This is me and my friend Laura, also known as Twinee and as
you can see we look quite alike. We've only known each other since June, but it
feels so much longer. We were both temping at the local council and kept each
other going when the days dragged on with not much to do.
I've moved onto a different job but Twinee is still there
and wants a new job, so I gave her a motivational day to help her get a job.
There was a bit of job hunting, some life lessons from Susan Sarandon in a
Oprah Masterclass and then we watch a few TED Lectures. During the job hunting
we had Example’s new album Live Life Living on in the background. I was meant
to see him in concert a few weeks ago, but my plans fell through. I've heard a
few of his songs before, but not heard a whole album of his. It’s a bit strange
listening to a summer style album in winter. It’s not what I’d usually listen
to but with this challenge, in particular the new albums part, it’s all about
broadening my horizons.
The TED Lectures is a free lecture series and there are
hundreds on YouTube to watch. The first one we watched was by Susan Colantuono
and was called ‘The Career advice you probably didn't get.’ To be honest most
of it went over my head, as it was about middle management and higher
management career women. Lots of buzzwords and business jargon, which one day
might make sense to me. We then started to watch a lecture by Meg Jay called: ‘Why
30 is not the new 20’ but we stopped it after a few minutes as it said your 20’s
mark out your future career style and how you should be set up and establishing
yourself during this time. This freaked me and Twinee out as my career so far
has changed quite a bit, so we stopped the lecture promptly.
The final one we watched was by Matt Cutts who works at
Google, and it was called: Try something new for 30 days. This one reminded me
of what I'm doing with the 29 challenge. So not an amazing start with Ted
Lectures, but there are quite a few that look good. In particular one by Jane
Fonda, who was one of the main inspirations for the 29 challenge.
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