You’re changing ponds. What you lose in big fish status you gain by competing with recognizable names. This increases your profile.
Well-meaning friends are trying to get you to lighten up. One approach is to make fun of your seriousness. Don’t take it the wrong way.
Act on those resolutions you’ve been talking about. If you don’t, you can’t really call them resolutions, can you?
Things are moving along nicely at work – perhaps too nicely. But before getting suspicious, remember that it’s been a while since work has been this organized.
What you advise seems anticlimactic, but practical. In the pull between drama and reason, it’s always best to go with what’s realistic.
You’re wistful for a change of scene, but is that what you want? Or is it more appreciation for what you do? It couldn’t hurt to ask.
