Mt Merapi, Java

Mt Merapi, Java
Mt Merapi, Java early one morning in May 2011

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Forty Something And Over It .....

I have been out of full-time employment for 14 months. It's a long time. I have enjoyed the freedom that time affords me as I no longer work full-time. And I enjoy the process of completing my avaition career.

Kasey Edwards' book "Thirty something and over it" sounds like an interesting book. I want to read what experience she has had dealing with her "thrisis".....

Here's an excerpt of her Q&A on the top 5 signs to look for in someone going through a similar crisis as she went through in the book.

You wake up one morning and realize you don’t want to go to work. Ever again. And you’re terrified of spending the next thirty years of your life in Cubical Hell.
You realize that your boss and most people you work with are faking it. They know just us much or even less than you do.
It starts to bother you that you haven’t had a hobby or an interest outside work since you gave up piano lessons.
You spend stupid amounts of money on shoes, handbags, soft furnishings and cocktails trying to fill the void in your life.
Everything you do at work seems meaningless and pointless. The news that your company achieved double-digit growth in the previous quarter fails to excite you as it once did.


Here's an article on The Age by Kasey.


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