Comments on: Four Career Questions http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Ms. Theologian http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8170 Ms. Theologian Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:45:57 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8170 I think you'd be really good at the classes and mentorship in your profession! I think you’d be really good at the classes and mentorship in your profession!

]]> By: Mile High Pixie http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8167 Mile High Pixie Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:04:07 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8167 I've answered similar questions to myself, and it got me realizing that my favorite things to do (read, talk, teach, tell jokes) actually work pretty well with my job/career and perhaps another ideal career, that of author and coach/mentor to interns in my profession. That's what I'd do id i suddenly had all the money I needed to live--I'd write and hold classes and mentorship sessions and whatnot with those up and coming in my profession. I’ve answered similar questions to myself, and it got me realizing that my favorite things to do (read, talk, teach, tell jokes) actually work pretty well with my job/career and perhaps another ideal career, that of author and coach/mentor to interns in my profession. That’s what I’d do id i suddenly had all the money I needed to live–I’d write and hold classes and mentorship sessions and whatnot with those up and coming in my profession.

]]> By: Ms. Theologian http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8164 Ms. Theologian Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:08:44 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8164 I'm so sorry to hear this, Eclectic Cleric. I suppose there is some balance among wanting to build a legacy of sorts (emotional perhaps, financial, or purely practical) finding meaning in the experience, and enjoying oneself. What have you found to be the answers for you? I’m so sorry to hear this, Eclectic Cleric.

I suppose there is some balance among wanting to build a legacy of sorts (emotional perhaps, financial, or purely practical) finding meaning in the experience, and enjoying oneself.

What have you found to be the answers for you?

]]> By: The Eclectic Cleric http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8163 The Eclectic Cleric Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:01:59 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/04/27/four-career-questions/#comment-8163 Fascinating. I'm facing a very similar process: having being diagnosed with a terminal illness, I am not only "retired" at 52, but I also have to ask myself the whole "bucket list" question as well. And the irony, of course, is that I already had the perfect job, my plan was to NEVER retire, and likewise I'd always told myself that if I discovered I only had a year to live, my hope would be to just keep on doing what I was already doing. But that's not really possible any more, so now I've got to answer those hypothetical questions as if they were (since they ARE) real. 1) if you could afford to retire at 52, what would you want to do with the rest of your life? 2) If you were told you only had another year to live, what would you want to do before you died? Fascinating. I’m facing a very similar process: having being diagnosed with a terminal illness, I am not only “retired” at 52, but I also have to ask myself the whole “bucket list” question as well. And the irony, of course, is that I already had the perfect job, my plan was to NEVER retire, and likewise I’d always told myself that if I discovered I only had a year to live, my hope would be to just keep on doing what I was already doing. But that’s not really possible any more, so now I’ve got to answer those hypothetical questions as if they were (since they ARE) real.

1) if you could afford to retire at 52, what would you want to do with the rest of your life?

2) If you were told you only had another year to live, what would you want to do before you died?

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