~ touched my heart ~

Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile.
Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear. Keep thefaith and drop the fear.

Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness....
In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling...And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!

  

"人应该怎么生活?"
这是20几岁时的疑问,我希望问题的答案是我30岁时的第一份生日礼物!

 

20几岁不是做梦的年纪，而是明确方向的年纪~人生成败，只在此时？

 

 

Nobody knows who I really am
I never felt this empty before
And if I ever need someone to come along
Who's gonna comfort me, and keep me strong

We are all rowing the boat of fate
The waves keep on comin' and we can't escape
But if we ever get lost on our way
The waves would guide you thru another day

 

Nobody knows who I really am
Maybe they just don't give a damn
But if I ever need someone to come along
I know you would follow me, and keep me strong

QUESTION:

I have been browsing through the questions but haven't found any information regarding my situation.

I am almost 33 years old, and last October, after spending a decade in unfulfilling, low paying jobs, I decided to resign in order to return to college to pursue a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, with an option in Human Resources.

I spent 7 years at my last job. However, I have been horribly confused as far as whether or not I made the right choice of quitting a job I held so long in order to go back to college. Sometimes I feel that I am too "old" to be doing this, that perhaps I should just stick with a decent job, move up in a company and retire (my Mother has done this with only a high school diploma, she makes a decent living). Yet sometimes in my heart of hearts I feel that these days a college degree is an absolute necessity.

Therefore, I have the following questions:

• What are my chances at my age of securing employment with a college degree?
• Do employers prefer to hire recent graduates who are younger?
• Is it worth being out of the job market for a few years, at my age, to pursue a college degree?
• Is it worth pursuing ANY degree at all at my age?

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

From: Kathy, Freshman, Cal State Los Angeles


ANSWER FROM BRIAN KRUEGER:

Hi Kathy -

First of all, 33 years old is not old (I'm in my 40's--it's all relative). And it's certainly not too old to go back to school to pursue your education.

But the answers to all of your questions is: "It depends." Specifically, it depends on why you are going back to college. If it is just to make more money, it will likely be a marginal decision. But if it is to do more meaningful and fulfilling work, the answer is a definite yes.

You're suffering from some angst right now over whether or not you made the right decision. That's OK and natural. You'll get over it as you get closer to your goal. But if you didn't stick it out, you will spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder wondering "What if..."

Most employers value age and maturity. It will be a positive for you. This is not a competition for good looks (where all of us "oldsters" would lose out to our younger counterparts). This is a competition for who will be the best employee. And almost universally, the older, the wiser, the more mature and the more stable. You will have an advantage when you finish your degree.

Stick with it.

Brian Krueger

‧ 真實生活中你會被什麼性格的人吸引：
      羊 － 善體人意有如溫暖的陽光的人最吸引你。
‧ 在被追求的過程中，什麼方式讓你最無法抗拒：
      獅 － 直接了當告訴你：他(她)愛你。
‧ 你最希望留給情人的印象：
      馬 － 樂觀的。
‧ 你最不希望在何種情況下和情人分手：
      蛇 － 情緒化、易變，你不知道如何使他(她)高興。
‧ 你希望和你的另一半建立何種關係：
      兔 － 永遠在戀愛中的感覺。
‧ 你對感情世界腳踏兩條船的看法：
      人 － 你在乎社會的看法，婚後你不會有越軌的行為。
‧ 你對婚姻生活的看法：
      北極熊 － 你害怕婚姻，擔心婚姻剝奪你的自由。
‧ 你對愛情的看法：
      鴿 － 你認為愛情是雙方面的承諾。