Comments on: The Hats I’ve Worn (or Not) and the Income Roller-Coaster of Life http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/uncategorized/the-hats-i%e2%80%99ve-worn-or-not-and-the-income-roller-coaster-of-life/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kathy http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/uncategorized/the-hats-i%e2%80%99ve-worn-or-not-and-the-income-roller-coaster-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10135 Kathy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:40:51 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=3022#comment-10135 I really enjoyed you blog on the history recorded in our SS statement. Mine is like yours, lots of career changes: research lab tech in 3 different hospitals, law school hiatus, then 13 years of part time practice with small firms, teaching credential hiatus, then 9 years of middle school science. A good journey, a lot of variety. Your unknown future at the this point Fred is no more unknown than it was during your working life, because you gave yourself so much freedom to change direction. You never knew what to expect of yourself!next! I really enjoyed you blog on the history recorded in our SS statement. Mine is like yours, lots of career changes: research lab tech in 3 different hospitals, law school hiatus, then 13 years of part time practice with small firms, teaching credential hiatus, then 9 years of middle school science. A good journey, a lot of variety.
Your unknown future at the this point Fred is no more unknown than it was during your working life, because you gave yourself so much freedom to change direction. You never knew what to expect of yourself!next!

]]> By: bill;www.wildramblings.com http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/uncategorized/the-hats-i%e2%80%99ve-worn-or-not-and-the-income-roller-coaster-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10131 bill;www.wildramblings.com Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:54:28 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=3022#comment-10131 Your economic roller coaster seems fairly common these days for someone who does not stay in the "mainstream" of life. One thing for sure the tributaries, those wonderlands less traveled, are less profitable but way, way more interesting. Bill:www.wildramblings.com Your economic roller coaster seems fairly common these days for someone who does not stay in the “mainstream” of life. One thing for sure the tributaries, those wonderlands less traveled, are less profitable but way, way more interesting.

Bill:www.wildramblings.com

]]> By: Gary http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/uncategorized/the-hats-i%e2%80%99ve-worn-or-not-and-the-income-roller-coaster-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10128 Gary Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:05:30 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=3022#comment-10128 I think that last sentence should have read... Life isn't that strange after all. It's just life... I think that last sentence should have read…

Life isn’t that strange after all.

It’s just life…

]]> By: kenju http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/uncategorized/the-hats-i%e2%80%99ve-worn-or-not-and-the-income-roller-coaster-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10126 kenju Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:19:59 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=3022#comment-10126 I firmly believe that we do what we do for a good reason. We are given choices; those choices can all lead to us being able to satisfy our karma, both good and bad, due to the people with whom we surround ourselves and the further choices we make. I firmly believe that we do what we do for a good reason. We are given choices; those choices can all lead to us being able to satisfy our karma, both good and bad, due to the people with whom we surround ourselves and the further choices we make.

]]> By: fred1st http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/uncategorized/the-hats-i%e2%80%99ve-worn-or-not-and-the-income-roller-coaster-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10123 fred1st Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:01:48 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=3022#comment-10123 A shared thread of connection, to be sure. But it is odd to be at the terminus of that history, and stand at the shore of unknown waters ahead. Exciting, in that they will be different, disturbing in that they are not at all predictable beyond that small monthly check--as long as it lasts. That, too, is unpredictable. A shared thread of connection, to be sure. But it is odd to be at the terminus of that history, and stand at the shore of unknown waters ahead. Exciting, in that they will be different, disturbing in that they are not at all predictable beyond that small monthly check–as long as it lasts. That, too, is unpredictable.

]]> By: Carl http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/uncategorized/the-hats-i%e2%80%99ve-worn-or-not-and-the-income-roller-coaster-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10122 Carl Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:56:46 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=3022#comment-10122 Funny, I haven't visited the blog in a couple of weeks and I land on the financial pages. I have always believed to some degree in telepathy, esp, etc... Your entry was calling me. My belief goes on. I often reminisce when I get my SS statement. I find the mental journey to be fun, and often reaffirming. I feel a bit like I'm a historian, combing over my personal census of sorts, or an archeologist on a dig site, looking at the fossilized vertibrae of my financial history. Reading the statement, I can remember when I got a big raise. I remember when I struck out on my own. I remember when I struck out. And yes, I look at my earliest years with some pride, remembering how my dad insisted I fill out my own tax return. Funny, that first early act of financial manhood kind of led to my early career. The SS statement is a recording of personal history. A government funded biography. It wasn't always fun to read my SS statement. I recall panicking in my early years, wondering if I was making enough financial progress as the years unfolded. I wondered how mine compared to my peers. To my more successful high school chums. Thankfully, somewhere along the line the SS statement morphed into a historical document.. It was no longer a scorecard. And I was able to decide not to be a slave to it. I have had several recorded ups and downs as well. All markings of adventure thank goodness. I feel for those for whom those markings represent hardship; scars if you will. For me they have been tardy's, or "gone fishing", or "trying something new". I will remember my life more for the dynamics in that historical record than for any smooth trend. And that is how I think it should be. Funny, I haven’t visited the blog in a couple of weeks and I land on the financial pages. I have always believed to some degree in telepathy, esp, etc… Your entry was calling me. My belief goes on.

I often reminisce when I get my SS statement. I find the mental journey to be fun, and often reaffirming. I feel a bit like I’m a historian, combing over my personal census of sorts, or an archeologist on a dig site, looking at the fossilized vertibrae of my financial history. Reading the statement, I can remember when I got a big raise. I remember when I struck out on my own. I remember when I struck out. And yes, I look at my earliest years with some pride, remembering how my dad insisted I fill out my own tax return. Funny, that first early act of financial manhood kind of led to my early career. The SS statement is a recording of personal history. A government funded biography.

It wasn’t always fun to read my SS statement. I recall panicking in my early years, wondering if I was making enough financial progress as the years unfolded. I wondered how mine compared to my peers. To my more successful high school chums. Thankfully, somewhere along the line the SS statement morphed into a historical document.. It was no longer a scorecard. And I was able to decide not to be a slave to it.

I have had several recorded ups and downs as well. All markings of adventure thank goodness. I feel for those for whom those markings represent hardship; scars if you will. For me they have been tardy’s, or “gone fishing”, or “trying something new”. I will remember my life more for the dynamics in that historical record than for any smooth trend. And that is how I think it should be.

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