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I'm just glad she has enough money to "pursue her passions" like that. It when she asks me for rent money that it gets outta pocket.
None of your business. It’s her life. Everyone has their own life paths which doesn’t necessarily revolve around having one job. If she isn’t asking you to finance her lifestyle, how she earns her income isn’t your responsibility.
What message would you want to convey when you sit her down?
Do you feel like you are responsible for her career choices?
Thank you all! Just what I needed to hear…be a friend and that’s that!
I think you should let her rock. A lot of people are still trying to figure out what their passion and purpose is. Maybe have a conversation with her about noticing she doesn’t seem happy like ask “how are you really?” Vs you don’t seem happy job hopping or trying to keep up with the jones.
I was like that after spending years in accounting and realizing I no longer had a passion for it so after my last position I worked for myself, worked in property management and now in recruiting and running my little small business and taking on different hobbies to find out what else I’m passionate about.
Love recruiting and making a small or sometimes big difference in peoples lives and love having something that I can call my own and have a creative outlet and my hobbies may eventually take me out of the rat race.
But all in all when my friends are encouraging and have those heart to hearts with me it’s always a “No really… how are you doing?” Convo and I’ll either word vomit my worries and frustrations or I’m actually chillin when they ask
Sorry I know that was a lot 😅
Keyword here is “friend.” Unless you are a career coach or have some adjacent professional service you are offering her for free, what will “sitting her down” actually accomplish? Maybe I’m responding to the positioning here but it sounds like you’re already supporting her and being there to be her sounding board and offer advice. Sitting her down makes me think, you want to be firmer and now tell her what she “needs” to do to get herself together which can be taken as the opposite of being supportive and be taken harshly depending your relationship. What I do with my friends who seem to be more on more free-spirited career paths — I accept their journey for what it is and when that journey has crossover into my professional life (marketing / PR), I give them guidance / insight on what I know, and I stay available to be their safe space when they get frustrated by the “not having it all figured out” frustrations that come with a more free lifestyle.
Is she a Gemini? Lol. Wonder if we have the same friend.🤣
Let her be. At least she has the courage to try something new unlike so many of us that are stuck in soul crushing jobs we can’t leave for one reason or another. If she isn’t harming anyone, I don’t think it’s overly horrible. Just cross your fingers for her that she finds something she likes
Nunya! 😆
It’s none of your business. She’s doing her thing and tbh what she’s accomplished in 3 years is quite amazing. 👏🏾