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I am: happy, free-spirited, optimistic, & unmarried by choice
What I do: I am President of a private real estate company in New York. My responsibilities are financial, legal, leasing, managing people and time. The buck stops with me. I have to make sure everything gets done is a timely fashion, even if I have to do it myself. But despite that pressure, I love that I can organize and control my own time and priorities.
My “career path” and other important choices in my life: When I was in high school I did a report on the stock market for an American History class. I found that very exciting so when thinking of a career I thought of finance. I decided that if I was going to work I wanted to earn as much money as possible, so I went to business school. I also wanted to have control over my own source of money. Personal freedom was one of my most important priorities.
I chose to never get married and to never have children. This decision came slowly to me because when I was growing up, if you didn’t marry or didn’t have children it was seen as a tragedy. But I kept making choices that took me away from marrying and having children. And finally I had the guts to say that I didn‘t want to marry and have children. That took a lot of guts for me.
My favorite things outside of work: I still think playing is the most fun thing to do. I think it keeps us connected with the child within and I hope never to lose that part of me. I happen to love dancing. I love to move to music. I also love to work out, right now with yoga and Pilates and hiking. And I love to take the time to spend with the people I love.
Tips for a successful girlfuture:
• Do what you love. If you can get paid for doing that, all the better.
• Try not to just follow what your girlfriends like to do. If they don’t do what you like, get other girlfriends (this will be easier as you get older; it’s hard when everyone you knows goes to the same school you go to).
• Try not to be afraid to take chances. But don’t be reckless.
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