MOVING ON

  I copy-pasted these 2 letters from Brain Pickings , which prompted me again to post a new blog here after many days of being absent. I am grateful for the inspiration. The letters hit me deep personally mainly because I'm a writer myself, and am working to ensure that I get paid for what I really like doing. Of course, I'm not saying that you run away from your current responsibilities (especially if you have a child or someone who depends on you to live).  What I am saying is that I've realized a long time ago after so many years of denial mainly because I had a very good paying job and an imaginary status that gives me a ranking far higher than most in the social spectrum. The most valuable lesson connected to this, to-date: that I can't possibly help others well unless I get to help myself well first. There goes the conundrum of finding, recognizing my purpose in life.  Oh, well, I've come into terms with that, gratefully. And, hence, I'm building and g...

P.S. To Jill Abramson: Grads, You Must Learn The Word ‘Fungible’ I'm surprised that this article fell short of directly advising college students these days to seriously consider ways to become entrepreneurs. I was just chatting briefly with a security guard of a Barnes & Noble store in downtown Brooklyn. He was asking me about the experience of being a 'home health aide' (HHAs) when he saw me wheeling my client in with his family in the store. I had to tell him,  HHAs are are called caregivers. I had the impression from him that he thinks it's a relatively easy job. I had to correct his mis-impressions right there and then. No job is ever easy or else it won't be called a job, isn't it? But I also took the chance to tell him to check out this opportunity to become a business owner after I had the impression that he's on the look-out for better career opportunities. I'm doing it now with my Market America / shop.com franchise. And look more clos...

Dan Stevens Has Something to Say About 'Downton Abbey' - NYTimes.com : First, read the above article and then come back here. This is an excellent example of taking charge of the directions of your career, and one of the options is always to move on. The work may still be fun to do but you've other desires that your mind and spirit long to do and like to consider and dwell on. Goals that wander into your awareness but since you're busy with everyday work, you keep away from taking steps to move on. Of course, it's always practical for most of us to just keep holding on to the job, especially if it brings money and fame. It may even seem a no-brainer to some. And yet, for some enlightened individuals, they decide that they rather be doing something else that drives strongly the spirit in them. Something that brings out the movement and flow of energy in their being. And that's why, perhaps, Dan Stevens, has decided to move on. Are you willing to do somethi...