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Answer for question 4228.
[Error: unknown template qotd]Normally I don't even notice these questions, but this one today is very relevant to my current place in life.
My job.
To answer the question, yes. I do think about changing careers quite often. Truth be told, I never thought I'd last over 6 months at my current job. 5 years and one location later, I'm still here. Sure, I had that 5 recess while I was in Asia but I came back to it.
And sure, the job changed A LOT about me. I am not the same person who started as I was when I first quit, and certainly now the same person now, but truth be told, I was not expecting to even be thinking about the company so many years later.
"What do you dream about doing?" God, if I knew. There is that odd thought about getting on a plane and teaching in Japan, Korea, or Vietnam for a time. There's that thought of working in a lab, mostly because that is what I went to school for. There is even that odd, jealous thought when I watch people, mostly in the creative aspect, so in love with they do that I wonder if I'll ever feel that about something, anything.
And the truth of the matter, and the last question, what stops me from making the switch? I don't know what to do. I don't know how to move on from the comfort I currently have. Being somewhat arrogant, I am good at my job when I want to be. It's why I did it thought school, I made more money they my friends just because of how good with people I can be. Now though, the money doesn't hold up. Sure, I'd have my debt paid off in 3 years from now, but that's the thing. I don't WANT to be working where I am for the next 3 years. So that begins the first question, what do I WANT do tbe doing for the next 3 years?
I don't know. I went to school for Biology, and while I love certain aspects of it, I can't see myself going back to school for it. I can't see myself working in a lab all day, when that used to be something I loved.
My favorite days on campus were spent in the micro lab, trying to figure out which bacteria I was given. Those days were before I had gone to Asia though. Those days were before I had a chance to stop and breath, and think about what I wanted.
And the truth? I still don't know. There's thought of starting a blog. Not for money, but to push myself further and maybe figure it out. There's wishing I was where I was a year ago, which was somewhere in Asia. There is this fascination with writing, when I think I'm not even all that good at it. There is this want to connect with people beyond what I do now. There is something pulling me in every direction, and no knowing which to go, of not even knowing how to go.
The thought train and vodka are running out of steam now.
My job.
To answer the question, yes. I do think about changing careers quite often. Truth be told, I never thought I'd last over 6 months at my current job. 5 years and one location later, I'm still here. Sure, I had that 5 recess while I was in Asia but I came back to it.
And sure, the job changed A LOT about me. I am not the same person who started as I was when I first quit, and certainly now the same person now, but truth be told, I was not expecting to even be thinking about the company so many years later.
"What do you dream about doing?" God, if I knew. There is that odd thought about getting on a plane and teaching in Japan, Korea, or Vietnam for a time. There's that thought of working in a lab, mostly because that is what I went to school for. There is even that odd, jealous thought when I watch people, mostly in the creative aspect, so in love with they do that I wonder if I'll ever feel that about something, anything.
And the truth of the matter, and the last question, what stops me from making the switch? I don't know what to do. I don't know how to move on from the comfort I currently have. Being somewhat arrogant, I am good at my job when I want to be. It's why I did it thought school, I made more money they my friends just because of how good with people I can be. Now though, the money doesn't hold up. Sure, I'd have my debt paid off in 3 years from now, but that's the thing. I don't WANT to be working where I am for the next 3 years. So that begins the first question, what do I WANT do tbe doing for the next 3 years?
I don't know. I went to school for Biology, and while I love certain aspects of it, I can't see myself going back to school for it. I can't see myself working in a lab all day, when that used to be something I loved.
My favorite days on campus were spent in the micro lab, trying to figure out which bacteria I was given. Those days were before I had gone to Asia though. Those days were before I had a chance to stop and breath, and think about what I wanted.
And the truth? I still don't know. There's thought of starting a blog. Not for money, but to push myself further and maybe figure it out. There's wishing I was where I was a year ago, which was somewhere in Asia. There is this fascination with writing, when I think I'm not even all that good at it. There is this want to connect with people beyond what I do now. There is something pulling me in every direction, and no knowing which to go, of not even knowing how to go.
The thought train and vodka are running out of steam now.
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:)
Another J friend who has recently had issues about staying or travelling is
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You have given me a lot to think about.
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Anyway, all I can say is I hope you are able to figure out what makes you happy and what you need to do for yourself. You will find your calling. *hugs*