Comments on: Are You a Martyr? http://designresumes.com/2009/12/are-you-a-martyr/ Creating successful career marketing strategies for everyone! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michelle http://designresumes.com/2009/12/are-you-a-martyr/comment-page-/#comment-341 Michelle Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:41:43 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=837#comment-341 I'll add it to my new year's resolutions. :) Michelle I’ll add it to my new year’s resolutions. :)

Michelle

]]> By: Julie http://designresumes.com/2009/12/are-you-a-martyr/comment-page-/#comment-340 Julie Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:07:47 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=837#comment-340 Don't we all, Michelle! No, I suspect there are a few people who always ask but I know plenty who don't... let's practice asking in 2010! Don’t we all, Michelle! No, I suspect there are a few people who always ask but I know plenty who don’t… let’s practice asking in 2010!

]]> By: Michelle http://designresumes.com/2009/12/are-you-a-martyr/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Michelle Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:21:18 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=837#comment-348 Oh, that's totally me. I guess I never thought about it that way before, but I really do just stew in silence about how no one is helping without actually _asking_ anyone. Michelle Oh, that’s totally me. I guess I never thought about it that way before, but I really do just stew in silence about how no one is helping without actually _asking_ anyone.

Michelle

]]> By: Julie http://designresumes.com/2009/12/are-you-a-martyr/comment-page-/#comment-342 Julie Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:47:56 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=837#comment-342 Thanks, Andy! I can feel the relief building each day and the smile on my face and in my heart makes me sure I made the right decision. I have so much I want to learn and do yet and there is only one Julie. Thanks, Andy! I can feel the relief building each day and the smile on my face and in my heart makes me sure I made the right decision. I have so much I want to learn and do yet and there is only one Julie.

]]> By: Andrew http://designresumes.com/2009/12/are-you-a-martyr/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Andrew Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:31:28 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=837#comment-347 There is a time when we need to back off a bit from things. People that know me know that I have been involved with many things at church and out in the community. For the past couple of years, I have had some involvement with the Bike & Pedestrian Committee of the MPO. This month I decided to skip out of the meeting to work on Christmas stuff at home. The headlines from last Sunday's Daily Herald made the work of that committee much more important to me. Unfortunately sometimes I miss out on opportunities because I am so wrapped up in organizational stuff that I miss out on getting in on opportunities in freelance photography. I might have missed a deadline with the Reiman group for spring time publication. That is very important to me because their magazines are very big on landscapes and even certain still-lifes. Sometimes, you have to back off a little from certain things. Then you can either head off in a new direction or come back to them at a later date with a new perspective. For example, at Trinity I started teaching Sunday School in my late twenties, but I really was not connected with the children at that time. I moved into administration and then backed out to do other things. I had been teaching off and on for the past 8 years or so. I am seeing lives being touched and sense that I am being seen as role model for these kids. I know their lives. Julie, when you are burned out with a particular organization, it is okay to back off and let others take charge and do the work. Otherwise you go on without the sense of purpose that you used to have. There is a time when we need to back off a bit from things. People that know me know that I have been involved with many things at church and out in the community. For the past couple of years, I have had some involvement with the Bike & Pedestrian Committee of the MPO. This month I decided to skip out of the meeting to work on Christmas stuff at home. The headlines from last Sunday’s Daily Herald made the work of that committee much more important to me.

Unfortunately sometimes I miss out on opportunities because I am so wrapped up in organizational stuff that I miss out on getting in on opportunities in freelance photography. I might have missed a deadline with the Reiman group for spring time publication. That is very important to me because their magazines are very big on landscapes and even certain still-lifes.

Sometimes, you have to back off a little from certain things. Then you can either head off in a new direction or come back to them at a later date with a new perspective. For example, at Trinity I started teaching Sunday School in my late twenties, but I really was not connected with the children at that time. I moved into administration and then backed out to do other things. I had been teaching off and on for the past 8 years or so. I am seeing lives being touched and sense that I am being seen as role model for these kids. I know their lives.

Julie, when you are burned out with a particular organization, it is okay to back off and let others take charge and do the work. Otherwise you go on without the sense of purpose that you used to have.

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