By: Hasmik Rakijian

Hasmik Rakijian — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:30:32 +0000

I enjoyed your commentary about work becoming an addiction. It can also be an obsession, where one looses themselves in their work. Remember when at social gatherings people would ask and perhaps still do…”what do you do?” Some of us finally come to a point where we understand “what we do” is not the same as “who we are”, particularly when one is unemployed. Some might say that when the “who” and the “do” are alligned, one may be at peace with oneself, perhaps in vocations like artists, musicians, actors…yet that’s not real either! Look at musicians and actors who got lost and distroyed themselves by aligning too closely who they are with what they do. I started a journal when I was 24, and that progressed into a memoir about this very subject of how your career can consume you and my learning on how not to let it get the better of who you really are…regardless of what you do for a living. The book published at now age 40-something also encompases cultural and gender diversity issues as well. It’s called “But She’s Not a Guy” available on amazon.com. Hope it inspires and helps others in sorting through the demands and their walk through life and career choices…

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By: Hasmik Rakijian