Update on my Career change

[Catwoman]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Oh.....in case anyone is interested the drink in my hand is a Pint of Hen's Tooth *grins*

Heh. Spent this weekend swimming in Ringwood 49er and HSB. Gotta love that real ale.

The new career sounds fascinating Dana. Fucking well done for being one of 'those liberals' that actually gets up off their arse to make a difference. Not many people are willing, despite profound and vigorous diatribes against 'the system' to actually dedicate their own time to the cause. Unfortunately I feel that I often fall into this category, and spend many a wistful hour wondering what 'rightful cause' I could apply myself to.

I give money each month to several charities and once attended my local Amnesty support group. I have written one letter to the President of Pakistan protesting against the proposed capitulation of a 17 year old boy, and once bought a pack of cards from my local Age Concern. I have never attended a protest and the only voluntary work I have done has been for friends and family. Oh - and I work in an ad agency, in my own small way contributing to the noise and myth and clutter that perpetuates this damage - the inequality of wealth, a false image of reality, fallacious differentiation.

I suppose I am arrogant enough to think 'I don't want to be just one more person helping out in my own small way - I want to evoke real difference, big changes'. But it is the so-called 'small' people that do make the difference - the unsung heroes that help for the sake of helping, not for applause or to abate a guilt-infused conscience.

But advertising rules the world. Ever seen Men in Black? K destroys the alien from within. For all the charity fundraising, social care, voluntary work I could be doing, it really wouldn't make that much difference long term. But conquer this baby - and who knows.

Saying that, I don't actually think that will happen. I'll end up living in a van in a field eating home grown veg and tending to the chickens. The simple life. But maybe that will be just as much help. The point being, it doesn't actually matter what we do. So why not do what makes you happy. Then you can make the world a better place every day.