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I'm Chandlee Bryan. As a career coach and resume writer with experience from Manhattan to Main Street, I help job seekers connect with opportunity by sharing news, trends and best practices. I'm the Managing Editor of Career Hub and run 
Yesterday I spent several hours picking up a gazillion leaves, or at least 25 sacks-worth. Standing about 50 ft. tall near our driveway is a sycamore tree that delights in depositing her leaves into their final resting place, our front yard. I was going to let nature take its course, but their unsightly appearance was a constant reminder of how I needed to take care of the mess. Deal with it. Get it over with. Get on with it.
As I rather begrudgingly rounded up and raked up the dusty, dead droppings, I soon spied the green grass, along with a purple mum here, a yellow mum there, and even the remnants of a Blaze rosebud -- what an unexpected surprise!
Trash. Garbage. Dead leaves. Professional messes. Career baggage. Messes in need of our attention. Trash to dump. Garbage to unload. Leaves to rake. Career baggage to let go of.
What, if anything, do you need to sack-up, dump, trash, and/or get rid of in order to get on with it in your career and professional life?
posted by: billiesucher
Great post, Billie. There comes a time when you need to put an issue to rest. This may sound bizarre, but sometimes it helps to get up and flush a toilet; an act that can be symbolic of getting rid of that issue.
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Posted by: Karen P. Katz | November 19, 2007 at 08:42 PM
Karen, that is a great idea! Flush it away. Until you said that, hadn't heard that one. Very creative idea for sure. Thanks so much for your comment!
Posted by: billiesucher | November 20, 2007 at 11:06 AM