{"id":15021,"date":"2012-11-23T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=15021"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:57:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:57:43","slug":"blue-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/23\/blue-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"Last week, I talked about all of the LinkedIn knowledge<\/a> that was handed to me from the Career Centre and a LinkedIn Recruiter, Perry Monaco. He mentioned something throughout the discussion that I found especially interesting, and it\u2019s kind of stuck with me since. Perry gave some great advice, known as the \u201cblue sky\u201d concept. Be warned, it sounds simple, but I found it a challenge to do without having inhibitions or expectations interrupt the process. In fact, it took a few tries before I was able to clear my anxieties, which, let me assure you, as a particularly obsessive compulsive detail oriented individual, is no easy feat.\r\n\r\nThe first step is sitting down and thinking over, in some serious detail, what you would see as the ultimate kind of career, something you\u2019d like to see yourself doing. And the importance (and reason) it's called the blue-sky approach is because you're not to set any limits. <\/em>Of course, because it is November\/the month of punishment before holiday cheer\/everyday is a dark cloud day, I thought at first it was a little too dreamy. But the more Perry explained, the more it made sense. Ultimately, you're setting goals for yourself, and creating an internal plan.\r\n

\"\"<\/a>\r\nIn reality, many recruiters and interviewers\u00a0do\u00a0<\/em>actually ask this question, and I think it\u2019s an even more important to ask as a student.\u00a0 If someone were to ask me where I saw myself in the next five years, I must admit, my first thought would be \"well, hopefully drinking less coffee...\"<\/em>\u00a0which is not exactly the ideal blue sky picture. I mentioned the difficulty I had in picturing my own blue sky, much of which is undoubtedly linked to the fear of failure. Which brings me to\u00a0this video, which\u00a0I noticed floating around Facebook <\/a>this past week:<\/p>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2L_cGjQSR80\r\n\r\nMaybe it was the tone, maybe it was the music or maybe, just maybe it was the pictures. Either way, the video almost immediately made me think of the blue-sky concept. The narrator, Alan Watts, seemingly convinces you to lift all boundaries. In fact, it\u2019s mostly the <\/em>boundary, the one that in many ways, becomes our main source of $tress. Until I realized I was completely guilty of doing this<\/a>, I mean it\u2019s been pretty evident that it still remains a concern. But should it? Should money dictate what you want to do? I mean, for a long time I felt like unless I was planning on renewing my citizenship to the Lost City of Atlantic, it definitely needed to be considered. But I\u2019m starting to wonder where I draw the fine line.\r\n\r\nHow much of a role does money play in figuring out what you\u2019d like to do, or where you see yourself?\r\n\r\n-Vahini","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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