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Plan Z: Or, How to Make It Up As You Go

Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Every now and then someone will ask me, “Hey Farai, what are you up to these days?” Sometimes they’re fans of my former radio show or tv work, or people who know me professionally, or friends. And my answer used to be a long description of all the work I was doing, or work I thought I would do next, or, generally, anything work related.

Now, my answer is “I’m having a midlife crisis, and it’s AWESOME.”

This is a picture of me jumping off a 30 foot high diving platform in a lake in a volcanic crater in Guatemala. Read More »

Jobs + Identity: Who You Are vs. What You Do

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/justincormack/191060886/

Many of us describe ourselves as our jobs. We don’t say “I work as a baker,” but instead “I am a baker.” Or “I am an accountant/engineer/police officer/cook.” There is a lot of “is” in our work. It’s part of the modern construction of identity, a construction quite pronounced in the United States. Read More »