ONLINE EARNING

 

MY ONLINE EARNING

I love my job! I find a job enjoyable and worthwhile. Whether it’s my current role, a job from my previous life, or even a job I had 20 years ago, I don’t find that I often compare my career as a result of life. Eve

n though there were many missteps over the years, there were also many great things. I do say, though, that no two job openings are the same.

In my current job, I’m the Senior Financial Analyst. In my former job as a cashier, I spent 12 years at a McDonald’s. And my former job as an IT professional, spending almost 10 years at Microsoft! My story isn’t unique in any way. I’m a part of a long line of people that have gone through these phases.

Why do I get bitter and unhappy when I see my colleagues achieving success? I figure I’m not that unique. Why does my coworker get a promotion and I’m sidelined? Even my old boss at Microsoft a decade ago was promoted. But why? He wanted to shine, and that’s all there is to it.

However, I also think that the world we live in might complicate things. “He was forced into the position of good luck!” I hear people say. “Didn’t he achieve his aspirations out of spite?” Some people don’t enjoy the “role of Mr. Lucky.” But I don’t think that’s the case. I’m more, I hope, someone who believes it’s beyond luck and impossible luck.

Something the term “luck” means seems to fascinate me. That’s because I believe luck is real. Therefore, as great as it is to earn money and stay employed, it’s also incredibly meaningful to find something good in each of your life choices. I believe every time you make any decision in your life, luck has to play a part. It has to, at least, play a role.

When your work forces you to land a job, I would say luck is coming along. Maybe you don’t know that luck is a powerful partner. Well, it’s almost guaranteed that you won’t know it’s a powerful partner until it’s kind of already happened.

I am also somewhat suspicious of the idea that you are certainly good at your job. I’m also skeptical of the idea that people in the fast food world are incredibly lucky. And, perhaps, it’s true that folks at Microsoft aren’t in high spirits when they realize their new boss has moved on. But, as I say, even my ex-boss, who was genuinely making a wise decision to leave Microsoft, suddenly has a new job because he earned it.

I think you can make money, not stay employed at the same company, for so long, and it isn’t a consequence. I think the fact that your career has been redirected to now in your job description is, in my opinion, very likely an opportunity, a stroke of luck. And, to the extent that you weren’t able to find other ways of doing the job, then all this isn’t so bad at all.

I think sometimes, your dreams just don’t materialize. But, I don’t think your dreams will materialize because fate was not designed to allow it to happen, in the first place.