i changed parts of my life about two weeks ago. i left a job to create my own. that changes other parts of my life.
here are some reflections so far:
there's no getting away from yourself.
things that don't work at a job, don't work at any job.
bad bosses exist ... i don't want to be one of them.
finding your threshold is important.
honesty ... you know what they say in the policy book.
money helps everything.
risk is a must.
love what you do. not always but 75% of the time.
take a break when you need to.
smile while you are working....it helps. try it.
be visible even if you work in a cubicle.
stay until you are finished.
priorities become clear with every decision you make.
call a friend when you feel lost or stuck. hearing her, listening to him helps you unglue yourself.
liberating yourself from something that doesn't work is strict business. it's not for the tepid or faint hearted. there's no fooling around in the pursuit of making connections with yourself or a greater audience. you're the one. and in my case, i'm the one.
being at focus on my cards and my teaching/tutoring endeavors is showing me just who i am. ....both nobody in particular, one of everyone of us, and somebody to listen to, somebody people love and admire, one of the extraordinary. the universe birthed me with a compass; it's just like your compass only yours points directions given to you, to follow, get lost in, fall into, move toward and away from yourself and your 'purpose'. we must listen, look, feel our ways.
scout sometimes is my scout. he's somewhere i'm not waiting for me, or bringing me somewhere i need to go. the other night, on our last walk of the day, he refused to continue at the end of the first block. i pulled his leash, hard, he needed to walk i thought, pulling his neck this way and that. "come on bird" i mustered and plead, "let's go!" he remained sitting, the collar almost pulled over his head from my militant tug. But he wouldn't go south down hudson street, he wouldn't move north up pennsylvania, nor would he continue down state street, west. instead he pulled me eastward and home.
and in that purpose, bringing me home, at that very moment, i was there to be there for a deepening and a reality check with myself and another. how did scout know? did he? i need a story and my story is:::he knew! '-) so i giggled and giggle now as i find the absurdity in that possibility, but why not?
i wonder does the number of people in your life, to whatever degree, in whatever way, correlate with anything? i think that number does correlate to something BIG, but what? i notice that i'm in touch with more business contacts than i had a week ago. i have more possibility with new people in my life than a week ago. i have more people touching my life than a week ago and i'm touching more lives than ever! of course. and it took me going out on my own, heralding myself, making a wave, causing my own stir.
it seems to me now that i am working for myself and for my customers that by doing this move toward empowering myself i have a greater responsibility to empower the people around me.
have a happy thanksgiving. ...don't eat too much.....just enough....love, from the garden.
here are some reflections so far:
there's no getting away from yourself.
things that don't work at a job, don't work at any job.
bad bosses exist ... i don't want to be one of them.
finding your threshold is important.
honesty ... you know what they say in the policy book.
money helps everything.
risk is a must.
love what you do. not always but 75% of the time.
take a break when you need to.
smile while you are working....it helps. try it.
be visible even if you work in a cubicle.
stay until you are finished.
priorities become clear with every decision you make.
call a friend when you feel lost or stuck. hearing her, listening to him helps you unglue yourself.
liberating yourself from something that doesn't work is strict business. it's not for the tepid or faint hearted. there's no fooling around in the pursuit of making connections with yourself or a greater audience. you're the one. and in my case, i'm the one.
being at focus on my cards and my teaching/tutoring endeavors is showing me just who i am. ....both nobody in particular, one of everyone of us, and somebody to listen to, somebody people love and admire, one of the extraordinary. the universe birthed me with a compass; it's just like your compass only yours points directions given to you, to follow, get lost in, fall into, move toward and away from yourself and your 'purpose'. we must listen, look, feel our ways.
scout sometimes is my scout. he's somewhere i'm not waiting for me, or bringing me somewhere i need to go. the other night, on our last walk of the day, he refused to continue at the end of the first block. i pulled his leash, hard, he needed to walk i thought, pulling his neck this way and that. "come on bird" i mustered and plead, "let's go!" he remained sitting, the collar almost pulled over his head from my militant tug. But he wouldn't go south down hudson street, he wouldn't move north up pennsylvania, nor would he continue down state street, west. instead he pulled me eastward and home.
and in that purpose, bringing me home, at that very moment, i was there to be there for a deepening and a reality check with myself and another. how did scout know? did he? i need a story and my story is:::he knew! '-) so i giggled and giggle now as i find the absurdity in that possibility, but why not?
i wonder does the number of people in your life, to whatever degree, in whatever way, correlate with anything? i think that number does correlate to something BIG, but what? i notice that i'm in touch with more business contacts than i had a week ago. i have more possibility with new people in my life than a week ago. i have more people touching my life than a week ago and i'm touching more lives than ever! of course. and it took me going out on my own, heralding myself, making a wave, causing my own stir.
it seems to me now that i am working for myself and for my customers that by doing this move toward empowering myself i have a greater responsibility to empower the people around me.
have a happy thanksgiving. ...don't eat too much.....just enough....love, from the garden.
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