My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
My personal value is not determined by my professional achievements.
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November 24, 2009 at 1:58 am
New Kid on the Hallway
Dang, it’s hard to remember this sometimes. But I needed to see this before heading into finals!
November 24, 2009 at 2:06 am
pocha
I am not my CV.
November 24, 2009 at 3:35 am
moria
Good for you!
I’m beginning to think it may not be possible for me to learn that. Mostly because FIRST I have to learn to unthink exactly that. Round we go…!
November 24, 2009 at 4:43 am
Sisyphus
Truer words were never spoken!
Unless you count the phrase “chocolate ice cream heals all ills.”
November 24, 2009 at 5:30 am
lesboprof
Uh, oh. What is my personal value based on then?
November 24, 2009 at 11:08 am
Clio Bluestocking
Yeah, I’m with Lesboprof: what is my personal value based on, then?
November 24, 2009 at 1:38 pm
bsgirl
My next mantra will be: “chocolate ice cream heals all ills.”
Lesboprof & Clio: I trust both of you are being sarcastic, because you are such wonderful, interesting, inspiring people — well beyond what your CVs say.
I make this my mantra because I have such a hard time remembering it — or unthinking (as Moira puts it) the idea that … well, I’m not even going to restate the mistaken belief, and thus give it more power.
But, geez, it ain’t easy to live in this reality.
November 24, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Belle
A friend gave me a mantra a while back: Good. Red. Wine. That added to my existing mantra of Choc…late. I’m going to add yours to the string, with a minor change.
Good. Red. Wine. Chocolate. I am not my job.
November 24, 2009 at 3:18 pm
squadratomagico
I’m currently struggling with how to determine my personal value as well … so I just want to say that this resonated with me.
November 24, 2009 at 10:46 pm
JaneB
Me too – struggling, knowing this is a good mantra yet also wondering who I am if NOT at least partly the thing I spend most of my waking hours doing, invest the best of my mental energies in etc…
November 26, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Ink
Oh, thank you for posting this. Good for all of us to remember in this crazy profession.
Here’s my mantra: “I’m doing the best I can.” Followed by “WhatEVER.”