During 2010 and 2011 I took significant advantage of the 6 Changes approach to personal improvement. Notably, Leo Babauta has dropped the  6 Changes website and revised his philosophy to a more marketable form. Apparently simplicity is more worthwhile if it's profitable ( Read more... )

Especially considering several of them have been significant life changes.

Much time has passed since the last check-in about my 6 changes for 2010. Now the time has come for me to consider 2011. Honestly, I've been thinking about it all year. Since I first decided which goals to include, I've been aware of those excluded. However, the whole ( Read more... )

Second Career offers funding for unemployed people returning to school to retrain for work that's in demand. This might prove valuable in a few months.

I've also been looking into websites that hire freelance writers of web content. In fact I've applied to one. The pay starts out low, $.007 per word, but reviews state there is lots of work and ( Read more... )

The last of my 6 Changes for the year is to "plan and prepare healthy meals." I'm going to have some fun with this one.

Someone (maybe Leo Babauta) somewhere said when you start making positive changes, other aspects of life will follow along. That has been the case with my diet. Setting a budget back in April had a huge impact on the way I eat. I ( Read more... )

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I will explore and pursue a career as a naturalist writer and educator. It is what I want to do with my life: write creatively, have a vital relationship with the Earth, and communicate with others for positive change. Incidents of synchronicity over the past few days have affirmed this direction.

Actually I made this decision last night and woke ( Read more... )

After work I settled down to look up more career counseling opportunities, but the trail was cold, so I drifted over to Craigslist and found some entry-level writing and editing job postings I would theoretically consider applying for. It would serve me well to pick up some part-time work I can do in the evenings. I'll contemplate this theory for a ( Read more... )

Just considering what I want has changed my outlook about the career search. It may not be a realistic hope to become a world traveler or published novelist next year, but I can make reasonable steps towards those ambitions. I must stop neglecting what I want out of life, otherwise I'll never get excited about looking for a job. Here are some ( Read more... )

Monday was a holiday, of course, so I didn't work on the career question, however today I did. apel suggested delving into my feelings about why this is difficult, so I took a look at The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook and started working through the chapter on mistaken beliefs. I tried answering two questions.

Clearly certain beliefs hold me back from ( Read more... )

So far my goal for September and October-to research and make plans for further employment-has not been going well. Three weeks ago I broke the goal down to working for half an hour after work, twice a week, which seemed a modest enough commitment for starters, but so far I have only made the appointment three times.

Either I've been sick or too ( Read more... )