Zino: "There's two parts to this -- the social side, which I got right, and the career side,which I got wrong.
When high school ended I went far away to college and lost many of my friends. So when I was graduating from college, I didn't want to do that again. I didn't want to be alone. So I stayed. That was a great decision. I still have all my college friends -- we have dinner once a month. Many of us have kids now so things have changed a little, but we still get together around once a month.
On the career side...
When high school ended I went far away to college and lost many of my friends. So when I was graduating from college, I didn't want to do that again. I didn't want to be alone. So I stayed. That was a great decision. I still have all my college friends -- we have dinner once a month. Many of us have kids now so things have changed a little, but we still get together around once a month.
On the career side...
there weren't many jobs available in Italy when I graduated from school. I thought I would just take whatever was available. And then I took a second job just because it was available. Three years I wasted. Finally I got the opportunity to switch tracks and started doing something I loved. But that was only by chance. I wish I had known how important every role would be... how just making one wrong choice can set you down a totally different career path...."
Kate: "That's interesting because it's so different from what others have said. Many people have stressed not to worry so much about each individual job. That things aren't permanent."
Zino: "Well, I guess it did all turn out find in the end."
Kate: "Going back to part I -- Is it the ritual that makes that a good thing? Like, being able to depend on this one thing every month? Or the people that make up the community?"
Zino: "It's both. It's something I know I have to rely on, but it's also like group therapy. We can talk about things. Like jobs, like the kid's education, like how to handle all the devices nowadays and how much the kids get to use them..."
Kate: "Did that community help you find the new job? Like, when you switched career paths to something better did they also help with that?"
Zino: "Oh yeah. That's the only reason I got the other position -- was through my friend."
Kate: "I see."
Zino: "So now what? You gotta find your own answers. You're going to boil all this down to a couple things and then drink it like an elixir and become strong?"
Kate: "That's the plan. One cumulating blog summarizing what I learned from all this."
Zino: "Well good luck with your 25 years of existential crisis. Try reading some Giacomo Leopardi. He's an Italian poet. I think you'd like him."
Kate: "That's interesting because it's so different from what others have said. Many people have stressed not to worry so much about each individual job. That things aren't permanent."
Zino: "Well, I guess it did all turn out find in the end."
Kate: "Going back to part I -- Is it the ritual that makes that a good thing? Like, being able to depend on this one thing every month? Or the people that make up the community?"
Zino: "It's both. It's something I know I have to rely on, but it's also like group therapy. We can talk about things. Like jobs, like the kid's education, like how to handle all the devices nowadays and how much the kids get to use them..."
Kate: "Did that community help you find the new job? Like, when you switched career paths to something better did they also help with that?"
Zino: "Oh yeah. That's the only reason I got the other position -- was through my friend."
Kate: "I see."
Zino: "So now what? You gotta find your own answers. You're going to boil all this down to a couple things and then drink it like an elixir and become strong?"
Kate: "That's the plan. One cumulating blog summarizing what I learned from all this."
Zino: "Well good luck with your 25 years of existential crisis. Try reading some Giacomo Leopardi. He's an Italian poet. I think you'd like him."