Tuesday November 29th: In Which I Seek Help....

Most anyone who has or does know me can make a fairly credibly case for me needing help on any number of fronts.

And while I readily acknowledge this, I've never actually had any sort of therapy or coaching.  Not even a fitness trainer.

No deep reason really.  Just the realization that most of my problems and issues are fairly banal (which I now appreciate is a huge blessing) and can be dealt with my journal, Bikram or a chat & bottle with friends.  I'm also cheap and listening to Anthony Robbins downloads usually seemed sufficient.

But I've also always been hesitant about committing to paying someone to listen me - the pressure to come up with something good to talk about seems stressful.  Sort of like people who tidy before the cleaning lady comes.

And while I confess to hugely enjoying the narcissism of first and second dates, I always tended to flag by the third - which is always what I thought would happen with therapy.

But, today I had a first date with my new career coach.

Why now?  Well in retrospect 2011 on the career front it was a bit of meh year.

And since I have much higher hopes for 2012 I figure some professional coaching might help me get the results I want.

But lets see, I'll keep you posted on whether I make it to the third date. /rs