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WWJD?
Dec 22, 2020 8:41:35 GMT -6
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Post by davidmorrocco on Dec 22, 2020 8:41:35 GMT -6
When I worked many years at a large brokerage firm I had WWJD taped on the side of my computer screen. I think people that didn’t know me thought I must be religious. (What would Jesus do?). Everyone else knew it was (what would Joan do?). My desk had pictures of her all over the place. Now that I’m a nurse I no longer have a desk, but I carry Joan with me in my thoughts and ask myself sometimes, “What would Joan do?”
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WWJD?
Jan 1, 2021 1:36:02 GMT -6
Post by Admin on Jan 1, 2021 1:36:02 GMT -6
When I worked many years at a large brokerage firm I had WWJD taped on the side of my computer screen. I think people that didn’t know me thought I must be religious. (What would Jesus do?). Everyone else knew it was (what would Joan do?). My desk had pictures of her all over the place. Now that I’m a nurse I no longer have a desk, but I carry Joan with me in my thoughts and ask myself sometimes, “What would Joan do?” I also find inspiration in "WWJD?" and also "worry" that people might think I'm talking about Jesus! (Nothing wrong with the man, it's just that I don't find him as inspirational as Joan!)  I thought of Joan in late 2019, when I found out that a newly hired 30-year-old male editor at my job with very little editing experience was making almost the same salary as I was---an editor with over 20 years of experience. A very cushy life lay before me at that place...but I chose to quit purely because of the utter clear-cut unfairness of the situation. I also thought of Joan when I moved to NYC in 2007, failed in NYC, had to come back home to Austin and start again from scratch with NOTHING to my name. Once back home, post age 40, I lived in a 400-sq-ft apt for 4 years while scrambling my way back to a "regular" job and a "regular" living-space (i.e., at least 1200 sq ft). Whenever in my life I have had to grit my teeth and "carry on," it is Joan that I think about. |
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WWJD?
Jan 4, 2021 10:50:42 GMT -6
Post by davidmorrocco on Jan 4, 2021 10:50:42 GMT -6
I too left a good paying job due to corporate politics and not playing the game and kissing up to the higher ups. I, like you am living in a very small 1,200 square foot home in San Diego. I now for the first time in my life have to be careful of my money. I honestly thought that in this stage of my life I would have been so much better off financially. What happened to our generation? We have to stay strong and sometimes grit our teeth along the way and keep pushing forward like Joan. Here’s to us. 🍸
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