I’ve never really been good at putting together a roadmap of what my next 5 or 10 years might look like. The version of me that I want to be in 5 years is one who has taken advantage of whatever interesting opportunities have come my way. I tend to be a bit like a raccoon in that respect, being distracted by shiny new possibilities. Finally, I’ve realized that I need to build that knowledge of myself into my plans.
I’ve made no secret of the fact that my long-term goal is not to stay at my current job forever. It’s a great job at a fantastic company, but ultimately, my passion lies elsewhere. And if you’re going to be happy in your career, you have to do what you’re passionate about, right? So where does that take me?
It takes me everywhere. I’m interested in a lot of different things, mostly creative in nature. I love photography, and I’m picking up more gigs doing that. (By the way, I cleaned up and fixed my gallery, which had also been attacked by that virus last year.) I’m still doing some web work. I enjoy writing.
One thing I have a dream to do is to combine these talents to help people document their family history. I love doing work that makes people sentimental, and the gratitude for catching that family portrait or sharing old family photos with others is really fulfilling.
I can’t wait until the day that I can focus on my own business and choose to pursue the types of jobs that I really enjoy. And I’m trying to be realistic about my strengths and weaknesses. Paperwork: weakness. Sales: weakness. Luckily, I have people around me who can help with those things.
Bottom line: I have no idea what my future holds. It’s a good thing I thrive on change and uncertainty.
24/01/2009 at 1:12 pm Permalink
Ah, a girl after my own heart. How is it that doing what we want is probably the most difficult thing to do? Remember that every risk taken is a benefit to our souls…either a step in the right direction or a lesson learned (I’d personally prefer a positive step, but what is life without learning, right?). In the words of Matt Nathanson, “I’ll be awful sometimes; weakened to my knees. But I’ll learn to get by on little victories”. Sometimes it’s those little victories that matter the most.
Ok, enough with that…time to smoke
29/01/2009 at 6:56 pm Permalink
OMG! I was just writing my life goals down this week! I read an article about visualizing what you want so you can look at something and your subconscious can get busy moving you in the right directions. I have several really good ones…maybe I’ll actually blog about them. It’s been awhile since I blogged too.
04/04/2009 at 9:54 pm Permalink
Lisa, you are quite talented in the area of photography and making awesome video compilations of things. I know that the ones you’ve made for my family are awesome and treasured objects in our household. I hope that you’re able to reach your goal and know that there’s lots of us here to support to in reaching it.