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Staring at my future

I always wonder how people are able to get it right the first time whereas I have to work hard and try several times just to get one thing right. Now, that's my insecure self talking again. Recently, she is coming out of the closet more often that is allowed and I don't like it much. As I near the age where it is normal for most people to settle down, climb up the corporate ladder, start businesses, buy houses, and getting married or starting a family, I begin to do a retrospective review of what my life had been and where I am now. I am quite surprised with what I saw. I never expected my life to be a variety of friends, colleagues, jobs and location. In the last seven years, I have had a total of eight employers, three of which were at the same time as a I was a part-time employee. In those eight employers, I wore four different hats. Different employers and different hats meant different groups of people each time. I have established connections and friendships fr...