One of my chief concerns when I pulled the rip cord was whether I'd miss the excitement, whether my new life would be a paler version of the one I'd led before. This is reinvention worry # 1:...it's too easy to concentrate on what you're giving up, and hard to have faith in what is coming your way. Susan Crandell, former editor-in-chief of More magazine, now a freelance writer.
It takes courage to reinvent a life.
I know someone who left one job to take another in the same career. This job didn't pan out as expected, as blame was put on this person's shoulders that really belonged to the corporation's choice of location. Meanwhile immediate management was sucking the life out of this person so as to pass the buck from himself. This was a lowest of the low time in my friend's life. Fast forward, my friend is now ensconced in the same career with another corporation and winning accolades and rewards. If bad management had been allowed to take away self-esteem, how criminal that would have been.
But nothing is written in stone. We don't have to stay in an unfulfilling career, if we open ourselves to changes, knowing we can always change again. We can live long enough to have several careers -- or even have times when career takes a back page, such as when we are raising children. And there's nothing wrong with working, then going home and having a life, not being so high powered that we have no down time, but take worries with us all hours of the day. I have BTDT.
Can we love the rhythm of our life and not chafe at red lights or too slow a check out line?
What do you do to slow your life down, if you feel it is moving too fast or you are too stressed? Sometimes I read a book or see a movie or talk to a friend or get alone by myself and away from the fray.
Karin
Originally posted 2007-05-08 20:08:04.
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