Gazing Into The Crystal Ball
The road ahead... what lay ahead for me in my life, that is very unclear. Fog shrouds the road ahead, shutting out the sun and the sky and the horizon just beyond where I am.
I truly wish there were such things as functioning crystal balls. Or at least one that could even just give me a hint of what was the right thing for me to do next. Surely, some computer programming guru could harness the powers of probability and statistics, and write the code for the program to predict the future, within an acceptable range of error. Then all that guru would have to do is to embed the software into a crystal ball with an lcd screen. Right! No... very wrong. Ain't going to happen. Like magic wands, for now, crystal balls just don't exist. Can't pop down to Circuit City or the local computer emporium and buy one just yet.
A voice inside of me is admonishing me to be more proactive in my own behalf. Get out there and interview more actively for jobs. I am being reminded that getting a job is like selling anything... it is simply a numbers game. After a certain number of no's, there is eventually going to be a yes. And I should work smart, network... yaddi, yaddi, yaddi. Keep my eyes on the prize. Sometimes, I feel like I am just feeding myself a lot of time worn cliches, and they are starting not to work very well as motivators.
There are a lot of factors at play here. My age and other things. So I will do that "put one foot in front of the other and move on" thing. Not thrilling or inspiring, but at least I will keep moving in hopefully the right direction.
Until I see things more clearly, I will just have to do the best I can for now. I will have to settle for muddling through each day until my options and, ergo, my best possible choices become a little clearer. Meanwhile, I have to deal with present realities. I still have to survive in the moment... to pay the bills, to take out the trash, etc. So I have to really do something proactive in the immediate short-term.
Reality biting me, you see. For now, I will just deal with things as they come and hope for the best outcome.
I truly wish there were such things as functioning crystal balls. Or at least one that could even just give me a hint of what was the right thing for me to do next. Surely, some computer programming guru could harness the powers of probability and statistics, and write the code for the program to predict the future, within an acceptable range of error. Then all that guru would have to do is to embed the software into a crystal ball with an lcd screen. Right! No... very wrong. Ain't going to happen. Like magic wands, for now, crystal balls just don't exist. Can't pop down to Circuit City or the local computer emporium and buy one just yet.
A voice inside of me is admonishing me to be more proactive in my own behalf. Get out there and interview more actively for jobs. I am being reminded that getting a job is like selling anything... it is simply a numbers game. After a certain number of no's, there is eventually going to be a yes. And I should work smart, network... yaddi, yaddi, yaddi. Keep my eyes on the prize. Sometimes, I feel like I am just feeding myself a lot of time worn cliches, and they are starting not to work very well as motivators.
There are a lot of factors at play here. My age and other things. So I will do that "put one foot in front of the other and move on" thing. Not thrilling or inspiring, but at least I will keep moving in hopefully the right direction.
Until I see things more clearly, I will just have to do the best I can for now. I will have to settle for muddling through each day until my options and, ergo, my best possible choices become a little clearer. Meanwhile, I have to deal with present realities. I still have to survive in the moment... to pay the bills, to take out the trash, etc. So I have to really do something proactive in the immediate short-term.
Reality biting me, you see. For now, I will just deal with things as they come and hope for the best outcome.
Labels: Crystal balls, Predicting the future
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