The assignment for Slice of Life this week is to take pictures at home, thinking about what matters most to you – both the things that matter, and the things that matter in photos about them. It’s like a matter inside a matter. You might like to see some of my photos. I’ll probably post …
Last year as I started looking for a new job – and continued to do my old one – I sometimes completely lost sight of my life. If you take a conventional approach to job-seeking, it seems really easy to turn yourself into a 24/7 worry and angst machine. Seeking is a(nother) full-time job. I …
I’ve been getting more and more excited over the past several months about all these un-jobbing ideas that seem to be all over the place. It’s a fun trend! Way back in the Zen Habits archive, I found the Short but Powerful Guide to Finding Your Passion [He also has a companion guide about making …
We need our own to walk us home. – Tama Kieves I love the feeling of walking into a room and wanting to throw your hands up, Evita-style, to shout “My people!” – in fact, I think a lot of my life choices have been about chasing that feeling of at-home-ness. And now I may …
This is a companion to my last post, with some sources for people who would like to take a similar path. I list these because I used them personally, and recommend them. If you’re looking for a coach, I know several whom I haven’t worked with, but who are good people you might click with.
This is an article – or small book – that came out of a couple of blog posts I wrote over the past several months as I looked for my next job. It’s long for a blog post now, but since it started here, I share where it ended. What ought I do with it next?
The Rumi-a-day thing was apparently a great idea. Maybe I should re-title this blog “all Rumi all the time” or something. So. Here’s your Rumi. It’s a selection of related snippets I’ve enjoyed this month. Each moment from all sides rushes to us the call to love. We are running to contemplate its vast green …
It is too easy, when making big change, to totally reject what you’ve built before. It is for me, at least. The astounding breadth of what I’m considering work-wise got me thinking that the work I built and the house I bought were all wrong. Too settled and unchallenging. Yeah. Because owning a nearly 100 …
What does it mean to look for a job in a way that makes the looking itself compelling? I suspect there’s a core set of values that everyone wants to honor in their process. learning (you develop new skills or have new experiences, you discover things about yourself or others) enjoyment (the search is fun) …
I’ve made a commitment to myself to find a job in a way that is itself lifechanging. Yesterday my coach introduced me to co-active coaching’s version of SMART goals. It’s like corporate SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely – don’t those words sound so efficient?) goals, but not soul-killing. Co-active SMARTs are specific, measurable, …