Life Coaching

[star seed 7]

Dnr thread, but I also need a life coach

[Asteriskhead]

Dnr thread, but I also need a life coach

No you don't.

[MakeItRain]

this is just me, reflecting on my life, and it may not apply to you.


the idea that your career is supposed to be fulfilling and that defines who you are as a person is pushed on young people pretty hard in america.  i think it's complete bullshit.  you can be happier if you find something easy that pays ok.  as long as you don't work with a bunch of assholes, it doesn't matter much if you intrinsically like the work or not.

if i'd have gone into something more lucrative and employable, i'm almost positive i'd have liked that work at least as much as i like the work i actually do now.  except if i'd have done that, by now i'd be retired and living somewhere i like a lot more than i like where i currently live.


if you can get a good job through family, why wouldn't you do that?  i assume you like your family and like manhattan.  what other chance will you ever have to live and interact on a daily basis with the people closest to you in this world?

I think I sorta disagree with you if I understand what you are saying. You can be happy without a fulfilling career but the ultimate happiness is if you have a career that defines who you are and makes you happy. Where I disagree with what "they" say is that you have to find it right away. I was on my third career and my third job within that third career before I found it. It is nice knowing that I'm under forty and I'm going to retire from the job I have now. It took 7 jobs, post degree, to find it but I finally did and it's amazing.

On a serious note, If your career defines you, you're doing it wrong.

There are plenty of careers that one can have, people serving careers usually, and it defining you is a good thing, clergy immediately comes to mind.

I would consider the clergy as more of a calling than a career. 

Most members of the clergy go to college to have the opportunity to become clergy and most are paid quite well.

[GoodForAnother]

even if you love the crap out of your job, once you do it 260+ days a year for a few decades you will almost assuredly start to hate something about it.  I'm sure there are plenty of Sundays where priests get up and think, ugh, what do I have to go forgive these idiots for now?

[MakeItRain]

even if you love the crap out of your job, once you do it 260+ days a year for a few decades you will almost assuredly start to hate something about it.  I'm sure there are plenty of Sundays where priests get up and think, ugh, what do I have to go forgive these idiots for now?

That's the same for everything though including being a spouse and a parent.

[jtksu]

even if you love the crap out of your job, once you do it 260+ days a year for a few decades you will almost assuredly start to hate something about it.  I'm sure there are plenty of Sundays where priests get up and think, ugh, what do I have to go forgive these idiots for now?

That's the same for everything though including being a spouse and a parent.

You hate your wife and kids? 

[star seed 7]

even if you love the crap out of your job, once you do it 260+ days a year for a few decades you will almost assuredly start to hate something about it.  I'm sure there are plenty of Sundays where priests get up and think, ugh, what do I have to go forgive these idiots for now?

That's the same for everything though including being a spouse and a parent.

You hate your wife and kids? 

did you not read about watching frozen at jack trice stadium?

[_33]

Life coaches are scam artists.

[CNS]

Life coaches are scam artists.

In the circle of ppl I know, it seems that many confuse the need of a therapist with the need of a life coach. 

[steve dave]

knowing what to do to make everything in your life awesome is easy. doing it is harder. but, doing enough to make almost all of your life awesome is also easy.

[wetwillie]

To me a life coach is just a mentor, if you pay someone money to coach your life that would be different and IMO not very fruitful. 

[CNS]

knowing what to do to make everything in your life awesome is easy. doing it is harder. but, doing enough to make almost all of your life awesome is also easy.

I agree with this but it seems most ppl(Not specific to this blog) don't.

[MakeItRain]

even if you love the crap out of your job, once you do it 260+ days a year for a few decades you will almost assuredly start to hate something about it.  I'm sure there are plenty of Sundays where priests get up and think, ugh, what do I have to go forgive these idiots for now?

That's the same for everything though including being a spouse and a parent.

You hate your wife and kids? 

sometimes, yep. kids more than the wife though. I have, on occasion, muttered [redacted] or assholes to myself. Anyone being honest with themselves would admit similar experiences. I'm sure they do the same to me.

[MakeItRain]

Today I repeatedly sucked helium and yelled I LOVE SELLING BLOOOOOOOOOOOOW, I assure you that my wife hated me after the fifth time.

[ChiComCat]

knowing what to do to make everything in your life awesome is easy. doing it is harder. but, doing enough to make almost all of your life awesome is also easy.

I go into work, make a list of crap I need to get done before I go home and, with few exceptions, knock it out.  Really simple but helped my productivity at work.  So long as I am knocking that stuff out, I BBS or whatever all I want.

[cDubya]

Today I repeatedly sucked helium and yelled I LOVE SELLING BLOOOOOOOOOOOOW, I assure you that my wife hated me after the fifth time.

 

[Bloodfart]

 

[GoodForAnother]

even if you love the crap out of your job, once you do it 260+ days a year for a few decades you will almost assuredly start to hate something about it.  I'm sure there are plenty of Sundays where priests get up and think, ugh, what do I have to go forgive these idiots for now?

That's the same for everything though including being a spouse and a parent.

yeah. life sucks and then you die.

[Pete]

Sys is very, very wise.


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[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

dnr the thread. has anyone made a joke about carl weathers/arrested development yet?

[meow meow]

Sundance, you should strongly consider giving bbs'ing a break if it gets you all worked up

[SdK]

Sundance, you should strongly consider giving bbs'ing a break if it gets you all worked up

I've just decided to avoid going off like mad on here. Knowing that the real the anger deserves to be placed elsewhere. If I disagree, I'll say it in the thread. But resorting to name calling? Meeting in person? etc. Very sad on my part. I'll stick to knowing to who I am and stop being so insecure on gE.