Who Do You Want To Be Today?

 Among the catalog of Oingo Boingo, the cool band with the horn section and pulsing rhythm and odd lyrics (1979-1985), one song that always struck me was "Who Do You Want To Be Today?" The point of the song was the singer was simply bored and deciding that they would simply decide on any given day what they wanted to be.

I had not thought a great deal about this song at all until a conversation last week with a departing colleague. During the course of our conversation, he very kindly offered to look as my resume for review.

I was appreciative, as this was a thing that I had been putting off for some time - not so much because it did not need to be done (it did), as much as I was at a loss of how to do - and specifically, how to address the fact that two years ago, I essentially went from the pinnacle of a reporting structure to a different career entirely.  It is an uncomfortable question that I have been at a loss to address both personally and professionally.

Of course, being the wise and aware person he is, he immediately caught it in my resume.  And made the not illogical comment "You will have address this in your overall narrative - which should indicate what you really want".  

In other words, who do you want to be?

This is the discussion I have been carefully avoiding with myself for two years.  It is simply easier to be the steer in the blizzard, head down and ploughing along, than actually think about such things.  

I know, I know - the economy being what it is, it is a terrible time to be going through some kind of career crisis of conscious.  In my defense, this is likely something I should have done two years ago and put off because it was simply too painful at the time.

But, really, who do I want to be today?  And equally as importantly, how do I get there?

I cannot, it seems, keep putting this off forever.

For completeness, the song.  Run time 3:17 or so; turn volume down.