The Newspaper Story

I was talking to a friend last night over Skype and this friend was expressing their concerns about being happy with where they were at in life but feeling overly content. They feel like they need to be going outside of Brisbane, where they've lived all their life and trying something new. My friend feels that at 23 years old, she really needs to get out there and experience the world when she is young. Our conversation lasted for about three hours until we both realised that we really need to sleep; we'd both been working long hours lately.

Some key points of our conversation is that:
1. At work, you are disposable. The business is the boss's baby, he/she will always find a way to keep it going, even if you don't work there. Unless you absolutely love it too, don't think you're special. Really, you're not.
2. Life lesson number 1: NEVER let any man sweet talk you into anything, ever.
3. Organisation vs. Spontaneity: Is organising over-rated? It really depends on how you operate. I used to think that I was an "Organiser", for certain things, yes, for tasks such as learning certain theory or a technical skill/work, being organised helps as it helps give you a holistic structure and network of the task. But fo more creative ventures... I have this notebook (a few actually), where I jot down all my ideas. But there is a danger in that. Since creating and planning is so enjoyable for me, I keep going and the plan gets more elaborate often branching off into other sub-ventures. Every idea I've ever jotted down has never become reality and all the interesting things that I can recall, I've never jotted it down.
4. Catalytic event or action:
A catalyst is something or someone that triggers and enables. Referring to point number 3. At moments when you need to just go ahead and do it but don't know where to start, you just need a catalytic action, and things will follow from there.

There will be pros and cons in life regardless of what we do, so it might as well be for something that we love. I know this post is titled "The Newspaper Story" and I haven't yet mentioned it yet but I must go to work now or I'll be late! So I will do another post when I come home titled "The Newspaper Story II". I promise you it will involve newspapers!