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This applies to career choice and job opportunities. Being active and improving yourself in the marketplace is better than staying home waiting for the only perfect job you want. You can always keep looking while working on your other skills.
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Sometimes you should not do what you want, but what is available to you; because getting somewhere is better than waiting unconditionally.
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This applies to relationships. I am not saying it's better to be with anyone than to be alone. That's for sure a no-no, but if you get your special someone, that's an opportunity that you should not ruin for a want that is not satisfied.
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You can always start with what's available now, then work it up to your wants later. If it didn't happen, you can say at least you tried.
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Your most valuable resource is time. Yet, most spend their time working on other people's goals.
Use your time wisely by daily improving your skills, learning new things and building relationships. Then you will always have something to fall back on.
Look at the bottom end of the average salaries of the career you are interested in and ask yourself whether you'd be able to survive on that if you got one of those jobs.
Similarly, look around other, similar jobs, and make sure you're not looking at a job title that's middle-career ...
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