Comments on: Get out your measuring sticks! http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2009/11/30/get-out-your-measuring-sticks/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deborah http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2009/11/30/get-out-your-measuring-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Deborah Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:20:27 +0000 http://balancedmeltingpot.com/?p=395#comment-78 Lynn - It's as though you read my mind. Sometimes I think that this restlessness is brought on by being told "you can be whatever you want to be". It's a good thing that this generation (especially women) have countless options in terms of careers, etc.; however, it makes it all the harder to actually choose something 8-O Also, I think that society often has a negative view of those who like to try different avenues. When I told a family friend that we were moving to Caracas, she said "but you just got settled in your job", all the while I'm thinking "I've been there almost five years, it's time to move on". Lynn –

It's as though you read my mind. Sometimes I think that this restlessness is brought on by being told "you can be whatever you want to be". It's a good thing that this generation (especially women) have countless options in terms of careers, etc.; however, it makes it all the harder to actually choose something 8-O

Also, I think that society often has a negative view of those who like to try different avenues. When I told a family friend that we were moving to Caracas, she said "but you just got settled in your job", all the while I'm thinking "I've been there almost five years, it's time to move on".

]]> By: Lynn http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2009/11/30/get-out-your-measuring-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Lynn Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:01:51 +0000 http://balancedmeltingpot.com/?p=395#comment-77 I feel the same way. There's a restlessness about me that I can never quite pin down. It feels like no matter what I've done, it's not the answer to what I am looking for. Having our little one has quietened my restlessness a little, but it's still there. How do some people just know exactly what they want to do with their lives & actually find there way to it? I feel the same way. There's a restlessness about me that I can never quite pin down. It feels like no matter what I've done, it's not the answer to what I am looking for. Having our little one has quietened my restlessness a little, but it's still there.

How do some people just know exactly what they want to do with their lives & actually find there way to it?

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