you are selfish?
I ask you this because despite the fact that I am planning Camino for last two years I find very difficult to organize everything...
In the last month I work 10-12 hours a day every day, without weekends and days off, and the same will be the next month. I'm trying to finish all the jobs that I could be away for a month.Since I have a family and a child of 7 years, I have guilt that's what I do is selfish in order to realize my long-standing dream. Of course, I talked to everyone in the family and grandparents are wiling to help my husband with everything while I'm gone
The idea that I'm about to finally walk the Camino gave me strength in crisis situations in the past two years, but now that I'm finally on the verge of realization I wonder if I'm selfish?
Camino means a lot to me and I really need that time to take a break from everything and to "arrange" some important things in my head ...
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