i stumbled across an online article just the other day entitled, "moving back home with your parents is a good career move". i'm sure you can guess why the title attracted my attention. after reading it over once and letting the words sink in over the weekend, i pulled it up again to start the process of breaking it down so that i could share it with y'all. but then i became curious as to who had written the piece and where exactly it came from. one click later and i've discovered a blog called: penelope trunk's brazen careerist: advice at the intersection of work and life. interesting. then i read this little tidbit about penelope herself:
"i had a crisis in college when i realized that all entry-level jobs sucked, so i decided to play professional beach volleyball instead."
really? are you shitting me!?
not only did i feel an instant connection with this lady but also a yearning to find out her life story. how did she go about playing professional beach volleyball? and turn her column into a six-figure book deal? and create a successful blog?
what will it take to take this woman out for a coffee and pick her brain apart? perhaps that will never happen, but that won't stop me from trying. at the very least, i feel that her blog could be a good resource for me (and possibly you!). let the online stalking begin.
i can't find her anywhere to confirm her #17 claim to fame. but this post is definitely pretty decent by her:
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"...like the end of a close game – I’d start thinking about my laundry, my mother, my senator. Anything. Everything. It was like my mind was possessed by the volleyball devil."
*forehead smack*
i agree. i liked this post...very honest, and i can definitely relate to how she describes the process of goal-making, "too small a goal would not be rewarding, but too big a goal can be stifling." however, i don't want to meet this volleyball devil..
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