tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post8633158757521117326..comments2023-12-01T04:51:31.087-08:00Comments on Don't Feed The Pixies: The Defining MomentDon't Feed The Pixieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-85266854575112474362011-11-17T07:28:20.348-08:002011-11-17T07:28:20.348-08:00Friko - what if you wanted to be a Dentist and the...Friko - what if you wanted to be a Dentist and then discovered that you fainted at the sight of plaque?<br /><br />bummer :)Don't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-24477666923244689862011-11-17T06:36:18.632-08:002011-11-17T06:36:18.632-08:00No, the person who became a dentist thought : i ca...No, the person who became a dentist thought : i can't do medicine, but I could do dentistry and still earn shedloads of money and have lots of holidays in the Seychelles.<br /><br />Or perhaps dentistry runs in the family?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-1059897549356350032011-11-14T23:57:23.127-08:002011-11-14T23:57:23.127-08:00Bug - not knowing can be just as interesting - i&#...Bug - not knowing can be just as interesting - i'm just fascinated by those that do know<br /><br />Argent - good to know. We should form a band called the Drifters (i think that's been done though...)<br /><br />English - following that path allowed you to appreciate what you had<br /><br />Michael - i agree. Whatever you're doing and how many things you are doing you should do them as best you can. Dentists aren't the only ones - what about those Doctors that specialise in certain parts of the anatomy - what was the moment when they realised that was the one for them?<br /><br />Lydia - what if the answer is that they also drifted? Hope the coverage was interesting<br /><br />Jessica, ah well - the best laid plans of mice...<br /><br />Jerry - ha ha, yes i think i may well be a renaissance man thenDon't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-34349042638624269392011-11-13T19:14:34.253-08:002011-11-13T19:14:34.253-08:00I appreciate those that dabble and come away with ...I appreciate those that dabble and come away with little spurts of knowledge. I understand that trajectory. Dress it up and simply say that you are a Renaissance Man.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278403041887060649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-50269155167293587012011-11-13T02:55:38.977-08:002011-11-13T02:55:38.977-08:00I had a moment in the shower a few days ago, actua...I had a moment in the shower a few days ago, actually. My first kind of one. It was just that yes, life is meaningless and pointless & its up to you to make yours have a point. I guess everyone knew this already maybe but I'm a bit oblivious. <br /><br />As for general plans, yeah I just flail around. It's been working pretty well so far!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075292153806720848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-40696342810977297392011-11-13T02:18:11.484-08:002011-11-13T02:18:11.484-08:00Such a marvelous commentary. Really fascinating lo...Such a marvelous commentary. Really fascinating look inside your mind.<br /><br />I drifted a lot in my career also, and wish I had had the kind of clarity you mentioned. You might really be onto something, Pixie....interview people in that way!<br /><br />I'd write more but the Occupy Portland movement is being cleared by police right now and it is getting dicey on the streets. Coverage is live and I gotta go watch.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-2910686961692946272011-11-12T21:03:21.753-08:002011-11-12T21:03:21.753-08:00You should ask your dentist next time. I'm gon...You should ask your dentist next time. I'm gonna.<br /><br />And everything else: me too. I would like to do a job where I was all in instead of "eh, it's better than manual labour."<br /><br />I'm toying with the idea that there's no such thing as an all in job. Maybe I (we) need to just be all in for life no matter what we are doing.<br /><br />Just be all in.michael.offworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288740006736803513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-46149066037771571292011-11-12T11:58:33.697-08:002011-11-12T11:58:33.697-08:00Your identity is "multifaceted". That...Your identity is "multifaceted". That's not bad at all.<br />I had a clear and passionate vocation for all things Horse. I let life side-track me after the first fifteen years of that career and there are many compromises that I regret, in hindsight. Another thirty years down the line and in my heart, I still know who I am. I am that Horse person, albeit (mostly) without a horse.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-80858935338910653422011-11-12T08:41:37.009-08:002011-11-12T08:41:37.009-08:00I think it's quite rare for a person to know f...I think it's quite rare for a person to know from the outset what they want to do in life. My older sister is one of those people, however. She always wanted to be a nurse from when she was tiny and that's what she became. <br /><br />Me, no idea what I wanted (I had vague dreams to be a translator, but that didn't pan out). My life has also been one of goal-less drifting about.<br /><br />You are not alone.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094379750831310333.post-82877029978755476392011-11-11T15:00:08.209-08:002011-11-11T15:00:08.209-08:00LOL - my job path has been the same as yours. I ma...LOL - my job path has been the same as yours. I majored in Accounting in college, but I've never used that degree. Come to think of it, the path that led me to Dr. M was fairly circuitous too. It's kind of interesting, looking back. <br /><br />I did have a moment of blinding clarity about what I did NOT want to do - the idea of poking at people's teeth with sharp instruments? No thank you!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com