Hi Guys!! I wanted to start this blog because I’m always learning more about life each day whether it’s through my career, my personal life, or through just observing day-to-day situations, actions/reactions from people and just through the process of trying to figure out the meaning of life. If you can relate to me, learn from me, or I learn through this journey of blogging, then it will have been worth it, and I figure I can hopefully accomplish at least one of those things.
A little bit about me:
I’m a huge nerd and a lover for life. I work in finance at one of the large Canadian banks on Bay Street in Toronto and I have moved through a career that is primarily still dominated by men. It’s a demanding job, high stress, and large responsibilities. On the positive side, I can honestly say that I learn something new every day, I am challenged every day, and it’s an exciting environment to work in, not only for the level of context and information I deal with on a daily basis, but also because I witness how I am breaking norms by being sometimes the only woman in a room of 20+ people, or most of the time I am the youngest person in the room. Being taken seriously is a challenge I have to overcome on a daily basis - but I enjoy that challenge because I empower myself to take it on.
While I work in the corporate world and while my job is the epitome of how the movies portray banking jobs - with suits, wining and dining, and working with some of the most powerful people in Canada - I also love the side of me that is a hippie at heart. I love the deepness of what it means to be alive and exploring the world with an open heart and mind. My favourite thing in the whole world is lying in the grass, with friends, listening to live music and just letting the music reach every part of my body, escaping to wherever it takes me. I love being outside, I love all and any types of music, and I love being able to feel - whether it’s feeling the energies around me, feeling the music touch my soul, feeling love, feeling empathy, just feeling anything and being conscious of it and being present in the moment. I am so passionate about living each day to the fullest, being kind, and being human.
I find that wherever I go, because of the career path I have taken, I have become stereotyped. People hear the word “Banker” and they assume that I live a stiff life with lack of adventure and lack of passion for the beauty of life. They assume I don’t “understand” what it means to live and find meaning in life. I don’t like that careers can become your identity. I agree that your career is a huge part of your life, since you’re doing it 5 (or maybe 7) days a week or maybe you started a business for something you’re passionate about - but there is so much time left every day to go after other passions and the things that you love, which could be completely different to what your career is, and that is what I think defines you. I believe that you can have the best of both worlds.
I want to have this blog be anything and everything because that’s how I view my life. I am always open to new things in life, and there is no theme or pattern that I follow. I love to learn new things, try new things, meet new people, and broaden every aspect of my life so I can enjoy life to the fullest that it can be!!
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