Today I thought a lot about yesterday’s blog entry… that wishful hopeful feeling that somehow, some way, all of this (hands waving out in front of me) has to do with gathering and experiencing things that will help support whatever is next.
If you could choose a sound bite description for your ideal job based on who you are, not necessarily who you know, or what you know, or what your education has been, or your official work experience… what might it be?
There’s a fantasy one I’ve carried for a long while:
Kate Johnson is a writer who lives in vermont.
But I now know that “writer” does not encompass all that I am or wish to be, and vermont can be a state of mind.
And there is also this whole other side of me that digs technology, grooves on the energy of smart people creating new things, loves jamming on ideas, problem solving, option making, looking for alternatives and ways to make things and people work well, and work well together.
So anyway, today, in thinking about how to reframe and re-aim my current work life toward something that feels whole, rewarding, sustainable, true, and potentially valuable, I came up with a “business” description that might be something like:
Intuitive Business Consultant and Executive Sounding Board, Specializing in Start-ups and Companies in Transition.
A rough draft, an interesting start. It is not incorrect, but does not resonate with the energy I want it to. But hey, beginnings need to start somewhere. Because I can’t help it, I think of Annie Lamott, and her shitty first drafts (from Bird by Bird). And then remind myself that there is power in beginning to think about putting words to this bigger evolution, even if in this limited way.
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I’m curious, if you could cast yourself free from most rational pragmatism, and digging deep into what makes you you, what might your sound bite be?
