Thoughts on jobs, careers, and intentions...

Back in my city days, the people I knew had their lives and they had their jobs, which they undertook purely in exchange for money, and the two were distinct and incompatible, as if each person spent his days as two people. Around here, jobs and lives seem to be one and the same. Money must matter -- surely money always matters? -- but it doesn't seem to pay for spending your days doing something you don't want to spend your days doing."

-- Barbara Holland, from bingo night at the fire hall

I'm thinking more and more about managing my portfolio for serious investing, and training for a job that may not make me high dollars, but that I enjoy. I did that with massage therapy, and until illness interfered and screwed up my hands, that worked well. Now, I'm thinking about other careers. I was toying with creating a specialty recipe book, but I begin to lean toward counseling for chronic disease. Unfortunately, I am gaining a lot of experience at chronic disease. And I've had to admit that barring a small miracle, my remission will not improve my hands enough to continue being an LMT. So, I muse . . ..