Do you have a personal philosophy? As I’ve said before mine is
Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love to do and find a way to share it with others.
It wears well and works for me. What about you?
My personal philosophy is not to waste anything. I use what I have (along with all the new stuff I buy) & use what other people don’t want.
It doesn’t work for me. I need to get rid of a LOT of stuff.
I’ve never really thought about it, so I guess the answer is “no.” However, yours sounds pretty good to me. 😉
bikehikebabe,
Thanks for the chuckle. 🙂 Also thank goodness for Clothes Helping Kids and Freecycle. I hate to waste too, but I love finding a good home for things I no longer want.
Mike,
It sounds as if you’ve never needed one. That’s fine too.
I like coming across rattlesnakes when I am out on the trail, but sharing them with others? 😉 Maybe I need to find a hobby that is easier to share!
Looney,
You could always take pictures. I came across a big rattler on a hike once. You’re right, I can do without another experience like that. 🙂
Mine is not original Jean, but works for me.
“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”
– Oscar Wilde
because I finally fathomed out I wasn’t like the rest of my ‘bunch’ and I realised that some of the things I said in reply to certain people – I then tried to be like other people so that when they said something along the lines of “but surely you don’t mean, don’t you mean xyz?” – I usually then say “sorry my head is somewhere else today” – this usually means that I don’t have to agree with xyz because I place ‘me’ in some other planet 🙂
when I first went to University and people would ask me what I was going to do when I finished I will tell them…and then they would say (like they hadn’t heard) “no, what are you going to do with your degree?” usually I walk away.
now I tell nothing – I say like today to a dozen peers haven’t seen for about 3mths. “I am currently mapping that all out”
so maybe that is my philosophy “I am currently mapping it all out” 🙂
Cathy,
That’s a great answer. Good for you!
Cathy, You don’t have to DO something with your degree. Your degree makes you evolve into something better.
bikehikebabe,
Well said!
rummuser,
So are you living the life you want to lead?
Yes and No to be honest about it. I have made my bed. So, I am lying on it.
rummuser,
This is my motto when my options are limited:
I find if I focus on the question,
I can usually think of some small but powerful things to try.
Cathy,
I think your reply to them is great. You don’t have to explain yourself, and it’s a kind way of deflecting the question.
thanks bikehikebabe – I know this
but it is quite difficult to persuade some of my age-related peers on the matter. Many need to have the ‘end’ thought/goal…some do not understand that it takes time to get a degree…some do not understand why I am doing the majors I have chosen (one was chosen for me through circumstances I wasn’t quite expecting in my first year!)