No. 2 Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh)

Are you doing what you love and, if not, why not? We pose this question to a few of our friends and learn some fascinating facts on the difference in gender, class, and race when it comes to jumping ship and starting anew. Plus, we celebrate the little things we’ve done to remain respectable, functioning human women.   Career FulfillmentThe State of American Jobs - How the shifting economic landscape is reshaping work and society and affecting the way people think about the skills and training they need to get ahead U.S. workers describe their job as a career, while 18% say it is a stepping stone to a career. Three-in-ten workers say their job is “just a job to get them by.” Those who describe their job as a career tend to be at least 30 years old and well educated, with higher incomes and holding full-time, salaried jobs.The average person will change careers 5-7 times during their working life according to career change statistics.With an ever-increasing number of career choices, 30% of the workforce will now change careers or jobs every 12 months.By the age of 42, you may already have had about 12 jobs. [D.O.L]Alyson Doyle for thebalancecareers.comGender and Age FactorsRemarkably, women held almost as many jobs as men despite taking more time out of their careers for child-rearing activities. On average, men held 12.1 jobs, and women held 11.6 jobs.From age 18 to age 24, Whites had more job changes than Blacks, or Hispanics or Latinos. On average, Whites held 5.7 jobs between the ages of 18 and 24, while Blacks held 4.6 jobs, and Hispanics or Latinos held 4.9 jobs. There were only minor differences in later age ranges among the different groups. Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics or Latinos held between 4.3 and 4.6 jobs from age 25 to age 34, and between 2.9 and 3.2 jobs from age 35 to age 44. From age 45 to age 50, Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics or Latinos all held an average of 1.7 jobs

Jerry Saltz - “I know almost every artist wakes up at 3 a.m. in a cold sweat thinking that the bottom has fallen out of their work. That each of us is self-taught and some kind of outsider...I looked back, into the abyss of self-doubt. I erupted with fear, self-loathing, dark thoughts about how bad my work was, how pointless, unoriginal, ridiculous...Every artist does battle, every day, with doubts like these. I lost the battle. It doomed me. But also made me the critic I am today…”

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