http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/ wealth, work and life success Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:12:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27477 The Art of Getting Fired, in 7 Steps… | De'Keither Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:52:08 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27477 [...] the loss of a job and the reconstruction of identity (bripblap.com) [...] [...] the loss of a job and the reconstruction of identity (bripblap.com) [...]

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-29643 fern Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:03:45 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-29643 For me, the best way to combat possible boredom or inertia would be to transition into retirement so that i continue to work a par-time job and maybe do some volunteer work too. Most people work best with some sort of structure to their day. I would create a weekly structure that included things like regular exericse, social get-togethers with friends, work and volunteerism, plus hobbies. For me, the best way to combat possible boredom or inertia would be to transition into retirement so that i continue to work a par-time job and maybe do some volunteer work too. Most people work best with some sort of structure to their day. I would create a weekly structure that included things like regular exericse, social get-togethers with friends, work and volunteerism, plus hobbies.

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27453 fern Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:03:45 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27453 For me, the best way to combat possible boredom or inertia would be to transition into retirement so that i continue to work a par-time job and maybe do some volunteer work too. Most people work best with some sort of structure to their day. I would create a weekly structure that included things like regular exericse, social get-togethers with friends, work and volunteerism, plus hobbies. For me, the best way to combat possible boredom or inertia would be to transition into retirement so that i continue to work a par-time job and maybe do some volunteer work too. Most people work best with some sort of structure to their day. I would create a weekly structure that included things like regular exericse, social get-togethers with friends, work and volunteerism, plus hobbies.

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27451 Canadian Dream: Free at 45 » Blog Archives » Wander Reading #14 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:13:30 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27451 [...] Brap has an excellent post on the loss of identity when you leave a job.  It also applies well to [...] [...] Brap has an excellent post on the loss of identity when you leave a job.  It also applies well to [...]

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27424 ElizabethG Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:37:37 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27424 What about, "I'm a serial entrepreneur" What about, “I'm a serial entrepreneur”

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27414 TStrump Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27414 I look forward to the day when someone asks me what I do, I will answer 'independently wealthy'.<br>I will have no problem giving up my job when the time comes. I look forward to the day when someone asks me what I do, I will answer 'independently wealthy'.
I will have no problem giving up my job when the time comes.

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27403 plonkee Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:55:00 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27403 It's not surprising that what you do for money forms a large part of your identity - most people spend getting on for a quarter of their time working, and it earns your a certain status. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with that, and if you can be an auditor who writes in his spare time, then you can certainly be a writer who audits in his spare time if you want to be. I hear writing gives quite a lot of spare time. It's not surprising that what you do for money forms a large part of your identity – most people spend getting on for a quarter of their time working, and it earns your a certain status. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with that, and if you can be an auditor who writes in his spare time, then you can certainly be a writer who audits in his spare time if you want to be. I hear writing gives quite a lot of spare time.

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27401 Cathy @ Chief Family Officer Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:39:25 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27401 You bring up an interesting point. I don't intend to remain a lawyer forever, not even til retirement age – but I have wondered how I'll feel when I can no longer tell people that I'm a lawyer. It's such an easy answer, and I have to admit that I don't mind the identity that people automatically attribute to me. While lawyers as a group have a bad reputation, most people react pretty well to meeting a lawyer in person. I think it will be very weird not having that instant layer of . . . credibility? respectability? whatever it is. You bring up an interesting point. I don't intend to remain a lawyer forever, not even til retirement age – but I have wondered how I'll feel when I can no longer tell people that I'm a lawyer. It's such an easy answer, and I have to admit that I don't mind the identity that people automatically attribute to me. While lawyers as a group have a bad reputation, most people react pretty well to meeting a lawyer in person. I think it will be very weird not having that instant layer of . . . credibility? respectability? whatever it is.

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27399 craig Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:45:47 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27399 Our jobs are a huge part of our identity because it's a huge and very important aspect to our lives. I think as technology grows, and more freelance and technology based jobs create less 9-5 typical jobs, this may change, but until then it won't. Our jobs are a huge part of our identity because it's a huge and very important aspect to our lives. I think as technology grows, and more freelance and technology based jobs create less 9-5 typical jobs, this may change, but until then it won't.

]]> http://www.bripblap.com/2009/the-loss-of-a-job-and-the-reconstruction-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-27397 Dana Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:59:15 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1240#comment-27397 Great point here. It's hard to detach one's job from one's identity, yet so much of who we are never come out in a corporate or 9-5 setting. I wonder what technology and entrepreneurism can bring to the table when it comes to reconciling one's corporate and individual identities. Great point here. It's hard to detach one's job from one's identity, yet so much of who we are never come out in a corporate or 9-5 setting. I wonder what technology and entrepreneurism can bring to the table when it comes to reconciling one's corporate and individual identities.

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