Comments on: How to figure out what you should be doing with your life http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Hawaiian Massage http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-269492 Hawaiian Massage Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:16:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-269492 Generally I don't learn article on blogs, however I would like to say that this write-up very compelled me to take a look at and do so! Your writing taste has been amazed me. Thanks, very great article. Generally I don't learn article on blogs, however I would like to say that this write-up very compelled me to take a look at and do so! Your writing taste has been amazed me. Thanks, very great article.

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]]> By: A Growing Industry: Projected Growth in Jobs for Beauticians/Estheticians - Massage Schools » Massage Schools http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-269277 A Growing Industry: Projected Growth in Jobs for Beauticians/Estheticians - Massage Schools » Massage Schools Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:32:57 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-269277 [...] How to figure out what you should be doing with your life .page-title { -pie-background: linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); background: #0F2D4D; background: -moz-linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); background: linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); }.page-title span{color:#fff;}#container {width: 1020px;} .three-col-center.three-columns #content-main {width: 480} .three-col-center .post {width: 480px;} .three-col-center.three-columns #content-main {width: 480px;} .three-col-center .post.nodate, .three-col-center .post.page, .three-col-center .post.post_404, .three-col-center .post.post_404_search {width: 480px;} #sidebar2 {float: right;} .post { padding: 20px 15px;} .recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;} [...] [...] How to figure out what you should be doing with your life .page-title { -pie-background: linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); background: #0F2D4D; background: -moz-linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); background: linear-gradient(left top, #0F2D4D, #2880C3 ); }.page-title span{color:#fff;}#container {width: 1020px;} .three-col-center.three-columns #content-main {width: 480} .three-col-center .post {width: 480px;} .three-col-center.three-columns #content-main {width: 480px;} .three-col-center .post.nodate, .three-col-center .post.page, .three-col-center .post.post_404, .three-col-center .post.post_404_search {width: 480px;} #sidebar2 {float: right;} .post { padding: 20px 15px;} .recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;} [...]

]]> By: sally http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-269169 sally Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:59:52 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-269169 "Time to get lost" is a great idea, but we aren't all clever enough to spend our early 20s "lost," and also fortunate enough to time our professional emergence with the dawn of the internet. What do you do if you already have children and grownup bills to pay and you're not 22 anymore but you still don't know what you want? Not doing laundry isn't an option when you've got children to dress. Also, I've spent about the entirety of my career, such as it is, looking for mentors. Every supervisor I've ever had adores me and is glad to have hired me, the WORST performance review I ever had was still glowing, but nobody ever wants to mentor. They have enough to do, thanks. I sometimes think this wouldn't be such a problem if I were prettier...but I'm not, and plastic surgery isn't in the budget. I'm not hideous, I've been married twice so I must meet at least two mens' definitions of basically-attractive-enough, but all the truly successful women I know are genuinely gorgeous. "Time to get lost" is a great idea, but we aren't all clever enough to spend our early 20s "lost," and also fortunate enough to time our professional emergence with the dawn of the internet. What do you do if you already have children and grownup bills to pay and you're not 22 anymore but you still don't know what you want? Not doing laundry isn't an option when you've got children to dress.

Also, I've spent about the entirety of my career, such as it is, looking for mentors. Every supervisor I've ever had adores me and is glad to have hired me, the WORST performance review I ever had was still glowing, but nobody ever wants to mentor. They have enough to do, thanks. I sometimes think this wouldn't be such a problem if I were prettier…but I'm not, and plastic surgery isn't in the budget. I'm not hideous, I've been married twice so I must meet at least two mens' definitions of basically-attractive-enough, but all the truly successful women I know are genuinely gorgeous.

]]> By: Danes http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-268660 Danes Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:38:04 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-268660 Penelope I love you. Thank you for your honesty. Penelope I love you. Thank you for your honesty.

]]> By: Entrepreneurship is a Means, not a Cause (or why everyone needs a cause) | Dale Thoughts http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-268621 Entrepreneurship is a Means, not a Cause (or why everyone needs a cause) | Dale Thoughts Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:07:52 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-268621 [...] develop a profession, the important part is starting. There are multiple things you can become good at so you [...] [...] develop a profession, the important part is starting. There are multiple things you can become good at so you [...]

]]> By: Amber Haney http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-265555 Amber Haney Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:29:57 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-265555 This article meant a lot to me. I have always done what my family "expected" of me. Go here, be this, make me proud. All the while, I was losing myself within this system of the "ideal" life. That is not the life I want. But right now I can only decide the things I do not want to do. I cannot figure out what I want with my life. I have the emotional and personal parts complete, but now I need my career goals. At this point I am influenced to research any career that sparks a tiny interest to me and I do not know if that is good or bad? I feel very lost, but grounded still. I am so confused about this life I have been leading. Thank you so much for this article. I am already beginning to take time off from school to find my passion and happiness. I am glad to hear you have found yours. This article meant a lot to me. I have always done what my family "expected" of me. Go here, be this, make me proud. All the while, I was losing myself within this system of the "ideal" life. That is not the life I want. But right now I can only decide the things I do not want to do. I cannot figure out what I want with my life. I have the emotional and personal parts complete, but now I need my career goals. At this point I am influenced to research any career that sparks a tiny interest to me and I do not know if that is good or bad? I feel very lost, but grounded still. I am so confused about this life I have been leading. Thank you so much for this article. I am already beginning to take time off from school to find my passion and happiness. I am glad to hear you have found yours.

]]> By: Wrightkendra01 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-264190 Wrightkendra01 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:33:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-264190 Thank you very much! I have been struggling with which direction to go with my life. I needed to read this. Thanks again! Thank you very much! I have been struggling with which direction to go with my life. I needed to read this. Thanks again!

]]> By: How to Figure Car Financing | Finance Search http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-262911 How to Figure Car Financing | Finance Search Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:17:29 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-262911 [...] 2.How to figure out what you should be doing with your life | Penelope There is no other way to figure out where you belong than to make time to do it and give yourself space to fail, give yourself time to be lost. And then you’ll have a quarterlife crisis when you realize that you lied to yourself so you could feel stable instead of investigating. Here’s how to avoid that outcome. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/ [...] [...] 2.How to figure out what you should be doing with your life | Penelope There is no other way to figure out where you belong than to make time to do it and give yourself space to fail, give yourself time to be lost. And then you'll have a quarterlife crisis when you realize that you lied to yourself so you could feel stable instead of investigating. Here's how to avoid that outcome. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/ [...]

]]> By: Dawn http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-261234 Dawn Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:23:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=1958#comment-261234 Thanks for sharing!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

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