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lil  ·  3512 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How and why did you become committed?

    I'm realizing that once this contract is up there's nothing stopping me from jumping ship and going somewhere else and changing jobs
Note carefully the above sentence -- It's a contract job. They have NO commitment to you. They have put you in a fluid situation. If they made a commitment to you, you might be thinking differently. cgod wrote this:
    When you start looking to settle down forever you should have few doubts in your choice, having finally found a person you don't want to live without.
well, yeah, maybe -- but that person can turn around the next day and say they want to live without you.

and then you pick yourself up again and start all over again.

I wonder if we can think about commitment in terms of skills and issues that sustain you while everything else changes. Eventually one might find a welcoming community where those skills and issues are valued. I agree with dashnhammit that at some point it's a good idea to stay in one place for a while.

Could you shout out to me when you post a new music blog - I just tracked back and saw that I missed a few.