Now that I have cut the cable, I’m watching a lot of sitcom reruns on the stations I get with my nifty antenna and its over-the-air digital TV signals. That means Seinfeld, M*A*S*H, The New Adventures of Old Christine (love it!) and now, How I Met Your Mother.
For years, my friend Jackie (MomJovi) has been telling me that I’d love the show because it’s about an architect and it’s largely set in a bar. Hello, my real life.
And she’s right!
But the downside to catching on to hit shows so much later than everyone else is that I feel like I’m getting jokes years after they went mainstream. Remember when I talked about the 10 Reasons I Think I’m Liz Lemon?
Luckily, I can spin the jokes into blog posts that (hopefully) can make them seem a bit more current and make you less likely to roll your eyes when I share them. Case in point:
Reachers vs. Settlers
Last week, I watched an episode that cracked me up, because it focused on the idea that in every relationship, there is a reacher…and there is a settler.
- Reacher: a person marries/dates up with someone prettier, smarter, funnier, more successful
- Settler: someone who marries/dates down with someone uglier, dumber, less successful
Now, I’ll admit…I work for a company that is BUILT on being a reacher. Everyone that works at Growing Bolder has committed to the project, understanding the pitfalls that every startup and small business experiences. We do it because we love the independence, the amazing feelings we all have when we share stories that inspire and motivate and the successes — large and small — that mean so much to every single member of the team.
But we also do it because we know that with great risk comes great reward.
I know it’s a little lofty for a Tuesday post, but I’d love to hear from you…are you a reacher or a settler when it comes to your work? Do you love what you do? Could you make a small change and do something new at your current job? Or would you need to start over and try and find your true calling?
(Homework assignment: read “Four Words I’ve Never Heard“)
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Ehm, HIMYM is the best show ever. Plain & simple. You might even say it’s LEGEN–wait for it….
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Ummm you are JUST NOW watching HIMYM??? Dan and I are Marshall and Lily to a TEE. Sometimes I think they are watching our life
How much of the show have you watched?
I am definitely a reacher. I am not content doing the same thing day in and day out. Luckily, I picked a field that is ever evolving and challenging me. I thrive on activy, change, and pressure (well, a little pressure). I like trying do the impossible — or the possimpible.
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HIMYM is the greatest! I started late too. I only got into it 2 years ago. Season 5 was a little blah, but I’m looking forward to Kal Penn in Season 6! You know I’m a reacher ; )
I love HIMYM, it’s hilarious and I can relate to that show so much from my years in NYC. I used to be a reacher in my job/career but my current company sucked the life out of me. Now I’m a settler and this job but a reacher in the blog world
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Settler here! I think my job is fine. I don’t want to move upwards because I see the crap that people go through that are in those positions and I don’t want that. I don’t love the project I’m on, but I have loved projects in the past. It’s all cyclical. Sometimes I love my work, sometimes I don’t. But it’s all at the same place of employment. My job allows me to make enough money to do the things I want to do. I work to live, not live to work, and often times you need to live to work to be a reacher.
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I love How I Met Your Mother and I love that you are going to incorporate it into blog posts!
I’m definitely a reacher when it comes to work. I’m always trying to figure out the next best thing. How to improve, how to be better…always reaching for something above where I am now.
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I think I go through phases. I met my now-husband when we both lived in DC and six weeks later, he moved to Florida. Just two months later, I moved here too. That was taking a calculated but certainly leap-of-faith reacher step.
The funny thing is that it might never have happened. Before I met him, I was settled in a very long-term relationship that was just OK. We were happy but more like friends than anything. But I probably would have stayed in that relationship forever. He, thankfully, had the courage to end it.
If he hadn’t, I never would have met the person I was supposed to spend my life with. It’s something I need to remind myself of all the time when it comes to reaching in other areas of my life — career, hobbies, fitness, etc.
And now that I know you’re FINALLY watching HIMYM we may have to incorporate slap-bets into our friendship. Or maybe not.
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I LOVE How I Met Your Mother! I only started watching it about 6 months ago, but I think it is the best show on television since Friends! Anyway, to answer your question about being a reacher or a settler in my career, I actually feel like I am a little of both. I absolutely love what I do – I graduated with a degree in Exercise Science because that’s what I love. I started out working as a strength and conditioning coach for middle school + high school athletes (and some adults) and loved working with kids so much that I decided to become a PE teacher. I like to challenge myself and reach for my dreams, but at the same time I believe I settled for the job I have. The job market is so difficult for teachers right now that I just feel lucky to have the job I do (I’m an assistant PE teacher and a private school making hourly wage). It’s not ideal, but it pays the bills – and honestly, as much as I should be looking for a better teaching job right now, I like my job enough that it’s difficult to look for something else (and a baby on the way in October isn’t a principal’s ideal candidate). So, yeah, I’m both…
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When it comes to work? I’m a reacher.
I loooooove HIMYM. It’s one of my favorite shows! Glad you’ve joined the cult
I’d say I’m a mix of reacher & settler. I reached & took risks to get to where I am now, but at this point I am content. I have no aspirations to go any higher.
Job-wise, I confess I’m a settler. My job isn’t exactly fun most of the time, but we need it to pay the bills. I’m fine with that, for now. Maybe there will come a day, when I turn into a reacher. Meanwhile I get my fun out of my private life.
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I’m absolutely a reacher, but I’ve also finally learned how important it is to appreciate where you are right now as well as the journey to reaching the stars, no matter how bumpy it may be.
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