Are you "happy" with your job? I used to think I needed to be happy in what I do and my previous boss used to tell me "Happy is a state of mind." I didn't know what he meant. I still don't. Doesn't matter. In the end, why I left was because my job had reached a dead-end. Nothing new to learn. No more challenge...except trying to handle the stress and pressure, which were made worse and worse due to the ill-fated economy that was coming and is still here. There was just no room for creation and innovation anymore. So little money to afford those wonderful things.
So about a little over 3 years ago, I quit that job and started Paco+Lupe. Little did I know that we were going to be in this state of economic crisis just a few years after. Should I have stayed and endured until the recession passes? Ah, that's the hypothetical question. It is useless to think about that, really, so I don't. Moving forward...
Owning your own business has its ups and downs, of course. I am not where I want to be...YET...I have a vision and that's what I am focusing on. But am I happy now? Yes I am! Because I am hungry and I am foolish.
When I was working at the library of my university to make some money stacking books and journals back on their shelves, I ran into The Whole Earth Catalog. Just out of curiosity, I started reading some of their articles. Kind of seem archaic compare to Google, right? Or was this the start of Google? Hmmm. Anyway, on the back cover of an issue, there was a picture of a road and the words above it said "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish". To be honest, I had no idea what that meant either back then...too young too naive...
...until I've experienced more and more. I remember this phrase when it is appropriate and necessary to remember it. Does that make sense? The phrase may mean different things to you but to me, it meant to never settle, to live life as full as you can and to not be afraid to seek what seems impossible to most. You find your own meaning.
NOW the fun part of this blog. FINALLY! you say. I want to hear what your perfect job is/will be if money, location, age, sex, etc... is no object. And, here's the hook, who ever has the most interesting answer will get a free 4-wine bottle tote bag (profit I would have made will still go to a global conservation organization). You've got until next Saturday, January 23 to leave a comment. If your comment is not published, no worries, I may be offline.
So, tell me...what is your perfect job?
Oh, and, yes, please don't forget to leave an email so I can contact you should you win le big prize!
UPDATE: January 24,2010 - Read this post to see who the winner is.







7 comments:
My perfect job would be as a Sports Agent for some talented athletes.
Thank you for the chance to dream.
brc668 (at) gmail (dot) com
For me, the perfect job would be Creative Director and Lead Stylist at Domino Mag. Too bad it's no longer. Hey, a girl can dream...
happy to say I have my perfect job, running my boutique and design firm, like you I believe we cannot question the decision to start up our own company, just believe we will benefit from doing what we love...LOVE the quote!!! I am sure it will come in handy for me at just the right moment, as it has for you...another you may like " be the architect of your own life"..
Great idea for a giveaway:) I have to say that I am lucky enough to finally be doing my dream job full-time now as a glass artist and small business owner. It isn't easy, sometimes it's really really hard to keep going, but it does make me want it more.
pennyglassgirl@yahoo.com
I'm working in my perfect job now... being a buyer for a vintage boutique (my own) and fashion merchandising it. : ) Now... what would make it much better?? Making millions. But... that shall come with time and hard work, right? right? : ) Well, I can dream! Nice blog, by the way. : )
Mina
www.bohemianvintageonline.com
My Perfect Job Is To Be A College Chemistry Professor!!!!
The perfect job would be one in which I could simultaneously eat, sleep, and read while getting paid at least $100,000 per year. I would work two days a week, and on my days off I would be paid (by my employer, of course) to travel around the world tasting amazing foods and relaxing on every beach known to man. Once I accomplished going to every beach, I would start working on the mountains, because they don't get enough play out there for vacation destinations.
In other words, my perfect job would be to not have a job, only hobbies. Because if money isn't an object then I'd really just like to live my life and be happy. I can do that without a job.
rrmparker@gmail.com
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