#217: Following your (non-specific) dreams

I simply have to know when I’m desperately curious and deeply suffocated by specific work situations. I’ve learned there is no “arriving” anywhere, which is maybe what the deep ache I feel is about. Seeing this as part of life helps me settle into the moments, however brief they may be.

what matters more is who you are in your job, than the job itself

There has also been so much unforeseen beauty when I embrace the path of lesser resistance and remain curious and engaged with the world around me rather than feeling guilty I can’t seem to conjure my former decisiveness the majority of self-help advice favours. Maybe living with the end of the story in mind inhibits us from really experiencing lif... See more

nothing is permanent, and if you try to stick to one path it lessens the likelihood of you surprising yourself or finding open doors you didn't even know where there. Cultivate relationships. You will be OK, dear questioner.

Accepting the job offer involved a process of looking back at the last few years of my work and seeing, for the first time, a path that I hadn't realized I was on. Anything can seem like a path when you look back and make it one, but it was a surprising lesson to me that sometimes you're already, maybe unknowingly, cultivating the experiences that ... See more