The end is near

Porto Alegre, Brazil, this afternoon

Porto Alegre, Brazil, after the storm

Torres, Brazil

Why dilemmas?

“Dilemmas is the post

everyone reads the most”

I wonder why…

To be or not to be… back

So that’s it. Not that I know what to write here… I’ve already been more enthusiastic about this blog, certainly. Not that I moved to Twitter, either. I see no appeal there. I like to read and write, to exchange ideas and points of views, and Twitter’s so “pilly”. Information pills are too superficial, too chatty.

Anyways. I’m teaching a creative writing workshop right now. This is something to feel enthusiastic about, however I wonder what the future of professional writing will be. On this workshop, my aim is to motivate people. Writing is not forbidden and can be very useful to express ourselves and compose our identities. It’s good for making decisions, good to know wheter we’re on the right path or we’d better make a change.

People start by being objective and shy, but after a couple of days and exercises, it’s easy to notice how released – and relieved – they feel.

One about me

Professionally, I’ve been working with career counselling for almost two years now. Personally, I can say that career counselling has always been a part of my life. I’ve had several job experiences, have attended courses in different majors, have had a couple of turning points and have always dealt with my career shifts by myself. I have learned how to search and how to explore, how to give a meaning to the time I have spent in one or another place, and found out what is important to me and what my goals were (and are!).

After dealing with all those issues and having counselled dozens of teenagers and young adults with career doubts, I can say that I’ve become both passionate and challenged by what I do. I can say that it makes all the sense in my life and makes me fit into this world. At this point, I’m always eager to improve my skills to be a better counsellor and satisfy my clients’ needs, because they are my major satisfaction. My personal satisfaction.

One about Susan Boyle

I can’t deny that when I watched Susan Boyle’s video for the first time I also thought it wasn’t real, that is, she was kind of playing a role. But, for me, that isn’t the point. That’s not what matters. The whole message is what matters. And it has told us something – by “us”, meaning the world. Why is everybody talking about that? Have we all already been in the other side, seeing someone and not giving a damn to him or her? How many opportunities have we lost because of that? Opportunities of having new good friends, of being surprised, of being happy.

And are they arguing about marketing, about Susan Boyle’s past or boyfriends? I don’t wanna know Susan Boyle. I don’t wanna watch that show. I wanna be, from now on, more aware of what I may be missing in my everyday life, and also more aware that I should and can be confident when it comes to something I believe in.