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The idea of the Linear Life plays on my mind a lot. It’s a reoccurring theme in TED Talks too; Steve Jobs and Sir Ken Robinson are both advocates of following what you like, and I swing between two thoughts. One against a linear outlook; for experimentation, commitment, wanting to try things and dreams, and the other lurching back to remind me I’m a graduate without capacious pockets of money. Maybe I just think invigorating talks are hip.
I like this talk a lot. I’m excited about finding a job where I love what I do. I want to make the world better and get involved (or at least feel that I do). Awkwardly for me, the idea of being involved often means being involved with online comms. Cheers Generation Y world.
My Mother said something nice this week.
“You sound like I used to. Like you can do anything.”
“Maybe it leaves you when you’re older because you expect to do great and bold things when you’re young,” I said.
I hope that’s not true.
Category: Diary | Tags: ken robinson, life, linear life, TED talk, work 2 comments »
July 1st, 2010 at 8:51 am
What I’ve found, as I’ve got older, is that the small things begin to matter more than the big things; so it’s not that I’ve lost the desire to do important things, but the emphasis has switched from ambition on a large scale to smaller achievements. Maybe it’s to do with setting yourself up against disappointment, but I don’t think so – its more about valuing modest successes and simple acts of kindness. But it’s great that you feel so positive about the impact you can have.
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Claire Reply:
July 1st, 2010 at 9:52 am
I imagined it might be like that – everything you’ve said matches what I’ve always sort of though. In the same way I imagine I’d find say, teaching, as a career now would leave a removed and disconnected sort of feeling, it’d somehow make more sense as I got older. I hope that I can always do small things though. I’m curious as to how my notion of ‘the small things’ might change
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