One day last week, I was wandering around Vancouver Airport waiting for Jp's flight to land so the kid and I played around in the book store (I love new books) and then wandered through some of the other shops. In one store I saw this message on a coffee cup "Do what you love, Love what you do".
Not a new phrase, I know. But it really got me thinking. First I was kinda sad, because I don't do either - not for the majority of the day. And then I started to think about what I could/should do. I heard David Foster in an interview recently say that if you didn't work Saturdays, you didn't like what you did. Hmm, maybe being self employed or having a chance for a promotion would also change my thinking about working on a Saturday. In his context, his work is so much also his passion that he 'works' all the time.
I think I should hang that message in front of me while I work, so I can think about it some more. In 10 days I'll have been working at the same company, and in almost the same position for 10 years (10 YEARS!) and although I am grateful to have a job, I would also like to move on to try something new. A change is as good as a rest don't ya know. Maybe I could do something I loved.
5 comments:
You *can* do something you love! You don't need to quit your job right away either, just work on your passion a bit every day and soon, it'll take over. Baby steps! Keep moving forward, you can do it!!
Thanks! I've been trying that, but maybe I don't have enough confidence in what I can do or I just am not putting enough effort into it.
Whatever you're doing towards your goal is a step towards it right? Keep at it, every small step is a step in the right direction! And make sure you tell everybody about what you want to do- put it out there & it'll happen! I never thought I'd ever leave my last job but here I am! And you are way more business savvy than me- you can do anything you want to do...!
Dood, me, too! I've been at my job 10 years this month. It's crazy. Yes. Crazy. We can do it!
LOLS - my spam filter word is "beg later".
Oh bless your hearts both of you - thanks so much for believing in me.
I will work on this for sure!
'beg later' is funny all right!
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