TGI Friday Five day! This little game is the salvation of many a weary blogger.
1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not? I am the manager of public relations at this university. The job has been particularly trying this week because of this report, released Tuesday. I did not choose this career path, but things fell into place. It's a good job. I'm not one of the 50 percent of Americans who are disgruntled employees. Not most of the time, anyway. Sure, I gripe about the job on occasion. But I have a lot of freedom from interference, get to write about things that interest me (and a few things that don't), and am free to screw up and assume all responsibility when I do. As for why I didn't plan to be here, it's because when I graduated from J-School I assumed I'd be headed straight for journalistic stardom. I should have had at least one Pulitzer by now.
3. What did/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices? My father was a shoe stylist who got his start in his career by bluffing. He claimed to know how to design shoes when he didn't know the first thing about it. But he got a shot at it, and succeeded. Similarly, I bluffed my way into the study of journalism.
4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family? No.
5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why? The easiest job in the world is the job that you're good at and that makes you happy. The hardest job in the world is the job you cannot do proficiently and that keeps you from jumping out of bed in the morning.