My WS sent me an email this morning suggesting I do some thinking today about what I would like to be doing as work, since my boss is out of the office. My masculine identity resists having to depend on someone else's suggestions or advice about what is my primary source of male ego, e.g., my work life. Still, I also appreciate her taking to time to think of and make the suggestions. To me, it is a sign of affection and love. So, I will be reworking my resume and trying to list all activities in the past I have enjoyed and how they might be incorporated into a job description, a la Richard Bolles, "What Color is Your Parachute?", etc. My WS also says she feels frustrated sometimes that she can't do more for me in helping me in the work area.
"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places." - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1929.
