Most of us don’t picture having to job hunt “all over again” in our 60’s, yet it’s a possibility in today’s world. Having the right mindset and strategy is key. Read on for some helpful tips.
“Laid Off at 60: What to Do Next.”
Today’s Quote: Present Moment
“The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.” Thich Nhat Hanh
A Soul-Saving Move
Karina Gentinetta says her career reinvention was a soul-saving move. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home in 2005, she continued to work as an attorney and began restoring antiques as a therapeutic hobby. Four years later in 2009, Karina gave up her law-firm partnership and turned that hobby into a business. Having lost everything in the hurricane and having endured financial and family strains, Karina was no longer afraid of change. Commenting on where she is now, Karina says: “I’m seizing moments more than I ever have – I jumped off the cliff, and everything started falling into place.”
Contemplating a soul-saving move of your own? If so, taking up a therapeutic hobby may be just the thing that brings possibility into view.
“Second Acts: Designing a New Life.”
Today’s Quote: Don’t Limit Yourself
“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.” Mary Kay Ash
It’s True: You Are Free
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”
— Voltaire
By Ginny Kravitz, Deputy Editor
Being free has many meanings. Today, let’s focus on how the truth can set you free. Truth, communication, and freedom — a correlation most definitely exists.
Speak the Truth
Madeline is a client and health care professional who is realizing the power of communicating more effectively with her patients, staff, and others. Recently she summed up the benefits of what she calls “communicating clearly while holding my peace”:
“I get to walk away unburdened and free in many ways. What I have found amazing is how the truth of a situation just kind of rises to the top like cream. I have also seen that some folks operate with smoke and mirrors quite a bit. My new way of communicating blows all that stuff away so there is really nothing to hide behind. Most things just lay bare and hopefully we can move on.”
Pick Up The Key
What is the truth of your situation or whatever is challenging you most at this time? Before any significant progress can
be made, it is essential to get real and tell the truth to yourself. For example, you may have some valid gripes about your work environment, but aside from those, you know deep down that you’ve wanted to make a change for years. Likewise, the truth about a relationship that irritates you may be that it’s time for you to no longer allow what you’ve previously tolerated.
The whole truth encompasses much more than the factors that constrain you; it includes what is within your power to change. What’s the part you can do something about? Is it an attitude, a new way of seeing yourself, a better way of communicating, or an action plan to formulate? The key is within your reach.
Exercise Your Freedom
We often perceive ourselves to be more limited in our choices than in fact we are. Do not dwell on where you feel constrained. Instead, realize how you are free.
This Week’s Call to Action:
Where in your life have you been operating as if imprisoned or unduly limited by your choices?Does it involve your job, a relationship, your time, having a voice?
Decide to do something you have been meaning to do or have just realized you are free to do. Whether on a large scale or a more subtle one, it does not matter. Do this because you can. Notice where you are free, realize what might be possible, and take action.
Exercise your freedom, demonstrate that you value it, and freedom flourishes.
“It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised
that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.”
— Dorothy Thompson
Today’s Quote: Purpose
“There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction.” Robert Brault