California_Dreamin has been a member since
January 18 2009,
has rated 641 lenses,
favorited 416, and has
created 13 lenses from scratch.
This member's top-ranked page is "Famous Misquotes".
My Bio
I was born in Tacoma, Washington, way back in 1960 and grew up in Santa Barbara California. Nowadays, I run a language school and live with my wife, son, mother-in-law, and Labrador retriever in Saitama, Japan.
I'm in a good line of business, because we do well in both favorable and unfavorable economic climes: when people are doing well they don't mind spending on hobbies, such as learning a for...
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I was born in Tacoma, Washington, way back in 1960 and grew up in Santa Barbara California. Nowadays, I run a language school and live with my wife, son, mother-in-law, and Labrador retriever in Saitama, Japan.
I'm in a good line of business, because we do well in both favorable and unfavorable economic climes: when people are doing well they don't mind spending on hobbies, such as learning a foreign language, and when they are not, they feel the need to widen and improve their skill set, to make themselves more attractive to employers.
But, therein lies my problem. Things are going a bit too smoothly. I wouldn't say that I was bored with my job exactly, but it was so much more fun in the beginning, when we were just setting things up and didn't know if we would fail or succeed. I'm not married to my job, I do have interests outside of work: my family of course, and history, politics, music, books, movies, good food and good wine; but until recently I'd been feeling that something was missing.
What I was missing was a challenge. I'm really happy that I've stumbled onto Squidoo, because it's both challenging and absorbing, and gives me a chance to be creative, and to share my passions and interests with a wider audience.
All of my Lenses (all 13 of 'em!)
