Core Issues

The purpose of careersanity.com is to provide information and support for those who realize that career health is as important as physical health. We understand what physical health requires, but career health is more elusive in our society. Careersanity.com works hard to clarify the issues.

You probably have to work at something. You don’t have to enjoy your work, find any kind of “fulfillment” or “meaning” in your work, or do anything different than the majority of workers who consistently say they don’t like their work and would quit in a heartbeat if they could.

As a free agent, you are within your rights to choose a career that you wind up hating one day. And for good measure, you are free to join the ranks of millions who are permanently stressed by the combination of financial obligations and uncertain employment in their lives.

But if you want to have a better chance at a career that will have some meaning for you, as well as the flexibility to survive in our increasingly uncertain future, there are some things you can do that can help. Careersanity.com will provide as much information as possible in this vitally important area.

For example: many people are frustrated and angry, frequently about things they can't even remember consciously. As a result they can be difficult to deal with, which can hamper work relationships. By understanding how this works you can gain a competitive edge by being consistently rational, reliable, and -- especially important to many employers -- communicative in your dealings with others.

For example: many people are frustrated and angry, frequently about things they can't even remember consciously. As a result they can be difficult to deal with, which can hamper work relationships. By understanding how this works you can gain a competitive edge by being consistently rational, reliable, and -- especially important to many employers -- communicative in your dealings with others.

Anyone can begin evaluating their career choices based on the principles discussed here. In practical terms, it's usually easier to implement policy-type decisions earlier in life when we probably have fewer commitments and obligations. Many of the articles, therefore, are geared toward younger people just starting out on their career search. I also have a personal investment in the career decisions faced by young people: my own memories of the frustration I faced as I began to explore my career choices, discovering my own lack of understanding of the issues and the relative lack of information about many of the real issues, are my primary motivations for everything that has led to my creation of careersanity.com. But career, like life itself, is a moving target -- and "young" is a relative term. I'm certainly not "young" in a clinical sense but my career is evolving faster than ever. So once again, anyone can benefit. All you need is an open mind, along with enough nerve to maybe try some new things.

More information here about specific actions some might take.

Naturally, it is helpful if most people accept and even support this arrangement... considerable effort is expended to accomplish this. The well-being of individuals just isn't that important to those who benefit from the social structure.

If you doubt this, just ask yourself this: considering the endless wars, conflict, and squabbling over resources -- is this really the best we can do?