I received feedback asking me how one might go about figuring out ones career and life goals. Here are some thoughts:

 Ask a random sample of people about their work-life, and you will learn that it can be thrilling and wonderful -- terrible and miserable -- and everything in between. Ask them when they thrive and when they struggle, and you will consistently learn that work-life trials and tribulations break down into three categories:

 What do you want to do with your life?
How do you develop a strategy for doing it?
How do you galvanize yourself to get started?
To read more, here's an article that I've written. It's been published on the DC Web Woman site and on my own site:

 http://www.drlynnfriedman.com/envisioningcareergoals.html

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Lynn Friedman, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst
Organizational/work-life consultant
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