Comments on: Ask IttyBiz: What Do I Do With My Life? http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/ Marketing for Businesses Without Marketing Departments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:12:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: onyebuchibeya http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-10151 onyebuchibeya Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:22:21 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-10151 In my life, i have hear people say that life is what you make it and i ask what of those people who have tried their best but no success. For instance, somebody have gotten university certificate, no job yet and bought into work at home packages via internet marketing have sent over $5,000 acquiring one ebook or the other and also training. For over 1year on the internet but has not made a cent. Maybe is it because of the country the person came from (Nigeria). I am really sick of all these internet stuff of a thing. Funning part of it is that i still have people claiming making good money. I need someone who can help me. I am in heavy debt now and don't know what to do. In my life, i have hear people say that life is what you make it and i ask what of those people who have tried their best but no success. For instance, somebody have gotten university certificate, no job yet and bought into work at home packages via internet marketing have sent over $5,000 acquiring one ebook or the other and also training. For over 1year on the internet but has not made a cent. Maybe is it because of the country the person came from (Nigeria). I am really sick of all these internet stuff of a thing. Funning part of it is that i still have people claiming making good money. I need someone who can help me. I am in heavy debt now and don’t know what to do.

]]> By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9422 Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:21:31 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9422 Jumping in late to this discussion... There's one way to figure it out that no one's mentioned yet and yet the seeds of it were in the woman's email to Naomi: Complain. Write down everything you hate about your life - the things that totally suck to the minorly annoying. Then, beside each complaint write the words "I want" and finish the sentence. Group the "I wants" together and you should have a pretty good idea of what passions drive you, then go pursue the hell out of it. Jumping in late to this discussion…

There’s one way to figure it out that no one’s mentioned yet and yet the seeds of it were in the woman’s email to Naomi: Complain.

Write down everything you hate about your life – the things that totally suck to the minorly annoying.

Then, beside each complaint write the words “I want” and finish the sentence. Group the “I wants” together and you should have a pretty good idea of what passions drive you, then go pursue the hell out of it.

]]> By: Catherine Cantieri, Sorted http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9381 Catherine Cantieri, Sorted Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:14:46 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9381 This is a fantastic post and discussion. I'd like to add my voice to the chorus of "do something you love" because when you love what you're doing, you put a lot more care, energy and joy into it, and that tends to have really positive results. I'd also like to join the "there's not necessarily one thing" choir. I think the pressure of figuring out what your "one thing" is can make things worse, not better. Pressure doesn't usually help situations. Such a cool topic, though! This is a fantastic post and discussion. I’d like to add my voice to the chorus of “do something you love” because when you love what you’re doing, you put a lot more care, energy and joy into it, and that tends to have really positive results.

I’d also like to join the “there’s not necessarily one thing” choir. I think the pressure of figuring out what your “one thing” is can make things worse, not better. Pressure doesn’t usually help situations.

Such a cool topic, though!

]]> By: Freakin' (Great Links) Friday: Installment 22 | When I Grow Up - The Blog http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9374 Freakin' (Great Links) Friday: Installment 22 | When I Grow Up - The Blog Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:56:06 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9374 [...] IttyBiz, “What do I do with my life?” and you can guarantee a pretty sarcastically awesome, kick-in-the-pants [...] [...] IttyBiz, “What do I do with my life?” and you can guarantee a pretty sarcastically awesome, kick-in-the-pants [...]

]]> By: Tammy Landau http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9368 Tammy Landau Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:50:07 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9368 My Mom was in a cult for a short time while I was growing up..she was trying to find her purpose in life...then she did EST (they don't let you pee for like 2 days), therapy, psycho-tropic drugs, regular drugs, alcohol, therapy, meditation, and then took up man collecting...5 divorces and 66 years later she's still trying to find her purpose only now she's a lesbian! Here's the thing...I think for most of us "mortals" God didn't reach down from the ethers and hand us our soul purpose. Everytime I hear a celebrity/sport figure talk about getting their chops from the time they were a zygote it makes me fucking crazy! That may very well have happened but most of us -not so much- and you can literally spend the "bank account" that is your life wondering what "YOUR PURPOSE" is. If you don't believe me re-read the 1st paragraph - sorry Ma! By getting out of our head and not thinking so much about this topic which I think we place WAY too much importance on we can actually start living. One of the ways that helped me focus was by writing down exactly what I didn't want. Am I living my purpose now? Well I love what I do but it didn't come to me engraved on tablets from the mountain high. I gave myself permission to start living whereas before I would fall to my knees cursing heavenward and asking "why won't you tell me the reason that I'm here." I can tell you that what I thought my purpose was when I was younger and what it is now are completely different. I mean I liked the movie "Porky's" back then too but things change and you have to give yourself permission to change also. Unless you're Celine Dion or Michael Jordan your path may not be as clear cut as you'd like it to be but life is an adventure & going with the flow is a hell of a lot easier than fighting and railing against it. I hope I'm making sense because my psycho-tropic drugs just kicked in, my cult leader is telling me it's time for my 7th marriage ceremony and I'm meditating on becoming a lesbian cause all my cool friends are. My Mom was in a cult for a short time while I was growing up..she was trying to find her purpose in life…then she did EST (they don’t let you pee for like 2 days), therapy, psycho-tropic drugs, regular drugs, alcohol, therapy, meditation, and then took up man collecting…5 divorces and 66 years later she’s still trying to find her purpose only now she’s a lesbian!

Here’s the thing…I think for most of us “mortals” God didn’t reach down from the ethers and hand us our soul purpose. Everytime I hear a celebrity/sport figure talk about getting their chops from the time they were a zygote it makes me fucking crazy!

That may very well have happened but most of us -not so much- and you can literally spend the “bank account” that is your life wondering what “YOUR PURPOSE” is. If you don’t believe me re-read the 1st paragraph – sorry Ma!

By getting out of our head and not thinking so much about this topic which I think we place WAY too much importance on we can actually start living. One of the ways that helped me focus was by writing down exactly what I didn’t want.

Am I living my purpose now? Well I love what I do but it didn’t come to me engraved on tablets from the mountain high. I gave myself permission to start living whereas before I would fall to my knees cursing heavenward and asking “why won’t you tell me the reason that I’m here.”

I can tell you that what I thought my purpose was when I was younger and what it is now are completely different. I mean I liked the movie “Porky’s” back then too but things change and you have to give yourself permission to change also.

Unless you’re Celine Dion or Michael Jordan your path may not be as clear cut as you’d like it to be but life is an adventure & going with the flow is a hell of a lot easier than fighting and railing against it.

I hope I’m making sense because my psycho-tropic drugs just kicked in, my cult leader is telling me it’s time for my 7th marriage ceremony and I’m meditating on becoming a lesbian cause all my cool friends are.

]]> By: Brian Clark http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9367 Brian Clark Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:06:29 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9367 It doesn't matter one bit in the grand scheme of things what you do with your life, so why not avoid the miserable shit and do what you want? It doesn’t matter one bit in the grand scheme of things what you do with your life, so why not avoid the miserable shit and do what you want?

]]> By: Emma Newman http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9364 Emma Newman Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:32:46 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9364 Wow, after all that advice, I feel kinda silly adding my tarnished tuppence, but what the hell. I'm torn between two responses. One is: pay attention to the times when you do without being aware of yourself. When you're so caught up in something that it steals breath from Doubt's lungs. When I write, *really* write, all else is silent. That is the place I want to be. All else fllows from that. The second response is: Why are you worried about this? Try something, if it works, great, if it doesn't, move on. I used to teach teenagers who were pressured into thinking they had to make Very Important Decisions About the Rest of Their Life. I loved pointing out that it was ridiculous to do that. They relaxed, and made better decisions for it. We are fluid. Life changes, what we want now, what is perfect *now* may be utterly wrong a year later - a month later. It doesn't matter, if you can stay flexible enough to be able to fall back on other things if one doesn't work out. I can't believe I just offered advice - who the hell am I to do that? Don't listen to me. Damn. I did it again. I am out of here! Wow, after all that advice, I feel kinda silly adding my tarnished tuppence, but what the hell.

I’m torn between two responses. One is: pay attention to the times when you do without being aware of yourself. When you’re so caught up in something that it steals breath from Doubt’s lungs. When I write, *really* write, all else is silent. That is the place I want to be. All else fllows from that.

The second response is: Why are you worried about this? Try something, if it works, great, if it doesn’t, move on. I used to teach teenagers who were pressured into thinking they had to make Very Important Decisions About the Rest of Their Life. I loved pointing out that it was ridiculous to do that. They relaxed, and made better decisions for it.

We are fluid. Life changes, what we want now, what is perfect *now* may be utterly wrong a year later – a month later. It doesn’t matter, if you can stay flexible enough to be able to fall back on other things if one doesn’t work out.

I can’t believe I just offered advice – who the hell am I to do that? Don’t listen to me. Damn. I did it again. I am out of here!

]]> By: Ron http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9363 Ron Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:05:31 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9363 You are who you are. You are where you are. You got there by doing what you do. If you don't like where you are, do something else. I'm not sure it even matters what. Sometimes, you do what you can. As far as a perfect world, I see one where people accept others for who they are and don't pigeonhole them where they don't belong. You are who you are. You are where you are. You got there by doing what you do.

If you don’t like where you are, do something else. I’m not sure it even matters what. Sometimes, you do what you can.

As far as a perfect world, I see one where people accept others for who they are and don’t pigeonhole them where they don’t belong.

]]> By: Sally J. http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9362 Sally J. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:33:40 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9362 D'oh! Embedded link FAIL! Here's the Plan B episode of TAL: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1063 D’oh! Embedded link FAIL!

Here’s the Plan B episode of TAL:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1063

]]> By: Sally J. http://ittybiz.com/what-do-i-do-with-my-life/#comment-9361 Sally J. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:31:41 +0000 http://ittybiz.com/?p=1311#comment-9361 Classic Jewish Saying (which, not surprisingly also doubles as a joke) Q: How do you make g-d laugh? A: Make plans. And no...that doesn't mean you shouldn't make plans. Plans are great. Just accept that there are things you can't imagine that will alter those plans. I highly recommend an episode of This American Life called <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1063"Plan B</a> - a click will take you to the description page. You can stream it for free or purchase a copy. Fun stuff. Classic Jewish Saying
(which, not surprisingly also doubles as a joke)

Q: How do you make g-d laugh?
A: Make plans.

And no…that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make plans. Plans are great. Just accept that there are things you can’t imagine that will alter those plans.

I highly recommend an episode of This American Life called <a href=”http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1063″Plan B – a click will take you to the description page. You can stream it for free or purchase a copy. Fun stuff.

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