Getting out of the joint with the usual $200 in your pocket means you are lucky to get a $7 an hour job sorting through junk to re-cycle. Unless you are extremely entrepreneurial and want to go straight, even if some of the clients you now serve are not.
Read the rest of “Steve’s” inspiring story in the new “On the Job” column by Chris Colin over at SF Gate.
Then read about Ted, “who left the field of suicide research to become a stand-up comic.” That’s in Shifting Careers, Marci Alboher’s debut column at the New York Times.
Continuing on the subject of quirky yet quite succcessful takes on careers and work, see how Tim Ferriss has crafted a life of Brazilian tango contests, “Geek to Freak body re-building and, well, generally become “Indiana Jones for the digital age.”
Jump into any these links – just because the writing is captivating at the deep end.
Not ready for the big leap in your world of work? Then think of more involving ways to describe your current occupation, with ”this” or “that” examples from Scott Allen:
"I'm a tile installer" or "I make beautiful bathrooms"?
"I'm a comedian" or "I make people laugh for a living"?
"I'm an exterminator" or "Everyone kills bugs - I get paid to"?
"I'm a commercial construction contractor" or "I build skyscrapers"?
My how times have changed, eh Mr Bolles?
But, then so have the opportunities.
