Take Five
Two ideas from my archives resonated today. The first was a quote from Erik Benson: Next time you think you’re trapped somewhere, or wish you were somewhere else, just tell yourself that the only reason that you’re trapped is because you want to stay. The second was my own comment on making decisions: I think I can boil up my hesitation into the concept that I am now facing an inevitable deep sense of loss.
It is now five years after making “Decision A.” Five years of gaining familiarity in a new place. Maintaining old friendships and making new ones. And, yes, there certainly has been improved job satisfaction.
Five years ago I would not have anticipated the opportunities that I have encountered. Five years ago I did not anticipate that my career would become so precious to me.
I have never made a honest-to-goodness five year plan. Maybe it is time.
