I have never been what anyone would call “career driven”. I have an Associate of Science degree in Physics, the only one I’ve ever heard of. After earning that, I went to work as various types of electronic technician and programmer, and Admin, Executive, Development and Special Assistants. For most of my adult life, I fell into jobs through temp agencies or friends. And once I was working at a place, they never wanted me to leave because I always know too much about too many things too fast. I have too much fun filling in the organizational gaps and inevitably become the magic glue that holds everything together. And in the past decade, I started to have the great ideas just a little too soon and from a position of a little too little power. These ideas usually ended up getting considered a year or two later when someone higher on the food chain or a ridiculously high paid consultant “suddenly” presented it in a report.
Eventually, I found myself in that situation where my “boss” was my son’s age and I was just as likely to ignore organizational rules and regulations as follow them. I started being inappropriately vocal in meetings where I was just supposed to be taking minutes. Hmmm. And the economy was tanking.
Finally time to go back to Plan A, I thought.
So I am now CEO and co-owner with my filmmaker/husband/best friend of our own media company. Our bottom line purpose is “to create the freedom to create.” We do stuff we LOVE to do on our own terms. Sure – we’re not what anyone would call “solvent”. But we are treading water nicely. And frankly, I float like a cork. We finally both decided that enough is enough and we will pursue our dreams no matter what. Economy is in the eye of the beholder.
I’ve been thinking about the economy a lot lately. Not in a fearful way. More in a vindicated way. I feel vindicated about so many things that I was “supposed” to do that have never made any sense. I have never believed that the American economy works for many Americans. And now there is real evidence that it Just Doesn’t Work. Period. Vindicated!
Next time: VINDICATED!
