Re: Re: Over Exposure?

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I'm one of those strugglers, too. It was pretty easy to chose most values because they're kind of universal. most people want to be healthy, be a loving parent, etc. My problems came with the career values. I have at least five. That's another INFP trait. When I commit to working on one activity my other interests surface. When I did the value troubleshooting exercises in the Happiness Trap, I came up with a Lynch type solution. He has "setups" around his house. One setup for woodworking, one for computer work, one for film editing, etc. I'm trying to do something similar but it takes time to become proficient enough at each endeavor to make money at it. And right now I have to find a way to make about $500 a month more to pay for my mother's health care helpers. So I added a Consultation page to my Screenwriting web page to see if I can drum up some business as a consultant. I also may have to go back to teaching guitar. I haven't touched the guitar for 15 years but I taught for about 20 years before that. It's like my values are colliding with reality. To: "ACT for the Public" <ACT_for_the_Public >Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 12:53:14 PMSubject: Re: Over Exposure?

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> Why? Because all along I was doing something with

> my life that I valued.

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Maybe what would be helpful to us struggling folks would be, how you

chose that path towards a PhD in psychology and whether & when & how

you knew it was something you valued?

I say this because while in principle "do what you value" seems

right for career choice, for many of us the execution of this

principle seems fraught. For example, there may not be a ready path

that once trodden on continues to reward and give. There may be

false starts, failures, or economic imperatives that require not "do

what you value" but rather "try to find some value in what you do."

A very different proposition.

In all this learning must take place. So maybe it is a matter of,

what to do to allow learning to happen?

I am not disagreeing with you ... just asking if you can flesh this

out if you can.

thanks, Randy