Ready Your Kids for Change

N_s_Mom
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:45:34 +0000

I agree, NJSue. I don’t even think it’s possible to be on the constant reinvention cycle. Not if you are trying to be competent at your current job, raise a family, and be a good friend/community member/relative. Not if illness or other family trauma intervenes (and it will eventually for all of us). There are times in our lives - often long periods - when treading water is the best you can do. Reinventing yourself isn’t always possible. That’s why it’s important to find other ways of self-validating. It doesn’t mean that there is something ‘wrong’ with the world if you are under-employed or even unemployed for a while - it just means that our expectations for ourselves needs to change and we need to plan for uncertainty. Stay out of debt. Keep clear on the difference between wants and needs. Take connected to what matters to you most. And yes, reinvent when you can.