Life Transition Gifts

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Doubt or Certainy

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

"At what point in my life did excitement turn into just another form of agitation?"

Willingness to move Comfort & Security A = Why forced change is upsetting

"When I was small, I used to be so busy. I was always running here and rushing there. Go, go, go. That was me. Now I just ride my bike or sit around watching mindless junk on TV. My life just keeps getting better and better all the time."

"Yesterday we're caterpillars, today this. Can't wait to see what's next."

'Chicken soup for dummies who don't sweat the small stuff.'

'So push has come to shove...'

The fate of the emigrant

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story."

One Way (But Not Necessarily the Right Way.)

"Hon, I'm taking your advice and starting a new chapter."

Women

"Just be happy you're getting in, worry about your hair later."

"Hello, I'm the bluebird of quiet resignation."

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."

"Look on the bright side. You no longer live with your parents."

'I have this fear of the real world...'

Others will fight for you

'Our parents were replaced by machines - We'll be replaced with new software.'

'The lads at the office still talk about the day you told the boss what to do with his job...'

'I'm Jeremy's father. I'm a computer consultant and I'm unemployed.'

"I figure if I was still employed, I wouldn’t get to spend all this time with you!"

Work/Life Balance

'Very impressive educational background...now let's discuss WHO you know.!

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tick, tock-tock, tickety-tick tock ….

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

"I'm sorry, but we're looking for someone who's more likely to be followed than following."

'There they go - off on their own - and a finer bunch of fledgelings one couldn't ask.'

Recruiting litigation lawyers is ALWAYS tricky..my last one took me to court for the emotional and professional damage I caused him by NOT considering him for a position I wasn't asked to fill.

'Poor Kleinzweck -- his working hypothesis got laid off.'

"Lost my job. But I'm pretty sure it's around here somewhere."