I am on LinkedIn all of the time. I professionally stalk people for a living being a headhunter and it is career Facebook after all. As an open forum there are many interesting articles that are written and shared by ‘experts’. Just like there is enough spam and misinformation (and I am shamefully guilty of not 100% back checking before I share something sometimes) on Facebook to sink the Titanic. Countless professionals share their opinions and career stories on LinkedIn.
One this week really caught my eye and I had to discuss it in this weeks Work That Tarot post. It is called – ‘Deserve is a Toxic Word’ and while it is a rather small article and it mostly reflects on the hard work that athletes have to go through to succeed, mirroring a career, it still states that you don’t deserve anything in life. A lot of people agreed with this post.
Then there was this article from the Huffington Post called – Why Generation Y Yuppies are Unhappy and I agree with the main point of the article. I don’t think that social media helps in a lot of respects. Well certainly if we believe our friends completely and forget that their social media accounts only reflect a small part of what is going on in their lives. And often just the best bits (unless you are THAT person who does nothing but complain on there, seriously if you are one of those, get a cat. The rest of us are tired of seeing it).
I also saw this on my Blogger Feed this week.
Do we really think it is wrong to tell children that they can be anything they want to be when they grow up? Cause if so I am so not subscribing to that reality. I think we are best to keep their self esteems high (Goddess knows I needed it when I was younger) but also to either help children ‘be all that they can be’ with support, music lessons, time for art, good education in and outside of the classroom etc or find people who can help them. Saying…. oh little Suzie I am so sorry you are too chubby to be a ballet dancer is not only hurtful it can crush a child. Suzie may just have some puppy fat or Suzie may find out later that she really wants to be in musical theater and her lovely lady lumps won’t matter at all. Those dance classes she loved will help her immensely in musical theater. But flat out saying that instilling this belief in our children is what we are doing wrong feels narrow minded and scapegoaty.
I am currently reading The Firestarter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte and am devouring it. I am adoring her style and loving the messages and working through the workbook and defining some things around my heart + head Tarot business and it seems that everything that I read about flow and ease and passion is snuffed out when I look on the majority of business websites.
Here is where I think we are, in my not so humble opinion, getting it wrong. We don’t bring it back to the middle. Some people swing too much one way and say that you need to work hard, slog the hours, do what kills your soul and that is how you prove yourself and is the only way to be successful. Then there are others who swing completely the other way and don’t stick at anything if it gets tough or if they don’t like or even better just plain ole just don’t feel like it. They only do what makes them feel good and chase instant gratification.
Because I believe in Magic, truly I do. I think that in the middle of those two is where the Merlin moment happens. When you take your hard work and team it up with something you love. When you dig in and keep going when you hit resistance when it feels right too. Thing is that most of us want to stay safe and feel safe and aren’t willing to risk for our own success. It is the same rules when you are working with magic, you need to meet the vibration of the spell you are working in order for manifestation to happen. That is also true when it comes to your career.
There is a whole lot more to be said around our expectations in life and how they lead us to unhappiness but for this week I want to ask you, Are you slugging away at work? Are you not working on what drives you and lights you up? Are you working where the Merlin moment can happen?
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My son will have plenty of people tearing at his self-esteem as he grows up. I do not need to be part of that! I view my job as mother to let him know that he has the ability to direct his path and that he is always loved no matter what. Everyday at least once I make it known that regardless of what happens he has love on his side because I’m there for him!
It’s hard not to swing to the extremes when it comes to finding your path in your career. When I was doing bookkeeping, I didn’t feel fulfilled exactly, but it wasn’t so bad either. Why not just keep on keepin’ on and deal with the depression and boredom that comes with the territory? Then I had a child and it all changed. I was given the option to be at home with him and stop pursuing my career to be with him through all those vital younger years. Easy for someone as spoiled as I am to say that it’s not worth it to “do what kills your soul.”
Now I find myself following a different path. I am lucky enough (I did mention that I’m spoiled right?) to have had the time to take a pause and break and really examine what I want from the next phase of my life. I now find myself going down that dreaded science route I’ve avoided all my life. It’s so interesting. So challenging. So complex. Who knew that all these previous endeavors would lead me to starting a new path at 35 that would intrigue me and challenge me like I never thought possible.
I wish that everyone was able to really follow their….heart? fate? passion? I don’t even know the words, but I truly wish that everyone had the support and means necessary to not do what kills their soul and instead follow what feeds them as individuals. In a perfect world, maybe.