By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:34:19 +0000

The only thing I would add to this…which is probably covered by your questions above is to ask yourself what feeds your soul. I know it sounds hokey and for someone with a type A personality it is a question you don’t always ask yourself…I certainly never did. I spent years doing what I thought I was supposed to be doing. Going to the right schools, in my case Phillips Exeter Academy and Wellesley College, graduating with honors, making great connections/contacts, and getting that intellectually stimulating and “safe” job…and the one that had prestige…cause when you’re name dropping and going to alumnae functions that’s part of the package…but like you said, at the end of the day, life is short. I’m 32 and for the first time ever I’m actually doing work that I love…granted I’m in school, but the work I have done in the industry has been so much fun…I giggle like a schoolgirl and am almost sad when the day is over (though often very tired). I wish someone had told me long ago that just because I could do something I didn’t actually HAVE to do it. You honor yourself more when your soul is fed than when you do what you think you “should” do.

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