To some happiness is family, to others its freedom. Some find happiness within their career and others with their friends. My dad once told me that it doesn't matter what you do in life. You can be the head of a company or the janitor. If you do your job to the best of your ability then you are a success. He also told me that you had to like your job. This coming from a man who'd been the owner of a track team, a restaurant, a bike shop, a carpet shop and was going to switch careers again when he died. Ironically the fear of not being financially okay kept me at my current employment. the benefits alone were hard to find in the outside world without taking a risk. My dad took risks. Me... I've been too chicken. That "what if" factor always held me back.

This past year I took a risk. Not a large one... considering I am still with UCLA. But a risk in that I left a pretty cushy job to take on a new one... and help build it from the ground floor up. The first few months have been nerve wracking for me. The uncertainty was killing me. No solid job duties and so much political tape you'd think I was running for President. In the movie Parenthood they show a scene where the two characters are on a roller coaster. One is laughing at all the dips and curves while the other is terrified of the movement. Suddenly the terrified character looks over and sees the other laughing. They finally get it. It's the dips and the curves that make life exciting. So true....

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