The downside of working from home is that it is easy to get distracted especially nowadays when I am generally frustrated about my career. Since there is no one looking over, I tend to indulge – take a sip of whisky here, watch Trevor Noah / John Oliver there, snack incessantly. By the end of the day, I realize that I had done nothing productive whether personal or work-wise, and that adds to more frustration.
One productive thing I did do was watch a series of YouTube videos on “career change” “finding what you want to do” etc. The notable one was obviously Mr. Tony Robbins, who talked about “creating your story”, a psychiatrist talking about, I forgot about what, and bunch of other people babbling about stuff in theoretical terms and not from their experience. They were not that helpful.
I did bump into Dave Ramsay’s channel and listened to several people calling him about their personal finance problem. I did not know about Dave. I checked his Wikipedia page and he had an interesting story as to how he got to be what he is now. Needless to say, his solution to his listeners was to live within your means, reduce your debt esp. credit card, and find way to earn more. Later I found an interesting Politico profile on him. I had given thoughts to be becoming a Personal Finance expert myself but I was unsure as I did not know what I could add to an already crowded field. Even if I don’t preach Personal Finance, I still want to be well-versed in it - it is like being health conscious.
I definitely need a feasible plan to revitalize my career. It must start with what I’d like to do and what I don’t; what I am good and what I am not; something that leverages my existing skills rather than some that does not. While I do want to come out of my comfort zone, I also don’t want to venture into a strange territory. Ideally, it has to be something I can do for the next 20-25 years and be proud of it.
