money money money !!!

Status and money when it comes to careers...hmmmmm
Spent the whole day at home today (unless u count the half hour i went out for to get my mum's bday pressie). Was good actually....hardly have these kinda days anymore! Was so lazy...part of what i did was look up stuff related to employment as a dietitian (a bit too early i know, but i was suddenly interested hehe), especially the rates of pay.

Hmm i considered certain career paths and swept others aside during my last year of highschool based on what interested me and what i tried to discern from God's will. Until today, i still have uncertainties as to where my passions lie, what career i would like to pursue for the rest of my life....so confusing, and i feel so lost sometimes. Most of the time, i feel that being a dietitian comes closest to what i really want to do, but factors such as the status it has in society, and the rates of pay (which i only just found out) affects it, but i know they're not that important. Hmm it just seems that in today's society, who you are (your status, whether you'd be respected, perhaps even who you'll marry, maybe even you character) are strongly affected by your career. Personally i really don't like it, and yet i found that im starting to want to work in the UK because the pay is much higher there for a dietitian than here in Australia. Aiiii...is the idea of money starting to affect me?

Hmm after spending almost two hours online looking up jobs in the UK and HK and investigating their rates of pay, my dad (very very unexpectedly) reminded me about working in Africa. He was like "how about Africa? have u looked that up?" i don't think he was fully serious, but it did point me to the importance of doing God's will, and the dangers of having money as a god.

So where does that leave me now....hmm to be honest, im fully lost. I guess it'll just be a matter, rather, of living life step by step...thinking about tmr as opposed to 3 years down the track! Every new day is an opportunity to know and love God more, an opportunity to serve Him and others, to know and love others more. And to be content!

Around half a year ago, i had serious doubts about continuing my course. It wasnt because i didnt like it, but mainly because i felt it was one that people looked down upon. And come to think of it, i can't see much in it that would give the profession much status, especially when compared with being a doctor or a lawyer. And with a couple of relatives, and even my parents, i felt it was being looked down upon.

I talked to this really great friend of mine....and he replied:

You know how you said it bothers you that people look down on your course, and you do so too sometimes?

I think the most important thing is that you like what you are doing and that you think it's worthwhile. I believe that there is no need to look down on your course because others say so or because it was easy to get into or anything like that. You've decided that this course was the best for you when you chose it, and you've also chosen to stick at it. I think that is more than enough to say to yourself that this course is worth it. Don't look down on your course la. Be positive about it and you'll enjoy it.

Personally, I think it's a great course that you're doing because in our society today, we need people who can give responsible advice about dieting and nutrition, and not just focus on using drugs and plastic surgery, and be obsessed about being a stick - like some of the girls in Hong Kong!

You have my full support. :)

So yeah, stay positive and it'll be all good!


I don't think he had any idea (and think he's forgotten about it now) about how much those words meant at that time, how much encouragement they gave. His full support meant much much more (and still does) than, i think, he thought.

I think he pretty much said it all. It's not all about the money, or the status of the profession in another's eye, far from it. Is it worth it? Is it where your heart is? Is it God's will??


On a completely different note, Nick from 'Bold and the Beautiful' told Bridget how sorry he was for betraying her, and how he really knows now that he loves Bridget. He used such "awwww" words:

"i know because i broke my heart when i broke yours"

i feel...how vaguely appropriate...