#4DayWorkweek #work #jobs #layoffs
Since the 1970s, it’s been predicted that the economy would adopt, even embrace, the four-day workweek.
Some have experimented with it. Nursing, as an example, tried the Baylor plan that even cut the workweek to three days at 12 hours each.
Niraj Chokshi has discussed this concept in an article for The New York Times. It was also published Nov. 17, 2019, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“Just recently, Microsoft Japan inspired a flood of stories after reporting that, in a trial, shortened weeks had boosted productivity by about 40 percent,” Chokshi writes. But the four-day workweek is “a profound advancement that has seemed just around the corner for decades,” the article says.
In fact, the article says, famed economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that the trend toward shorter workweeks would continue. Keynes imagined that by 2030 or so, people would work just 15 hours a week.
Of course, Keynes’ prediction came shortly after Ford introduced the five-day workweek decades ago, the article says.
Alas, today’s employers are often unwilling to experiment with the four-day workweeks. Adam Grant, and organizational psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, attributes employers’ reluctance to a lack of three things: interest, faith in employees and understanding of the benefits a shortened workweek can offer, the article says.
One of those benefits is appropriate for today: less exposure to others as a disease circulates.
In recent times, it’s been said that people are either overworked or unemployed. Many are time-broke, because of work demands. Employers want to get every bit out of every employee to get their money’s worth.
With all the emphasis on work today, many feel fortunate to have a job. However, if you are overworked, time-broke or unemployed, there may be a solution for all those conditions outside the traditional job market.
There are many vehicles that allow people to spend a few, part-time, off-work hours enhancing their incomes, without having to take a second traditional job.
The vehicles require only an open mind, a willingness to be coached and the desire to help other people. No other experience or education is required.
To learn about one of the best such vehicles, message me.
Meanwhile, technological advancements and other efficiencies are enabling companies to do more with fewer people.
Your job, if you have one, may not be there for as long as you want it. The ability to change jobs has gotten a bit better, but you have to ask yourself whether you are changing jobs for the right reasons.
People have a tendency to view themselves as a necessary component to their employer’s success. Know that no matter how “necessary” you are, your employer will not hesitate to let you go if he or she sees a better, cheaper way to do what you do. Or, the could let you go if they believe they can get along without you.
It’s a nice idea to be able to work at a job you love, for as long as you want to work. For most, that is a dream – literally.
The reality: you go to work every day not knowing whether it will be your last. Be on the lookout for something that can enable you to smile as you are being laid off.
Peter
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WORKING FROM HOME CHANGING HOUSING MARKET
#WorkFromHome #coronavirus #COVID-19 #commuting
Technology is allowing more people to work remotely.
That’s changing the way people think about where to live.
In and around big cities may not be the only option for those able to carve out office space at home.
Lisa Prevost took on this subject in an article for The New York Times. It was also published Sept. 25, 2019, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of last year, 24 percent of employed persons worked at least part of the time at home, the article says. That percentage has undoubtedly increased as coronavirus (COVID-19) fears and precautions have set in.
Among those with advanced degrees, it was 42 percent, the article quotes the figures.
In a survey last year of 23,000 new home shoppers, John Burns Real Estate Consulting, a firm with offices nationwide, 30 percent worked at home between one and four days a week. Some 13 percent worked at home full time, the article says.
States like Vermont are offering incentives for people to move there and work from home, the article says.
Is this a trend? Let’s look at it from all sides.
In past decades, employers frowned on people working from home for lack of supervision. They didn’t trust that employees could give full attention to their work, or give a full day’s work, from home.
It’s not that people would necessarily cheat their employers , though there are certainly those who might try. It’s more that home provides distractions – kids, TV, personal phone calls etc. – that would prevent an employee’s 100 percent concentration on his or her job.
But longer commutes, or even short commutes in heavy traffic are forcing people to spend more time getting to and from work, adding stress that could interfere with their ability to do their jobs.
Commuting and traffic add to the general societal problem of overcrowding and gridlock in cities, pollution from vehicles and portions of life wasted commuting.
So, the attitude about working at home may be changing, and technology is enabling people to do their jobs from anywhere.
Be careful what you wish for. You pay for the freedom to work from home with the electronic leash from work that never gets removed.
Certainly, technological advancement is a blessing and curse. But it is here, and people must adapt.
But what if you could work from home at a job you enjoyed, and could work when you wanted? There are many vehicles out there that allow people to work independently, yet have a network of colleagues they can call for help. These programs are designed for people who want to be their own bosses. They certainly require work, but, with no one watching you, are aimed at people who are self-motivated.
If you believe you are that self-motivated person, regardless of your education and skills, and want to learn about one of the best such programs, message me.
The bonus with these programs is you can live and work from anywhere.
Business and society are certainly warming up to the idea of having people work from home. They have to evaluate people more on tasks than hours worked.
Is it right for you? Remember, there are benefits and costs – freedom, but loss of interactions and gain of distractions. You have to evaluate your own situation to determine whether such an arrangement would suit you.
Peter
ROBOTS SERVING AT RESTAURANTS? INDEED
#robots #restaurants #FastFood #novelties
Maybe you went into a certain line of work thinking that a machine could never replace you.
Now, they have robots at restaurants.
Ligaya Figueras, food columnist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, found one such robot at Big Bang Pizza in Brookhaven, Ga. She featured the topic in her Sept. 23, 2019, column.
One customer, age 4, was excited by the robot greeter at the pizza place.
But, if you earn a living, or make a little extra money, as a restaurant server, you may one day be replaced by a robot.
Not only is it happening at Big Bang Pizza, some restaurants cut down on server time by allowing you to order at your table by computer.
That’s a modern variation on the “order first, be seated later,” restaurants.
If you are in the restaurant industry, the news is not all bad.
Restaurant workers are getting difficult to find in some places. Some restaurants or restaurant chains that would like to open in Location X, decline to do so for lack of good help.
If you live in a community where younger people are in relatively short supply – that means high school and college students who need to earn a little part-time income or summer income – you may be deprived of certain dining options for that reason.
The Big Bang Pizza owners used the robots as a hook to stand out among the plethora of pizza joints, Figueras points out.
“Here is your food. Please take it away from my tray and when you’re done, touch my hand so I can get back to work,” the robot named Pepper tells a Big Bang customer, according to Figueras.
The pizza place still has many human employees who take orders, mix drinks from the full bar, cook the pizzas and program the robots to deliver food to the table, Figueras writes. The employees actually like working with the bots, she says.
At Big Bang, the attraction becomes a practical alternative to people. It requires no benefits, no salary, no tips – nothing a human would require. In another article by Sam Dean for the Los Angeles Times, a robot named Flippy, being used in Pasadena, Calif., had sensors to tell it when to flip a burger, or pull a basket of fries out of the boiling oil. That article was published March 9, 2020, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. By the way, the restaurant’s cost to lease Flippy: $3 per hour, Dean’s article says.
Couple the food robots with the coming of driverless vehicles, delivery services by drone etc., and you can see where some jobs are headed.
But there is good news for workers. There are programs out there that can allow you to invest a few part-time hours a week to earn a potentially substantial income that could dwarf what you are earning in your W-2 job. You just have to be open to checking them out, since they may not be for everyone. To check out one of the best, message me.
Some jobs are inevitably going away, perhaps sooner rather than later. If you can prepare ahead of time for that day – remember, you may not get a warning from your employer – you might be able to be shown the door, yet leave with a smile.
To do that, you may need an open mind, a willingness to be coached, and a willingness to do something you may have thought you would never do.
So, open up, take a look and, perhaps, see your future.
Peter
SUPER CITIES LOSING THEIR LUSTER
#SuperCities #Seattle #KingCounty #SantaClaraCounty #MovingOut
For the first time in at least a decade, 4,868 more people moved out of King County, Wash. – home of Seattle and Amazon – than moved in.
Santa Clara County, Calif., home of Silicon Valley, lost 24,645 people, its ninth consecutive loss.
These figures from the U.S. Census Bureau were featured in an article by Eduardo Porter for The New York Times. It was also published June 2, 2019, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Eight of the 10 largest metropolitan areas in the country, including those around New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami, lost people to other places in 2018, the article says.
Thirty of the 44 largest counties, with populations above 1 million, recorded more domestic outflows than inflows of people in 2018, according to the article.
As the article points out, these big metro areas offer more opportunities for highly educated people. But, moving to opportunity it not what it once was, the article says.
“Big cities have lost their luster for workers without four-year college degrees. They will make no more than they would in, say, small-town Alabama,” the article quotes Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist David Autor. His work was part of another New York Times article by Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui, Porter’s article says.
If folks cannot get a big enough pay increase to offset the higher cost of living in those big cities, there seems little point to move there.
That begs the questions: where do YOU want to live? Do you live there now? Are you able to move?
What if you could live anywhere you wanted? What if the cost of living there didn’t matter to you? What if the job opportunities didn’t matter to you?
Well, there are plenty of vehicles out there that will allow you to potentially increase your income by devoting a few part-time hours a week. You just have to open to checking out something that you may have never thought you would do. If you’re in that mind-set and want to know about one of the best such vehicles, message me.
There are certain reasons we may live where we live. A job, family, friends etc., create attachments for us.
Plus, moving can be scary to some. Living some place where you don’t know a soul can be daunting. To others, the adventure of moving to a whole new place can be exhilarating.
What’s important is whatever makes a person happy. For some, who can’t change the people around them, changing the people around them — meeting all new people – may be just what the doctor ordered.
Cost of living can be important. Paying three times as much – or more – for rent or a house that’s basically the same as the one you left may seem ridiculous. Ironically, some of the most expensive areas to live are some of the most fun and opportunistic. Their desirability may have a lot to do with why they are so expensive.
Remember, rents and house prices usually are set at what the market will bear. The more desirable a location, the more expensive it likely will be.
So explore your options – if you dare. There are ways that will allow you to live wherever your heart wants you to.
Peter
FRACKING SLOWING DOWN
#fracking #oil #DemandForOil #FrackingEquipment #AlternativeEnergySources
Fracking – hydrolic fracturing to dig crude oil and natural gas out of hard-to-reach places – is facing a slowdown.
Halliburton, the largest supplier of fracking equipment, is trimming 8 percent of its North American workforce and shelving unused fracking gear, according to David Wethe, in an article for Bloomberg News. It was also published July 23, 2019, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In February, Halliburton and its competitors would have 24.4 million horsepower available for fracking, yet only 14.4 million would be needed this year, the article quotes industry consultant Rystad Energy.
The reduced demand for fracking, which helped the U.S. reduce its demand for Middle Eastern oil, can only mean one thing: there is less demand for oil, period.
Fracking’s history was fraught with peril. Environmentalists had initial questions about the technology, and whether there would be unintended environmental consequences.
Fracking was even accused of inciting earthquakes.
Yet, it survived, and helped places like North Dakota thrive economically. It helped turn the U.S. back into one of the largest, if not the largest, oil producers in the world.
Now, it seems alternative energy sources are getting cost-effective enough to substitute for petroleum products as fuel in many cases. As a result, both oil and natural gas have become so cheap, it may cost more to retrieve the oil and gas from the ground than they can get for it.
More importantly for us, the story of fracking presents a parable from which we can all learn.
Even “new” technology can become obsolete, or nearly, very quickly. It’s often said that those in some professions need to learn new skills to stay relevant in a competitive job market. Frackling is fairly new technology. But from the Bloomberg report, it’s already heading toward becoming a flash in the pan.
As you go to work, no matter your job, do you ever ask yourself how long that job is going to be there for you? Did you get “retrained,” only to find that your “retraining” is now obsolete?
Do you ever think that one day, the demand for your product or service will wane, and put you out of a job, as has happened to the undoubtedly surprised Halliburton workers?
Here is a safe presumption: no matter what job you do, figure that it will go away one day, probably before you want it to.
That requires one to look at other ways to make money. Fortunately, there are many programs out there that allow you to turn a few, part-time, non-work hours into income that can potentially dwarf what you are making on the job. To learn about one of the best such vehicles, message me.
Digging fossil fuels out of the ground is a lot of trouble, tough work and, in some cases, hazardous to workers’ health.
As a nation, we should be happy that our reliance on fossil fuels is waning. However, if you work in that industry, the job cuts can be devastating.
So, if you are not already thinking about what you will do when your job goes away, you should be. If you believe you’ll be able to work at your current job for as long as you want to, you might be right. Or, you could walk into work one day with a nasty, economically devastating surprise waiting for you.
As the saying goes, it’s always best to prepare for the worst, while hoping for the best. However, the best may be yet to come in a form you never thought you would ever see.
Peter
A CITY HARDLY ON THE MEND
#BerlinNH #economy #jobs #BoomingEconomy
The “booming economy” is not benefiting everyone, or everywhere.
Take Berlin, N.H., my hometown.
Griff White profiled Berlin in a Feb. 9, 2020, article for The Washington Post.
The bottom fell out of Berlin in the early 2000s.
The city’s main employer, a paper mill, once employed thousands with good, mostly union jobs. Today, a few dozen work there, the article says.
“The last elementary school shuttered last year, capping a long-term exodus of young families,” White writes. “The once-bustling downtown is so scarred by closures, demolitions and fires that it looks, according to the city’s mayor, ‘like a bomb was dropped in the middle of it,’” the article says.
“We’ve got no businesses, nothing to attract people. There aren’t the kind of jobs here that can sustain a family,” the article quotes Paul Labrecque, one of many who lost his good job when the paper mill closed.
The poverty rate in Coos County, which includes Berlin, increased between 2017 and 2018, the article quotes census figures, while, nationally, the poverty rate fell.
“People are yelling and screaming that we’ve got this great economy,” the article quotes Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier. “But we’re not feeling that here. Our area is the first to fall into recession. And it’s the last to climb out,” the article quotes the mayor.
The graduating class at Berlin High School numbered 400 in 1973, the article says. The class of 2019 numbered 98.
Do you live in a place like Berlin? Are there jobs to be had, but only ones that pay a pittance – not enough to live on?
Has this “great economy” benefited you yet?
If not, there is good news.
There are many programs out there that can enable you to earn money – potentially a lot of money – without having to worry about taking a job that doesn’t pay a living wage.
But, you have to be open enough to take a look at them. You have to believe that you CAN overcome your circumstances and better your life.
To check out one of the best such programs, message me.
Berlin may not be unique. The people there indeed may be just like you, with similar circumstances.
Such circumstances could get you down, even depress you. They could prompt you to look at other vices, like drugs or alcohol, to help ease your pain. The article talks about many in Berlin who’ve resorted to such vices.
But YOU can change you. You have to believe that you are better than your circumstances. You have to believe that you can overcome those circumstances, and you can help others do the same.
It takes a can-do attitude, an open mind and the ambition to succeed.
If you have all those things, you just have to check out the various solutions that are available to you, regardless of age, education or experience.
Your surroundings may be depressing, but they don’t have to depress you.
Peter
OLD AGE
#OldAge #aging #AgingPopulation #GrowingOld
North Dakota is getting younger.
All other states are growing older, in terms of population.
The national median age rose to 38.2 years last year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Reporters Alex Tanzi and Shelly Hagan discussed this data in an article for Bloomberg News. It was also published June 22, 2019, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
At the time of the data collection, there were approximately 3.9 million babies under age 1 as of July 1, 2018, the article says.
This is the smallest age group until age 64. The largest age cohort, making up 4.8 million of the population, is 27-year-olds, the article says.
A record 12.7 million people are 80 and older, up from 11.2 million counted in the 2010 Census. The 1.4 million-person growth is roughly equivalent to the population of Phoenix, the article says.
“The aging (phenomenon) is driven in large part by baby boomers crossing (age 65),” the article quotes Luke Rogers, chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Branch.
We all get older. As we do, our needs and wants change.
Some of us may want to slow down. Some of us can’t slow down for any number of reasons. Others of us want to cross things off our bucket lists as soon as possible, lest we die before we do.
Some of us have to ponder how we will afford to retire. Retirement today comes in various forms, but more and more of us have little say on when that day is. Decisions often get made for us, whether we are ready or not.
This prompts us to ask ourselves: what would happen if we went to work tomorrow and were told to pack up our personal belongings and go home? Would we be ready for that?
Of course, there are ways to prepare for it, but one must start as early in his or her career as possible. One has to prioritize saving for retirement starting as soon as we start working as adults.
Remember, your retirement security largely depends on you, as company pensions shrink or disappear – if they were ever offered at all. Social Security will undoubtedly change over time, regardless of whether Washington plays wit it or not. Even if Social Security doesn’t change, it alone is not enough to produce a retirement income that would allow anyone to live the life he or she is living now.
Also, there are many vehicles out there that allow people to spend a few, part-time, off-work hours of effort to produce a stream of income that could eventually dwarf your W-2 income. To learn about one of the best such vehicles, message me.
America is getting older. We are getting older. It’s incumbent upon us not to just swallow that inevitability and wallow in its effects. Rather, it’s incumbent upon us to look at the years ahead as the best years of your life.
Start now. Prepare for success and work toward it starting today, regardless of your age.
Peter
WHO PAYS FOR YOUR COLLEGE EDUCATION?
#CollegeEducation #YoungAdultsMoveBackHome #StudentLoans #ParentsHelpingKids
Since the Great Recession, many adult children have leaned on their parents.
Sometimes, they wanted help with expenses. Cellphones and Internet service might have been unnecessary – or not invented — when parents were their children’s ages, but are so necessary now.
Some have even moved back home entirely. (That begs the question: do you really want to live your adult life under your parents’ roof?)
But a survey by Discover Student Loans may reveal a new trend. It says 38 percent of parents expect their child to pay for most of higher education, a 7 percent increase from 2018.
Luke McGrath broke down the numbers in the survey for Bloomberg News. His piece was also published July 30, 2019, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Conversely, the numbers show 28 percent of parents were willing and able to pick up the whole college tab for their kid(s). That’s a 6 percent drop from last year, McGrath’s article says. Moreover, of the 70 percent of parents surveyed who said they will not limit their child’s college choice based on price, more than half said they’re planning to rely on scholarship and grants to help cover the costs, McGrath’s article says.
As of September 2018, 11 percent of student debt was more than 90 days delinquent or in default, McGrath quotes the survey. In the last quarter of 2017, more than 44.5 million Americans had some form of outstanding student loans and almost 8 million had a balance of $50,000 or more, McGrath quotes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Let’s break down the numbers in practical terms. College is expensive, and getting more so by the year. In theory, it is unaffordable for many students who could qualify to go. A college education COULD pay off in future income for students, yet many students are coming out of college not only with big debt, but slim job prospects.
Some may not earn enough money to live independently, and pay down their debt in a reasonable time.
Such a situation could chase a student back home to live with mom and dad and, therefore, put a wrench into mom and dad’s retirement plans.
What to do? First, as a student goes through high school, learn whether he or she is college material. If he or she is not, don’t force it on him or her.
Secondly, if they are college material, determine what their interests are and what they are thinking about doing for work with a degree. Get an idea what those jobs pay now. Hint: if the jobs don’t pay much now, they probably won’t pay much later. And, to add to the thought process, some jobs that pay well now may become obsolete later.
So, if your son or daughter is not college material, or wants to major in something less lucrative, add up the costs, and how you (or they) would pay for college. Remember, going to college is a decision easily postponed. There are almost always opportunities to go back to school, either on campus or online, part time or full time.
Now, think about how your son or daughter will earn money during this – we’ll call it transition – time between high school graduation and when they decide what to do with their lives. There are certainly traditional jobs that don’t require a college degree, albeit fewer opportunities than parents may remember. But there are also many ways to earn money – perhaps a lot more than a “regular” job would pay – by investing a few part-time, off-work hours a week at tasks that anyone, regardless of background or education, can do. To learn about one of the best such programs, message me.
In short, college is not for everyone. If you are unsure whether it’s for you, try courses at your local community college first. They are fairly inexpensive, particularly for basic, required early courses. You can always transfer to a four-year school after that, when, perhaps, more money would be available.
Or, if you are open enough, check out one of these non-W-2 potential income producers. You could create some great flexibility for yourself later in life, to do, or study, whatever you want.
Peter
MANY OLDER WORKERS DON’T PLAN TO RETIRE
#retirement #EarlyRetirement #ForcedRetirement #WorkingLonger
Illness, injury, layoffs and care-giving responsibilities often force older workers to leave their jobs sooner than they would like.
So say experts as quoted in an article by Andrew Soergel for the Associated Press. It was published July 8, 2019, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But the thrust of the article says nearly one in four don’t plan to retire, despite the fact they are aging.
The article gets that data from an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. It says two in 10 people older than 50 don’t expect to stop working, according to the article.
Government data shows one in five people 65 and older was working or actively looking for a job in June 2019, the article says.
“People have to live in retirement much longer, and they may not have enough assets to support themselves in retirement,” the article quotes Anqi Chen, assistant director of savings research at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
Ronni Bennett, 78, was pushed out of her job as a Web site editor at age 63, according to the article. One thing she did when that happened: she moved from Manhattan, where her job was, to Portland, Maine, the article says.
Although she searched for work after her layoff, it was like “banging my head against the wall,” the article quotes her.
Bennett’s example is fairly typical in this day and age. First, she was fortunate to survive at her job until age 63. Others were not quite as lucky.
It boils down to this: it probably won’t matter how long you WANT to work, the workplace will more or less dictate when you “retire.”
Decades ago, workers looked forward to retirement. In fact, an early-retirement package was a real gift. Workers were much more secure then. They had ultimate confidence that their employers would keep them until at least age 65, the common retirement age back then.
Remember, though Social Security and some pension plans – if you are fortunate enough to have a pension plan—have age rules about when you can access them. But your “retirement” may be foisted upon you much sooner.
What should you do? How should you plan for that unknown time when you “retire?” First, have a Plan B started. Have some of your paycheck go into automatic savings as early in your career as possible. Second, take a look at one of the many programs out there that allow you to devote a few, part-time hours a week toward picking up extra income – potentially a lot of extra income – while you still have your job. These programs require work, but it’s not really like having a second W-2 job. They also require you to have a mind open enough – education, skill and background are not factors – to check them out. To look at one of the best such programs, message me.
We are all getting older. Regardless of how healthy you feel today, as time passes your health will start to deteriorate. If you are lucky, that deterioration will come more gradually, and you can feel healthy well into your elder years. Of course, much also depends on how well you take care of yourself.
The job market today is fluid. Companies reorganize rapidly and frequently. You will never know from day to day when your last day at your job will come.
So, prepare now for that eventually. If you are lucky, when the day comes when you have to leave your job, you can do so with a smile, because you properly prepared.
Peter
PRINCESS FANTASIES BROUGHT TO THEIR KNEES
#princesses #HarryAndMeghan #TheRoyalFamily #DreamsAndFantasies
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are stepping down as senior royals in Great Britain.
Why would they do this when every little girl’s fantasy is to become a princess?
Katrina Trinko, editor in chief of The Daily Signal, took on this topic in a column in the Jan. 17, 2020, edition of USA Today.
It turns out that being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The American “princess” wants out, Trinko writes.
Despite Disney’s princess entertainment empire, being a princess has, well, strings attached.
“Meghan’s ‘thanks, but no thanks’ princess rejection should cause us to reexamine our cultural fixation with princesses,” Trinko writes.
“With all the options available to women in 2020, does it really should so fun to spend a lifetime shaking hands and smiling politely? Yes, royalty can — and, in many cases, does — promote charitable causes and advance international goodwill. But, you don’t need to be royalty to do either of those things,” Trinko continues.
This episode allows us to discuss the difference between fantasy and dreams.
Fantasies seem impossible to achieve at the time they are fantasized. Dreams are always possible to achieve, providing the dreamer does what it takes to achieve them.
Meghan did not seek to become a princess. She’s an actress by profession. She just happened to have married a prince. A similar situation occurred decades ago when American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Princess Grace gladly gave up her acting career. Duchess Meghan wants financial independence. They can’t use their royal highness titles anymore, so they will have to figure out how to make a living. That doesn’t seem to worry Meghan or Harry.
The point here? It’s OK to have fantasies as a very young child. When those fantasies become “work,” and create encumbrances in your life, they don’t seem quite so fantastic.
Dreams, however, are desirable because they give you something toward which to work.
If you have dreams, but don’t see how you can achieve them now, know that there are many vehicles out there that can potentially provide resources that can move you toward your dreams more quickly. You just have to be willing to check them out.
To examine one of the best, message me.
Becoming a princess may not be so glamorous once you actually get there. It’s nice, if you are a woman, to be celebrated in your role as a wife and mother, as Trinko points out.
But, as Trinko suggests, it’s best to ditch child-like fantasies and “consider whether the happiest ending of all just might be not marrying a prince.”
Or, if you do, figure out your new life quickly and act accordingly.
Peter