Tag: Midlife career change
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First career, mini-retirement, second act
I still find it difficult to reconcile the order of events in my life. I always believed my quest was to find that one career or type of job which would satisfy my needs for a lifetime. The pressure I put on myself to find this one thing was intense. It had to be interesting…
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Dream jobs and Living in the moment
My sister asked the family in a letter recently, “are you in your dream job and if not, what is your dream job?” She was fresh from a social engagement where the topic was being discussed. She is also in her early forties, a good time to be thinking of that question. If you type the…
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The true cost of water?
As we left behind the water crisis in Cape Town, it was with a sigh of relief. Phew. We have done our time conserving water, getting down to our allotted 50L per person per day. Which is not much water. Our landlord told us that other tenants were getting down to 35L per person per…