Resurrecting this thread!

The "is work a waste of time" thread has me once again thinking about this thread. I am a bit despondent about work lately. It's feeling somewhat negative and draggy. I get excited about DOING, but I am stuck in what feels like eternal meetings and also in working with negative individuals who do not want to engage in our mutual work anyway, so I'm feeling a bit discouraged. When I was in the classroom, even though I was exhausted, I could DO, and RIGHT NOW. Even that was probably unique. It's not all bad, really - there are a lot of positives and it's a leadership position so I am indirectly impacting a lot more kids than I would have impacted directly, and I have remind myself of that. But some days I'd rather just charge teachers directly for focused coaching to help the ones who really want to do something new or different DO IT. But then who'd pay for that . . . grrr. My boss and coworkers are great, too.

So anyway - puglogic, I am in looooove with Puttylike. I am thinking of joining her Puttytribe, a monthly fee-based group she has going but not sure if I am in the right place. Today's post has my head spinning! http://puttylike.com/the-lateral-fre...of-everything/

I think Life_Is_Simple's "how much do you want to work?" thread has revealed something for me: I couldn't even bring myself to respond. If I can't state my goal, how will I reach it? The harder part of what she posed was the "how much do you want to make doing it?" part of her question. I don't know! Lots! More than I make now! But HOW much? Or is it even important? I mean, we moved so I can't make nothing, but would I have to make what I make now? Or is it a case of visualization - if I think I will only make $X.00, well, then, I'll only make $X.00!

In Barbara Winter's Making a Living Without a Job, she talks about sometimes full employment being the biggest impediment to getting started in self-employment. I'm starting to really appreciate that sentiment, so to speak . . .

Well, sorry, it was kind of "stream of consciousness." Where are others at with this?