citrine
Full time employment: Posting here.
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- Mar 7, 2007
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I love this board.....thank you for all of your advice and different perspectives!
I think that there are physical problems that go with every job....the office environment can cause stress, carpal tunnel, and weight gain. Working a physical job can cause problems as well. As for the recession....it will impact every area of the economy, even the corporate world.
It basically boils down to these few things for me---I need to have a working environment where I feel good. I need to do things that recharge me and make me want to get up in the morning. I need to feel that what I do is helping people. I am not getting that in my current job and no amount of money or benefits is worth the stress level or the anxiety I feel when I go there.
I have also been doing a lot of reading....I am not the type of person that can do 1 job for 40 years and then retire......I would go crazy only doing one thing. I want to do two or three different jobs at the same time. I can make my hours and create the work life that I want. I am reading a couple of great books right now that deal with this....."One person/Multiple Jobs" and "Midlife Crisis at 30".
As for Reiki being a gift.....I think that being a good doctor is a gift, but there are not that many good doctors because they want to make the money rather than help people....being a good teacher is a gift as well.....but there are some that just want the pension and the benefits. I guess it all depends on your internal motives and what you want out of your vocation.
As for the medical insurance....there are many options....COBRA, short term, catastrophic, clinics, or making payment arrangements with doctors.
I really think that we as a culture are going to move towards a more holistic way of taking care of our bodies rather than just pop a pill for every health problem that we have. Yoga, Reiki, Massage therapy, Accupuncture, Ayurvedic medicine, and Meditation have been around a lot longer than the present healthcare system.
And if for some reason.....it does not work out......then at least I tried it and would not regret it on my death bed!
I think that there are physical problems that go with every job....the office environment can cause stress, carpal tunnel, and weight gain. Working a physical job can cause problems as well. As for the recession....it will impact every area of the economy, even the corporate world.
It basically boils down to these few things for me---I need to have a working environment where I feel good. I need to do things that recharge me and make me want to get up in the morning. I need to feel that what I do is helping people. I am not getting that in my current job and no amount of money or benefits is worth the stress level or the anxiety I feel when I go there.
I have also been doing a lot of reading....I am not the type of person that can do 1 job for 40 years and then retire......I would go crazy only doing one thing. I want to do two or three different jobs at the same time. I can make my hours and create the work life that I want. I am reading a couple of great books right now that deal with this....."One person/Multiple Jobs" and "Midlife Crisis at 30".
As for Reiki being a gift.....I think that being a good doctor is a gift, but there are not that many good doctors because they want to make the money rather than help people....being a good teacher is a gift as well.....but there are some that just want the pension and the benefits. I guess it all depends on your internal motives and what you want out of your vocation.
As for the medical insurance....there are many options....COBRA, short term, catastrophic, clinics, or making payment arrangements with doctors.
I really think that we as a culture are going to move towards a more holistic way of taking care of our bodies rather than just pop a pill for every health problem that we have. Yoga, Reiki, Massage therapy, Accupuncture, Ayurvedic medicine, and Meditation have been around a lot longer than the present healthcare system.
And if for some reason.....it does not work out......then at least I tried it and would not regret it on my death bed!