My goal of happiness

To reflect on my post from yesterday about the jobs and careers- I draw on an experience I had last night! I thought is was "ironic, don't you think... a little too ironic- yeah I really do think!" That was to draw on the lyrics from my co-Canadian singer Alanis Morrisette.

Alanis Morrisette - Ironic

Ok- so back to my story! I met my BEST FRIEND last night to meet up with two of her co-workers downtown for some dinner. She and I were going to the hockey game after, which I must say was awesome! (Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche and we kicked butt 5-2!) Soo my friend, for background, is just getting started as a financial advisor and is in training with these two guys. I meet one who I would like to focus on in particular who I will call Man A. I met Man A and he politely asked how I know my BEST FRIEND! and I tell him we are roommates. He then, without missing a beat, asked me what I do! It wasn't intrusive he said something like "if you don't mind me asking, can I ask what you do?"

Ok first of all- I could NOT believe that given I had written that post in the morning this is exactly what happened! I was dumbfounded to say the very least! Please know that Man A was delightful! At dinner I very much enjoyed him, he is a hard worker dedicated to his training and apparently quite spiritual, which is always super cool with me! But again- I was a little awestruck at this question exactly as we all knows is asked daily. So I told him I work in a very different field! I work with troubled youth- who may I say teach me more about life everyday than I could ever learn!

We were walking to the restaurant and I am chatting with Man A and asked him what got him into this line of work. Why did he want to become a financial advisor? You know the thing that weirded me out? I wanted to ask him what he did before!! It was like a relfex. Oh- so you are doing this now, but what did you do before because you are just starting this!!!! I am a hypocrite! However, I am grateful that I "blogged" my thoughts about all this to the world yesterday afternoon b/c I did not ask him my reflex answer. Instead I asked him why he wanted to become a financial advisor.

His answer was really cool at first! He said, "well I wanted to do something where I could follow my dreams. I wanted to do something that could take me where I want to go." I was like WOW! That's really cool! And so what are your dreams that you want to follow? And then my belly sunk a bit because he said- "well money! Isn't that everyone's dream?!" BAHHHHHH

So that is my reflection on yesterday I suppose! I find so many people have the goal of money and try to hopefully find happiness along the way. I dream of my goal as happiness and then whatever happens along the way happens! Call me crazy because I am okay with that! Sometimes I just feel like I don't fit! Maybe that is what makes me fit- that I don't fit.

Love and Respect!

It's a new day- it's a new dawn!

Hello all- happy Friday!

Fridays are good right? They are the nice closer to a week and the beginning of the weekend. Often people prefer the weekend because they get to play and don't have to work. Or it is the closure of the school week. and again, people get to play! I love to play because I feel so free! It seems unfortunate that so many people live to work and don't work to live. I have recently discovered secret option b) work to live. By that I mean work is a means of making money, challenging oneself, and attempt to make a difference, pay it forward or what-have-you. Work does not define an individual! Life does not equal work.

It's interesting, to me, that when you meet someone you politely say, oh yes how nice to meet you (insert name!) How's your day going! What do you do? It's like the first or second question you are asked or ask another. And why is that? It could very possibly be because you don't know this person and want to get to know them. You have nothing else to say. You say it because that is a place to start conversation. Whatever the reasons are this job has a lot of weight in society and defining who we are. If I work as an accountant- there is a stigma. If I work as a cashier- there is a stigma. If I work as a doctor- there is a stigma! What is that all about?! Is it because the job defines a wage which defines a status? Is it because we are able to categorize who this person is in our mind and better understand them? Is it because we usually find strength in numbers and want to surround ourselves with similar people on a similar wavelength? I pose this question because I do not know the answer.

We spend hours and weeks and months at a job that we may or may not like, that defines us and why? There are clearly responsibilities we have and we must follow through on those. I understand that but I do not understand why we live to work. I may be wrong and PLEASE correct me if I am! But work is everywhere. If it isn't a job, or school is working on the house or in the garden or in a relationship. Everything bloody well takes work and a lot of it! What happened to "follow your heart" "follow your dreams" "smell the roses"??? No one has time to even know what their heart wants, what their dreams are or to smell the roses. Everything is instantaneous and bigger-better-more-faster-now-for less. I do not have a solution of am even going to pretend I have an idea of where to go. All I think is that we are caught in this BIG MESS! Now- I believe that what I see outside of me is what is going on inside of me. So I suppose that means I am living in a big mess I created! How do I get out?

It's the dawn of a new day- that's how!

Video of the month

Wear Sunscreen-Everybody's Free

Now, I sure hope you all know about this video-if you don't watch it and if you do, watch it anyways. It's pretty BAD ASS!! I heard this for the first time in grade 9. It was on the radio and I fell in love with it immediately! If you didn't fall in love with it immediately then you didn't really let it sink in. So listen to it again! I have listened to it so many times I have it completely memorized and will randomly quote it when there are not really other words that a phrase from it to capture how I am truly feeling.

Really- so much is covered in this video, song... whatever! I think my favorite one is when he says "worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum." AKA it does nothing!!!

Anyways, hope you enjoy!

Love and Respect

First post

Hello world! To all those who may or may not be reading this post!

I have spoken about writing a blog for many months now but have been oh-so-very hesitant. Not for a lack of things to talk about (I can definitely chat an ear or two off!) but because does what I have to say really constitute a blog? Well world- I do not know! All I know is in Kung Fu Panda there is a revaluation that "there is no secret ingredient in the secret ingredient soup!" With no requirement for a secret ingredient- I suppose I suffice! I suppose I am adequately equipped to write a blog.

And so my friends, this is where my journey of my blog begins!

Join me won't you!