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In my opinion, which may not be worth much, you ask the right question, but then in your message you seem to equate life with a job. I think that is a very dangerous self defeating association.
Life is you, and what you make of yourself. Life is what happens while you are living. Employment, a job, a career, is how you choose to gather the resources necessary to live your life. Perhaps your job will be the self-actualization of your being, and that may be wonderful, but there is so much more to life that is not associated with a job. I think you will be missing out on living life if you want to dedicate yourself 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the rest of your "life". Missing things like family, hobbies, travel, volunteering.
Life will take turns you can't control while you are living it, so you'll need to be flexible and willing to adjust as you go along.
You can try my approach: Cheat. It is often possible to work backwards from the answer to discover how to solve the problem.
Plan your life backwards. Imagine your dream obit in the paper. In it your job/career may get one line: "Finch retired from XYZ in 2045 where s/he was a widget inspector." I don't want to focus my life on that line.
What else does the obit say? How old are you when you die? 70's? 80's? Older? Where are you living? Are you financially well off? What hobbies? What passions? What about family and friends? Did you travel? Volunteer? Work in retrirement?
This will be the current final answer that you need to work towards, so plan how to get there.
Where do you need to be in 20 years to be on track to acheive your current final answer? Do you need more education? Particular training? A certain level of income?
Where do you need to be in 10 years to be on track to acheive your 20 year position towards your current final answer? Do you need more education? Particular training? A certain level of income?
Where do you need to be in 5 years to be on track to acheive your 10 year position based on your current answer? Do you need more education? Particular training? A certain level of income?
Reread your fist paragraph. If true, I read a lot there that shows your have the potential for a tremendous life.
If an area has a historic area, I will assume it has a relatively strong community government (city, county, state) that works to insure the area is preserved. Getting a foot in the door with the government office that deals with this (not as an elected politician) will gain you knowledge of how things work from the enforcement side, and introduce you to the folks trying to actually do the renovations/preservations. Network from this and you may find your dream job.
In the mean time, find ways to enjoy living life.
posted by 128.190.6...
, Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:29:24
, Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:22:51
, Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:15:50, Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:47:42
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