What's my dream job and where it is? / Czym jest praca moich marzeń i gdzie ona jest?

Last Friday I have attended a free webinar titled: "Get your dream job"and as short as the webinar was, it made me realise something very obvious to many people, but not so obvious to me. 
When I used to look for work, like most of us, I would look for what's available in industries in which I am experienced, or qualified. This seemed to be a logic approach to me. However, sometimes logic isn't enough, especially when it comes up to hunt of a dream job. 

What we were asked to do at the webinar, is to close eyes and recall a situation in our lives when we have done something that made us feel great. Something when we felt inspired and energised. The moment when we said to ourselves: "Blimey this is what I could do for the rest of my life!" Then we were asked to to the same two times, recalling two different situations.

Funnily enough to me, none of the events recalled was even part of the jobs I did in my life for money. An interesting and provokative discovery to me.
Maybe, when looking for a dream job it's a good way to start by searching in places where we can offer, what we love doing? Our natural determination in doing things we love can maybe not do it all for us, but will definitely help moving forward. And if the dream job seems to be nowhere perhaps it's the time to create it?

Close your eyes and imagine a situation... 




WERSJA POLSKA / POLISH VERSION




W zeszły piątek wzięłam udział w darmowym webinarze pt. "Zdobądź pracę marzeń" i choć webinar długie nie było, to pomogło mi zauważyć coś, co może dla wielu z nas jest oczywiste, ale dla mnie oczywiste nie było.
Zazwyczaj kiedy szukałam pracy, jak wielu z nas szukałam ofert w sektorach, w których jestem już doświadczona, lub mam do nich kwalifikacje. Wydaje się to być logiczną czynnością. Czasami jednak logika nie wystarczy. Zwłaszcza, kiedy szukamy pracy marzeń.  

Poproszono nas bowiem, aby zamknąć oczy i przypomnieć sobie sytuację z naszego życia, kiedy to robiliśmy coś, co sprawiało, że czujemy się świetnie, zainspirowani i naenergetyzowani. Moment, kiedy to pomyśleliśmy: "Kurczę, mogłaby to robić przez resztę mojego życia!" Potem poproszona nas, aby zrobić to jeszcze dwa razy, przywołując inne sytuacje.

Dość dla mnie zabawnie, żadna z moich przywołanych sytuacji  nie była nawet częścią pracy, za które mi płacono. Interesujące i zarazem prowokujące dla mnie odkrycie.
Może zatem poszukując pracy marzeń dobrze byłoby zacząć od miejsc, gdzie możemy zaoferować to, co kochamy robić? Nasza naturalna wtedy determinacja w robieniu rzeczy, które kochamy może nie załatwi za nas wszystkiego, ale z pewnością pomoże posunąć się na przód. A jeśli praca marzeń wydaje się nie istnieć, może czas, aby ją sobie stworzyć?

Zamknij więc oczy i wyobraź sobie sytuację...

Parisians rude? Not to me...

Back home from Paris. I personally never have enough of this loved-hated city, however I appreciate that some people feel different about it, especially, when it comes up to people from Paris... The stories of stuck up Parisians and extremely rude waiters in Parisian restaurants are so popular that almost cliche.

It was my third visit to Paris so far and I must say that I can't remember one single person being rude or even unfriendly to me. Maybe I am just gifted with a Parisian spark, so the people treat me exceptionally well, or maybe I am just clever. And what I mean by my cleverness is that I simply chose to speak French straight away without expecting anyone to understand English. Never mind, I don't really speak French, or let's be clear my French is very basic, just enough to get around. I know that the French adore their language and part of this love is that they tolerate the grammar errors when a foreigner speaks. I just get on with it. It's a beautiful language after all, so why not?

I could list here right now at least three famous world cities of which you would less expect its people to be rude, and yes, they're even if you speak their official language. This could be the topic for a different post, so I won't do it, either my point is to compare Paris to those cities. What I am trying to say is that a few things worked out for me in Paris and these are: (in order)

- a smile
- speaking broken French (in a funny or cute way - this is for you too choose)
- wearing the stuff you would wear back home on your "good days", so no scruffy, "comfortable" tourist outfits
(there is always a way to wear comfortable clothes and look good, but again, this could be a topic for a spare post, so let's just agree on using your imagination)

Actually, if you think of it, these few things should work out well pretty much everywhere, assuming we are dealing with a reasonably well behaved society. And regardless my tips and hints the most important is that you get what you give. EVERYWHERE.

Write down (To-Do List)

Years ago I used to start a day with writing a list of tasks to do. I happily used to complete them too. Then, for some reason or another, I forgot about doing it, and used to write those lists only sporadically, on important days in my life.

However, I recently began this practice again. A written word seem to have more impact on me and it gives me motivation. I don’t know about you, but once I write something down I just get it done.

The same applies to making plans for a longer amount of time. For example, you decided to make a change in your life. You can write a list of the main steps you will take, to implement your plan. Then, depending on your situation and the clarity of what you’re supposed to do, you can break this plan down into smaller steps. Just to be precise, I don’t want to bore you with analytical approach to making your life changes. What I am trying to say is, that a written plan even on a random piece of paper is in my experience a great motivator. And here, again I somehow commit to doing what I wrote down.

It’s almost like with writing a shopping list. You just get on with it. If committing to what you wrote down is a difficult task for you, imagine that you are just writing a shopping list. Then take it with you and go out. And the best part of it is that you are not spending any money when using it, unless the shopping is actually on your To-Do list ;)