Ayurveda, Career/Life Balance, Airline Pilot, and Education
It is very foggy now. I can only see downtown partially from my windows. Actually I like fog and always think it is romantic:-). I esp. love fog over Golden Gate Bridge...
Today, I went to a facial. It was very relaxing and we did some test on my Dosha types based on "Ayurveda" per Spa's request. Well, I am a combination of Vata and Pitta. It was said that "fire and water together creates Pitta" and "Space and air combined forms Vata". I guess I am lack of "water and earth combination which makes Kapha"
After facial, I had lunch with a girl friend who is comtemplating career change. It is funny that both she and I are almost at the same stage that we have achieved a bit in our careers and we are looking for quality of life more now. She has been travelling to Chicago every week from Sunday to Thursday/Friday, so quality of life is not very good. It is normal things change as time goes and it is an individual thing... I truly understand how important career is, esp. to a man. It is more than a job if you love what you do and there are a lot of people wanting to do the same job! In the past several weeks, I have been reading a lot about airline pilots and their job/life. It is very competitive and I am so proud of my pilot:-). I wish and hope that he will get what he wanted every step along the way. And I am confident that he will! I know there might be some ups and downs, but I am sure that he will prevail -- I know it from his eyes that he can be whoever/whatever he wants to be. Maybe that is one of the reasons that I feel a lot with him as I have always believed in myself... And never never give up of your dreams/your own promises to yourself...
This evening, I had drinks with some friends. We talked about life and career again. All 3 of us would like to do something not for profit, yet we are still searching for the right opportunities. They both have PhD degrees which leads me to some reflection:
When I grew up, I always thought it was very important to have higher education. My parents are scientists and I grew up in an environment where almost everyone is a scientist. I thought I would have a PhD someday and become a scientist myself. Yet as I grew up, esp. in the past several years, I realise that despite it is important to be educated, there are different ways to get educated. Some of the most impressive people I met and know of do not have a formal education. Life has so much to learn and to teach and it is the best school and I believe in that more after reading the books written by my pilot... Of course, the ideal combination would be to have both "book smarts" and "street smarts":-)
Well, so much about education, etc. I am thinking that my pilot is asleep now:-)
Today, I went to a facial. It was very relaxing and we did some test on my Dosha types based on "Ayurveda" per Spa's request. Well, I am a combination of Vata and Pitta. It was said that "fire and water together creates Pitta" and "Space and air combined forms Vata". I guess I am lack of "water and earth combination which makes Kapha"
After facial, I had lunch with a girl friend who is comtemplating career change. It is funny that both she and I are almost at the same stage that we have achieved a bit in our careers and we are looking for quality of life more now. She has been travelling to Chicago every week from Sunday to Thursday/Friday, so quality of life is not very good. It is normal things change as time goes and it is an individual thing... I truly understand how important career is, esp. to a man. It is more than a job if you love what you do and there are a lot of people wanting to do the same job! In the past several weeks, I have been reading a lot about airline pilots and their job/life. It is very competitive and I am so proud of my pilot:-). I wish and hope that he will get what he wanted every step along the way. And I am confident that he will! I know there might be some ups and downs, but I am sure that he will prevail -- I know it from his eyes that he can be whoever/whatever he wants to be. Maybe that is one of the reasons that I feel a lot with him as I have always believed in myself... And never never give up of your dreams/your own promises to yourself...
This evening, I had drinks with some friends. We talked about life and career again. All 3 of us would like to do something not for profit, yet we are still searching for the right opportunities. They both have PhD degrees which leads me to some reflection:
When I grew up, I always thought it was very important to have higher education. My parents are scientists and I grew up in an environment where almost everyone is a scientist. I thought I would have a PhD someday and become a scientist myself. Yet as I grew up, esp. in the past several years, I realise that despite it is important to be educated, there are different ways to get educated. Some of the most impressive people I met and know of do not have a formal education. Life has so much to learn and to teach and it is the best school and I believe in that more after reading the books written by my pilot... Of course, the ideal combination would be to have both "book smarts" and "street smarts":-)
Well, so much about education, etc. I am thinking that my pilot is asleep now:-)
posted by Jane @ 9:33 PM
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