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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-11-14 06:54 pm

[ SECRET POST #2508 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2508 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Sherlock]


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03.
[Dragon Age 2, Skyrim]


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04.
[Revolution]


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05.
[The Avengers]


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06.
[Cardcaptor Sakura]


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[Monster High]


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08.
[Oz]


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09.
(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)


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10.
[Aimée Castle]


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11.
[Shrek, Game of Thrones]


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12.
[Oz]


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13.
[SimCity Societies]


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14.
[xxxHolic]


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15.
[Michael Keaton]


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16.
[By Any Means]


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17.
[Downton Abbey/The Forsyte Saga]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 022 secrets from Secret Submission Post #358.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Re: Career goals and identity

(Anonymous) 2013-11-15 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
I think it's pretty normal to base your identity around your job, especially if your work is something that shapes the rest of your life to a large extent. (Farmer, anything that requires you to travel often or live elsewhere for a significant portion of the year, dangerous jobs, etc.)

My job is an important part of my identity, in that I've experienced things and worked in conditions that very few people ever do. Not a lot of people know what it's like to work 20 consecutive 20+ hour work days, for example. Plus, most people really have no idea what my job actually entails, what kind of hours I work, or what kind of pay I make for it, what level of education I had to receive to do my job.... The only relationships I have time to maintain are those with my coworkers and other people in my industry, because they understand the constraints I'm under with my job, and they understand that even though my job is unusual and very difficult I still love the shit out of it because it's fun and rewarding.

However, my job is not the ONLY part of my identity. If I was going to make my identity into a pie chart "work" would probably be about 50%. The other half would be things like the fact that I'm queer, or that I'm way into fandom, or that I'm from rural Nevada. All the other little things that make me a person and not a robot.