Saturday, March 24, 2012

Can Serenity be Found by Changing Directions?

I feel that I have come to a crossroads in my life, again.  In 2011 I made a drastic change by selling my house and spending the summer surrounded by greenery and waterfalls and finally to the Philly area.  Then I found a position helping people in The Gambia a position which I love and don't want to give up.  So here's the question, can I also have a second career that is completely different and if so what would it be?

I love to write and I think I am pretty creative, so I've applied for entry level marketing type positions, but still no hits.  If I tell you my skills can any of help me find a new direction?

Creative, writer, excellent computer skill set, love doing research, love finding the person or corporation's buttons to push in order to propel them forward into giving money to the cause, plus other talents.

So help me locate a slight detour in my career.  I am convinced that each passing day is leading me to this challenge-a challenge that will excite my being and bring a new found serenity.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Serenity is Mine to Keep: "Finding Serenity when your one of your jobs sucks...

Serenity is Mine to Keep: "Finding Serenity when your one of your jobs sucks...: So, the question of the night is - can you find serenity when you don't enjoy the additional job you must work solely for income? I love my...

"Finding Serenity when your one of your jobs sucks"

So, the question of the night is - can you find serenity when you don't enjoy the additional job you must work solely for income?
I love my consulting.  I feel like I can help change the world in a small way by working with Power Up Gambia, but unfortunately I also have had to take on a second job to help pay the bills at least until my spouse is employed again.  Luckily we have not had to dip into savings, but it sucks!
The situation has brought me back to stress level and while I still bring myself back to serenity each night I feel the stress in multiple ways:
    1.  Since work starts at 9 and ends at 5:30 with a half hour for lunch and I spend most of my day sitting in an uncomfortable desk chair that's too large for my small frame, staring at a computer screen by the time I finish all I want to do is go home and get comfortable and work on PUG for an hour or 2.  What I should be doing is going to the gym and a couple of days I have done that.
    2.  Since I don't get exercise during the day it's difficult to feel happy at the end of the day.  I will say that drinking cold green tea or water all day long helps me, because it gives me a reason to get up and to walk to the Ladies Room at the end of the hall.  I am looking forward to having a couple of nice warmish days to walk around the grounds.
It does help that on Monday and Friday I work for PUG and work out at the gym both days as well as on the weekend.
I also have spent my weekends experimenting with making my own granola.  Today's batch is fabulous.
Since I am a type 1 diabetic I decided to try and come up with a healthy granola that's low in sugar, high in nutrients.  I think I may have come up with a great combination.
So in answer to the question - can you find serenity when you don't enjoy your job - YES You can, because it's just a job, it's not a career and hopefully eventually the career will be what you can enjoy and get meaning from.  I know that this is on the horizon.  I will never again allow myself to lose sight of maintaining serenity in my life.
Now if I can just perfect my granola and make a million dollars.


Serenity, Change and Forward Thinking

Each year as the new year starts everyone always asks, what are your resolutions for this new year and I say, "I don't do resolutio...