tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post700697558405690801..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: work and defining oneselfjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-15869301086845890112011-11-05T00:25:14.876+01:002011-11-05T00:25:14.876+01:00job titles and the like should never define us as ...job titles and the like should never define us as human beings. i admire you so much for always stepping outside the box of thought.<br /><br />sending conscious vibes your way. one love.SE'LAH...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16108031333928082540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-37532402903002901952011-11-03T23:03:58.570+01:002011-11-03T23:03:58.570+01:00i agree with pretty much everything here! and i ha...i agree with pretty much everything here! and i have never been interested in having a "career", which has probably seen as weird for a lawyer. but i'm so much more than a job, i've always concidered to work to be able to live so much healthier than live to work. <br /><br />this obsession society has of work, work work is also a way to keep people trapped in a system and not having neither time nor energy to question the way of the world.<br /><br />also, the obsession of working and the consumerism that follows, the crazy lauded growth rate, the planet can't take it. <br /><br />it makes me so sad (and mad) on very many levels.Pia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519694952785489099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-47848742136310655622011-11-03T17:46:55.615+01:002011-11-03T17:46:55.615+01:00I agree with you. We are all so much more than ou...I agree with you. We are all so much more than our titles (or relationships for that matter). Define yourself, or others will do it for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-59948502575160113592011-11-03T17:34:03.577+01:002011-11-03T17:34:03.577+01:00it's amazing how often i come here and, not kn...it's amazing how often i come here and, not knowing what you've written about, it is exactly the type of thing that is on my mind.<br /><br />i actually refer to my job, as my job. i love my job, although i have to do nvq's to get higher in the industry than i am now, but that's okay. i enjoy the course i am doing at the moment. <br /><br />however i am having a bit of an itchy feet moment. a friend died on monday unexpectedly & it just makes me feel like life is too short to be doing things just because of a job, and maybe now i've hit some of my personal targets i should just go and do what i want to... but then, if i wait i can finish the course i am doing which will make it easier for me to get a good job when i am ready to move on...Sammihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05017777921531998887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-37998886747509140742011-11-03T17:04:53.505+01:002011-11-03T17:04:53.505+01:00this is something that i am wrestling with like cr...this is something that i am wrestling with like crazy right now. i've never been one to want a career. i think there is too much interesting stuff out there to dedicate my life, time and energy to one type of job. but at the same time, i suddenly find myself on that road, without really realizing it was happening. at this point, i know that my heart and soul are not in my work, but they are into to getting my paycheck so that i can have money to put my heart and soul into what i do love to do. at times i wish i didn't need money and i could just putter around and do what i want to do and not have to worry about that dumb check. <br /><br />so here's a question for you j: how did you get into working for yourself?stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236399150738812466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-82043870795088148572011-11-03T15:35:23.895+01:002011-11-03T15:35:23.895+01:00Haha, I like c is for cape town's comment. Ver...Haha, I like c is for cape town's comment. Very interesting. Right now, I am not making that much but I know that if I worked in a corporate setting I would be making 10X more.. but perhaps hating my life 10X more. When I wake up in the morning I do not dread going to work and I have flexibility at my work that I know the corporate world would count as points (oh you have to leave to take care of your sick dad? TWO POINTS!) Mind over money MARIA. Student loans will always be there to pay...--mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13625706492514711113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-23150919699444926732011-11-03T15:05:51.038+01:002011-11-03T15:05:51.038+01:00Particularly as women, I think we struggle more wi...Particularly as women, I think we struggle more with our "identity" than men. We are many things to many people. Strongly defined by my education and career, some have difficulty seeing beyond that. I will always be that person, but this other one, this person who has left behind the high stress career, is still evolving. I plan to continue that evolution until I take my last breath. I work hard, I make plans, I set goals, and I evaluate outcomes. To write about the job vs. career culture must be very interesting. I enjoy your insights.Corrinehttp://sewtopia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-35953970974958897212011-11-03T10:15:30.766+01:002011-11-03T10:15:30.766+01:00Sometimes when people ask me 'What do you do?&...Sometimes when people ask me 'What do you do?' I like to answer, 'How much time have you got?'<br />And then sometimes they say, 'No, I mean for money?' to which I respond, 'Oh you should have specified that in your first question.' And then they start looking uncomfortable. And I grin.<br />Usually brings the conversation to a rapid end, or takes it off in a much more interesting direction.c is for cape townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446052175321718555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-78655501572087531732011-11-03T10:07:30.737+01:002011-11-03T10:07:30.737+01:00Oh hurrah! You always talk such sense and I love i...Oh hurrah! You always talk such sense and I love it. We're struggling with this a bit at the moment. All the husbands we know put in long hours during the week to earn big fat salaries but my husband walks out the office door at 5.30pm on the dot. He sees it as a way to pay the mortgage and little else. I used to love my job but the sexism and chaos is getting to me and I'm starting to loathe it. So we're both making a conscious effort not to be defined by our jobs any more, but you're so right, it's the first question people ask :-(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872836482789045975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-12476277800272003742011-11-03T10:06:20.663+01:002011-11-03T10:06:20.663+01:00I was going to head down the same path as this pos...I was going to head down the same path as this post with my next one but I think you wrote it better than I could have.<br /><br />The last two paragraphs of your post sums up almost completely how I feel about where I need to go back to, where I am slowly going back to.<br /><br />I love a good discussion julochka, there's nothing I love more than the exchange of ideas and tales of other people's experiences so this is so great for me.<br /><br />Thank you for the mention, again, you're being most kind.Spilling Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427671883940188334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-3375544599899978852011-11-03T09:31:53.025+01:002011-11-03T09:31:53.025+01:00Interesting read. Lots of thoughts. Have you seen ...Interesting read. Lots of thoughts. Have you seen the interview Your money, your life, your happiness on Peak Movement TV? Might be interesting. <br /><br />Now I'm back to Ink Spiller to read some more of her story.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470810820417327936noreply@blogger.com