Mar172006
Legends of the Fall
This post at my personal site talks about the wonderful movie Legends of the Fall.
What struck me as I reviewed the booklet that came with the DVD was this description of the career of the film’s writer, Jim Harrison:
Book reviewer, editor, essayist, food columnist, literary critic, poet, scenarist, sportswriter, and, of course, novelist
Sheesh. And, here I thought I had a Portfolio Career.
What about you?
If you made a list of the top 10 ‘jobs’ you did, what would they be?
Here’s my top of the head list:
The Unsticking Coachâ„¢, Writer, Change Management Consultant, Aspiring Author, Poet, Amateur Photographer, Watercolourist, Travel Fiend, and Instructional Designer.
Come on! Give it a try.
See what pops up.
Lyle,
I love the idea of putting down in writing. It shows that we have truly done more than we may be aware of.
Mine sorta looks like this…
Motivational writer, editor, bowling instructor, novice amateur photographer, game show watcher, audio visual specialist, goto guy, contributor, and all around nice guy.
Well, something like that.
Great list!
Nice mix of the business and so-called ‘personal”… but then for some of us it’s ALL personal.
Lyle
Lyle,
I love this! I was just feeling a bit down after perusing my high school alumni journal full of people who were so gosh-darned “ascertainable,” and I was wondering why I could not sum up my life path in a tidy little package. My portfolio career would read like this:
Attorney, Adjunct professor of law, metaphysical scholar, spiritual counselor, intuitive consultant, mixed-media artist and self-published author
I feel so much better now- thanks!
Thanks.. always glad to provide a “pick me up” for fellow Creatives.
It ain’t easy being Unconventional… is it?
But, is sure as hell beats being part of the Madding Crowd!
Lyle,
What a great idea! Up there with Genre Busting. Tricky one to complete, since a lot of my jobs have involved creating new things. So perhaps a list for me would include:
Toyshop owner, small business coach, speaker, author, funder, entrepreneur, banker, trainer, aspiring academic and, most important, father.
And there’s so much more to do!
Thanks Andrew.. Toy Shop owner sounds intriquing.
You are so right FATHER is a key career role… one to be focused on.
Thanks all for your great comments.
This is fun!
Lyle