THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST POSTING TO
http://frogbook.hampshire.edu
- I like being the first :D* I saw it listed in the Alumni Mag,
which I normally don't read.* This time I did. #yay :) Searching
for "The Career" can be a daunting task.* It feels as if it's
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. It can be. But it doesn't have to be.
When facing a difficult decision about a career path, ask
yourself, "Is this a Vocation or an Advocation?" In short, is it
more important to make money at this, or is this your mission in
life? Can you pursue this in your spare time? There's a bit of a
myth that the two need to be merged together into one.* But what
you do to make money does not have to be DIRECTLY related to
your life goals and hopes and dreams and ambitions. You can
utilize your strengths THROUGH whatever it is that gets you
paid. Then you can pursue the more nerdy sides of your
advocation in your off-time.* You can even launch that into a
side business which may end up taking off as a full time career
itself! But... that's the carrot of the American Dream that
dangles in front of us all. Being able to "split" the two;
vocation and advocation, money maker and passionate pursuit
helps take the stress and pressure off of THE PERFECT CAREER.
And.. you may never get rich off of the things you advocate.*
Maybe you will.* But by NOT mixing "business and pleasure"
immediately... you're free to keep the sense of purity to the
mission, which may get tainted as money, politics, middle school
mean girl gossip style backstabbing, greediness and all of the
things you fear about money. It's all real possibilities.* You
have to be very strong to ride two horses at once.* Strong in
unexpected ways. You can achieve anything.* You may not be able
to manifest it in this three-dimensional plane, but you *can*
achieve anything.* You may have simply have to modify the
context in which it takes place.
