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Silence, so they say, is golden. I’m not sure that’s always true but sometimes a little quiet from time to time is possibly a good thing. At least, that’s what I’ve been telling myself since the EnormousYes blog has become markedly less prolific of late.

As its principle writer, I have been somewhat indisposed you might say. Having elected to go back to university full-time for a year my mind is now filling up with essays to be written and journal papers to be read. All of this is very exciting and challenging but with this new preoccupation come inevitable demands. Put bluntly, time has become more limited. And so it seems the EnormousYes blog has come to something of a grinding halt or simply a temporary hiatus.

I don’t think this is an altogether bad thing. I wanted to write a series of blogs that explored things I have found interesting and inspiring as a psychologist and as a person. I hope I have been true to that goal. I didn’t want to simply write about career issues as though they occur in a narrow box labelled ‘work’. Afterall, what we do for work, for money and out of interest imbues our life with meaning; it provides us with a narrative about who we are and what we want.

I hope to return to the EnormousYes blog when I have more time to give it but in the meantime, thanks for reading.

‘Silence is better than unmeaning words.’
Pythagoras

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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. “
(Bertolt Brecht)

Brecht had a point. Everything changes. Our careers and aspirations constantly shift and evolve, sometimes in unexpected directions. It can come as a shock to suddenly realise that what you wanted for yourself 5 years ago might be quite different from what you need today.  Could it be that as we slowly, imperceptibly change over time, we may not recognise the needs of our present, emerging self?

Take Mr B for example. Hungry and determined he starts his career with a long-term plan that matches his aspirations. He then spends years climbing the corporate ladder, makes partner in the firm and achieves the status, lifestyle and security he set his sights on.

So when he achieves his picture of success say 15 years later, why does he wake up and say ‘is this it?’. This isn’t what I expected. I got what I wanted but the view looks different somehow.

There isn’t a moral to this story except perhaps that what you wanted yesterday may not be what you want today. You probably aren’t the same person at 40 that you were at 25.  Who are you now?  What are your values? What would you love to be doing? What needs to change? How can you challenge yourself in new ways?

Nothing stays exactly the same and that’s what’s so exciting.

Oh the possibilities…

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