I was on vacation last week and that means I got to hang out with one of my cousins in Vermont. We were talking about work, partly because she's still trying to decide on a career and partly because, from time to time, I'm given to complaining about my job and wondering if there could be something better out there. (Of course, as all my bosses and super-bosses know, there really could not be anything better than the job I currently, and, God willing, always shall have at Aquent. Thank you for the ongoing opportunity to find personal fulfillment again and again within the hallowed halls of this, our corporate headquarters!)
I told my cousin that I was just one of those people who shouldn't have to work - I fully realize how entitled and immature that sounds - and she said, "Me too!" Sadly, she and I do have to work, and although I've settled into my ever-evolving role here, she is still searching for one of her own. In the course of our conversation, however, it came out that she had been invited to accompany a friend who is going on tour with some big rock act this summer. She did the same thing last summer with Aerosmith, and one result was that she got to take a bunch of pictures, like this one, of the Bad Boys of Beantown as they rocked Latvia. Turns out that she's sort of a natural rock photographer. Who knew?
In other words, even though my cousin is now considering going to nursing school, she could end up having a career capturing the unkillable dinosaurs of rock for posterity. Which made me think not only of the many unexpected twists and turns a life may take, but also how many careers, even my own, are utterly accidental (at least, or perhaps especially, at the outset).
How accidental has yours been and what have you done to make it less accidental? Or have you?
Image Courtesy of jon hanson. If you are wondering why I chose this image, I have two words for you, "Saddle Grouper."
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