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Tommy's avatar

This. Is. Me. Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone in feeling like I could never commit my life to one career / thing.

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Stew Fortier's avatar

Glad it resonated, definitely on the journey with you. And how boring would one thing be, right?!

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Ellen Symons's avatar

I'm 'retired' now and on careers 6 and 7: novel-writing, and beekeeping. I'll call the horse riding a hobby. My wife's the same. Curiosity, challenge, and growth have been our guiding principles through several joint businesses and individual adventures. But it took me a long time to reframe this so that instead of thinking I couldn't stick with anything, I feel satisfied that I'm exploring as many opportunities as I can in my time on earth.

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Stew Fortier's avatar

This comment brought me so much joy to read. Here's to many more "lives"!

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Kushaan Shah's avatar

Resonate with everything you wrote here - bad at forecasting, quick to boredom and inherently curious. Currently on my third career and now the only career advice I truly believe is to constantly give yourself permission to change your vision of who you are

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Stew Fortier's avatar

So glad it resonated. "Change your vision of who you are" -> those are words to live by 🔥

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Stew Fortier's avatar

As is "bad at forecasting, quick to boredom." You should just tweet your comment!

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Abe's avatar

This was really interesting so thank you. Something that I’ve been realizing recently is that even if I can’t consciously recall something I’ve learnt it’s still been incorporated into my thinking

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Abe's avatar

But how does one achieve success in this model ?

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Stew Fortier's avatar

I'll let you know when I crack it. In the meantime, here's some light reading: http://poeticsofaging.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Happenstance-Learning-Theory-200921.pdf

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