my life with depression.com

d’accord. i’ve said it once and i’ll say it again. this is the perfect time for an early mid-life crisis. this is the time when i can make changes in my life and take on risks. i can even take on big risks since i don’t have kids… ahhhh the freedom.

so along with the changes that i’ve begun to incorporate in my life, changing careers is one of the biggies. i thought about starting the recruiting firm, but after doing all the soul searching and all the “getting to know me” things, i was probably jumping the gun at starting a new business without first talking with a professional. so with this in mind, i called and made an appointment with a career counselor.

i was referred to diane wexler. she is located in palo alto. i have an appointment with her next wednesday.

what made me call her up? i guess it’s just that we are not experts on everything. there are times when we can do without an expert such as … taking care of a cold or doing the EZ tax form during tax season or buying some stocks. but when it comes down to the big stuff. the stuff that will make you or break you or kill you or that will be really really life effecting, you want an expert.

if that cold becomes pneumonia, you’ll want an expert who can give you a quinalone and hospitalize you. if you have multiple properties, one of which you sold for a loss and some stocks where you earned both short term and long term gains, you’ll want an expert to tell you that the 15% applies to the long term and that your losses can off set some of your gains… you’ll want a tax accountant. if you have the goal of retiring with $5million+ then you’ll want a personal money manager who can help you achieve that goal.

well, i want to find a career where i can use whatever skills i have with whatever environment i want so that eventually just like anything else, when it becomes just another job, i’ll still have passion for what i am doing.

well, if I’m going to do it more 40+ hours a week, i better have passion for it. if not, that’s where problems start.

after talking with diane on the phone, i am more comfortable with the idea of branching off into another part of my life. i guess i started asking myself if starting a recruiting firm was something that i can do. oh, i know that i can do it when all i have to do is collect billing, but can i do or will i be happy with the day to day of starting that type of business? those are things that i’ve asked myself. i don’t know why other people can totally see me excelling at this choice when i am more cautious and not as excited! in fact, people see me excelling at this recruiting thing and feeling that it better suits me than what i used to do. AND i excelled at that. 

oh well, only time will tell.