I keep accumulating post ideas, while running out of time to actual write a post. However this I felt was a timely post for many of my friends, family and in general, people I care for.
We all go through life wondering what our purpose is, we all ask ourselves if we are on the right path. Or at least, most of us question our choices in life that have led us to where we are today. My firm belief is that if we really understand who we are and want to continually improve ourselves as individuals within a vast municipal, provincial, national and international / global society, we (yes that includes myself) must come to the realization that we should not regret or dwell on our past mistakes and choices, but focus on what we can do to learn from it and create a positive impact on ourselves and society/environment as a whole.
But I digress from silly preaching, and merely direct you to two web pages that I stumbled upon today while doing homework. Yep…that productive.
my unemployed life – is really an inspiring blog by Sung Park who made the choice to go unemployed (71 days and counting apparently) and focus on what he really wanted to do in his life. On his blog, he points people to an article that I found fascinating, not generally because it had anything new to add to my overall philosophy about being employed, but rather it merely stated eloquently and effectively why we shouldn’t be employed. It was an affirmation.
That article is by Steve Pavlina and is titled 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job and I would encourage everyone to read it. My only objection to the overall title and I think there were other comments on his article as well about it, is the fact that this philosophy is not for everyone. Not everyone is entrepreneurial, or carries the spirit and even when they do, it takes time, it takes hard work, and it definitely requires an individual to understand their strengths and weaknesses to do their own thing and therefore, find their own path. So I wouldn’t say you should never get a job. But I would say, those are 10 reasons why everyone should work for themselves. Both figuratively and literally, but either path works.
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