Letters to the Editor

I love journalism but I hate asking uncomfortable questions Have I chosen the right field? Or am I too shy? By Cary Tennis [2006-12-07]

• Oh you poor dear

  It kind of sounds like you picked a career path as a self-improvement excercise. You keep saying you should be tougher, pushier, less sensitive, a little more of x, a little less of y...

  That just doesn't sound like a good way to choose a career. Maybe find something that meshes a little more naturally with your own groove? Maybe technical writing, or corporate communications, or some kind of PR job would be more comfortable and interesting for you? I mean really, who convinced you that you needed to find a career that would give you a personality remodel, anyway? Someone who is having trouble accepting the outcomes of the decisions they made with their lives? SOmeone who is happy to pick at you and never fails to tell you all about how and where you fail to measure up to whatever weird ideal lives in their fevered brain?

  Geesh, life is short. Be who you are and do what you want to do. There are more ways to live an interesting life and be of great value to the world around you than many people would have you believe. And you'll be better if you are happy and comfortable in your own skin.

  Really.

  -- Rachel Avery
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