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Article on making decisions for your best life (not to sound too Oprah-ish)
I just read a great article on decision making for women when it comes to the careers, and life in general, by a very promising blogger:
http://www.emilystoddardfurrow.com/
Emily discusses making decisions based on your actual likes and dislikes, rather than just going with the flow based on your career ladder, and 'saying yes' to everything. Her article is based on an article that she read and is commenting on.
Of course, this topic is not just limited to women - men could get something from this too. I'm sure that at least one quarter of the population in the US is guilty of implementing their parents's dreams for them, which are generally contrary to their own, or blindly climbing the corporate ladder in a career that they care nothing about or have grown tired of. Obviously the current job market is not an ideal one for making sudden changes and experimenting toward the ideal career, but it is still worth thinking about.
I've been thinking about this area lately, what with not working and planning for the future when I am able to work again. Do I want to go back to Navision, or perhaps learn another ERP tool so that I can find a job with good security in Houston, and live close to my parents? Lately I've been taking for granted the fact that I don't currently have to work, and can be supported by my parents and husband. I would prefer to work again in the near future, but I do want to make sure that I am going into a career that I enjoy and can manage the stress level for. I'm not sure how easy it will be to manage a career and this ridiculous disease. The thought does worry me.
So I continue to dawdle, play a lot of lexulous (scrabble on facebook - at one point I counted 11 games at one time in my queue), play the mafia game, watch movies, read books, browse the web, and unpack and organize our stuff. And worry about finding a place for the cats, and start to take over all of the tasks (like insurance and bills) that I've been deferring to my dad, mom, and husband for a few months. I've made good progress on these tasks this week, so I am grateful - my health is definitely on the mend!
Oh, and for those of you that are interested, the sambar that we made was quite good! The lemon rasam - not so great, we'll have to make some additions to the pot next time.
Later,
A
http://www.emilystoddardfurrow.com/
Emily discusses making decisions based on your actual likes and dislikes, rather than just going with the flow based on your career ladder, and 'saying yes' to everything. Her article is based on an article that she read and is commenting on.
Of course, this topic is not just limited to women - men could get something from this too. I'm sure that at least one quarter of the population in the US is guilty of implementing their parents's dreams for them, which are generally contrary to their own, or blindly climbing the corporate ladder in a career that they care nothing about or have grown tired of. Obviously the current job market is not an ideal one for making sudden changes and experimenting toward the ideal career, but it is still worth thinking about.
I've been thinking about this area lately, what with not working and planning for the future when I am able to work again. Do I want to go back to Navision, or perhaps learn another ERP tool so that I can find a job with good security in Houston, and live close to my parents? Lately I've been taking for granted the fact that I don't currently have to work, and can be supported by my parents and husband. I would prefer to work again in the near future, but I do want to make sure that I am going into a career that I enjoy and can manage the stress level for. I'm not sure how easy it will be to manage a career and this ridiculous disease. The thought does worry me.
So I continue to dawdle, play a lot of lexulous (scrabble on facebook - at one point I counted 11 games at one time in my queue), play the mafia game, watch movies, read books, browse the web, and unpack and organize our stuff. And worry about finding a place for the cats, and start to take over all of the tasks (like insurance and bills) that I've been deferring to my dad, mom, and husband for a few months. I've made good progress on these tasks this week, so I am grateful - my health is definitely on the mend!
Oh, and for those of you that are interested, the sambar that we made was quite good! The lemon rasam - not so great, we'll have to make some additions to the pot next time.
Later,
A
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