Comments on: Willing To Be Uncomfortable http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/12/willing-to-be-uncomfortable/ Barbara Winter's Joyfully Jobless Journal Mon, 21 May 2012 04:33:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Williams http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/12/willing-to-be-uncomfortable/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 John Williams Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:07:50 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=2578#comment-1608 This is great Barbara - I love it! This is great Barbara – I love it!

]]> By: The Conscious Life http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/12/willing-to-be-uncomfortable/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 The Conscious Life Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:23:58 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=2578#comment-1607 Glad to stumble on your site through a link in Chris Guillebeau's newsletter. <em>"I also know that if I hadn’t been willing to put up with the Y in my early days, I wouldn’t have made it to the Westin."</em> Indeed, I believe if you have been staying in Westin all the while, you probably won't appreciate it as much as you did now. Thanks for sharing with us this meaningful story of yours. Glad to stumble on your site through a link in Chris Guillebeau’s newsletter.

“I also know that if I hadn’t been willing to put up with the Y in my early days, I wouldn’t have made it to the Westin.”

Indeed, I believe if you have been staying in Westin all the while, you probably won’t appreciate it as much as you did now.

Thanks for sharing with us this meaningful story of yours.

]]> By: Stephanie Cowell http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/12/willing-to-be-uncomfortable/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 Stephanie Cowell Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:24:30 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=2578#comment-1601 Barbara, I stumbled across your tweets and really like them. I am copying a few phrases to my on-line daily diary. I guess I live a passionate, risky life as a freelance novelist (new novel on Claude Monet coming out in April -- CLAUDE & CAMILLE: A novel of Monet)... even with this life, sort of baring my soul on the page, risk taking is sometimes an issue for me. Anyway, thanks for the site and tweets! Barbara, I stumbled across your tweets and really like them. I am copying a few phrases to my on-line daily diary. I guess I live a passionate, risky life as a freelance novelist (new novel on Claude Monet coming out in April — CLAUDE & CAMILLE: A novel of Monet)… even with this life, sort of baring my soul on the page, risk taking is sometimes an issue for me. Anyway, thanks for the site and tweets!

]]> By: Ian Anderson http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/12/willing-to-be-uncomfortable/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 Ian Anderson Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:25:25 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=2578#comment-1597 How true Barbara, We decided to spend a couple of years in New Zealand with just the one salary so that I could spend time with the children while they are still small. The one salary means that we had to cut right back in order to afford to rent a lovely house on 3 acres of beautiful land way North of Auckland. Our lives now revolve around each other, the beach and being involved with the tiny school where my 6 year old recently started. NZ is too far away from our UK/Norway roots to stay forever, but we don't regret for a moment giving up the nice jobs/nice cars/eating out etc in exchange for our blissful time here. I have had the time to develop my 'internet/blog' skills and who knows what we will do when we go back to Norway (and who cares, something will turn up!) We are privileged to be able to choose where to live, many don't have that choice (I met my wife while working in Uganda) Be a shame to squander the privilege! Take care and thanks for a thought provoking site Barbara! How true Barbara,
We decided to spend a couple of years in New Zealand with just the one salary so that I could spend time with the children while they are still small.

The one salary means that we had to cut right back in order to afford to rent a lovely house on 3 acres of beautiful land way North of Auckland.

Our lives now revolve around each other, the beach and being involved with the tiny school where my 6 year old recently started.

NZ is too far away from our UK/Norway roots to stay forever, but we don’t regret for a moment giving up the nice jobs/nice cars/eating out etc in exchange for our blissful time here.

I have had the time to develop my ‘internet/blog’ skills and who knows what we will do when we go back to Norway (and who cares, something will turn up!)

We are privileged to be able to choose where to live, many don’t have that choice (I met my wife while working in Uganda) Be a shame to squander the privilege!

Take care and thanks for a thought provoking site Barbara!

]]> By: Rasheed Hooda http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/2009/12/willing-to-be-uncomfortable/comment-page-1/#comment-1596 Rasheed Hooda Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:51:54 +0000 http://joyfullyjobless.com/blog/?p=2578#comment-1596 The enemy of success is comfort which keeps us tethered to a bearable, but not soul-thrilling life. I love this quote. Yes, I am willing and ready to take life to the next level. I have been dealing with some Y-sized challenges lately. Looking forward to Westin in the near future. Rasheed The enemy of success is comfort which keeps us tethered to a bearable, but not soul-thrilling life.

I love this quote. Yes, I am willing and ready to take life to the next level. I have been dealing with some Y-sized challenges lately. Looking forward to Westin in the near future.

Rasheed

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