going up

I was talking to my beautiful friend who is genius at all things related to Getting a Job in the Proper Adult World of Big Business.

I was asking her: how would you go about Getting a Job in the Proper Adult World Of Big Business (if that was what you decided to do)?

She had some great ideas. One of them was to develop my Elevator Speech. [You know, that ten second spiel that you would naturally and effortlessly reel off if Someone Important stepped into the lift with you and boomed: Who Are You? What do you do? What can you offer me?]

Um. My Elevator Speech.

My name is Alex. I like to drink coffee and I work best in the mornings, preferably in my PJs with the window open and birds outside. I like to think and sometimes I come up with great ideas. My favourite things are People and Living a Brilliant Life. Sometimes I get things not quite right but I’m always trying to become more. But not in a self-critical way. Well, sometimes in a self-critical way but generally I’m aiming for compassionate self-growth rather rather mean-girl-you-have-to-be-the-best-self-growth. Anyway, that’s getting off topic. Who are you? What do you love to do?

Recently I have been really considering quite seriously whether and how to pause my own, beautiful, life.enhancing, stay.in.my.PJs.if.I.want consultancy and Get a Job in the Proper Adult World of Big Business. I have been boring some beautiful women I know talking to some lovely friends about the possibility. Their thoughts have been generous, supportive, clever and insightful.

And strangely, talking to them has led me right back to where I was. Only not. This time I know that the decision I am making is completely chosen. I have considered the alternatives and confirmed that I am, actually, where I’m meant to be.

[Because, you know what? If Someone Important boomed at me in an elevator, I would get out.]