Replies to 'Career Goals'
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May 2, 2008, 7:48 am PDT
 Quote From: newsoul First off don't think that you are a waste of space. God has a plan for your life and if the plan was complete you wouldn't be here anymore. Education is a wonderful asset to anyone, but to go to school with no idea of what to study will not solve your dilemma. You may want to take one or two classes that seem of interest to you and see if that subject is something you would want to further pursue. Being a mom is the best thing that ever happened to me! I love being a mom! Don't think that being a stay at home mom is a walk in the park and always rewarding. You will miss adult interaction and possibly have similar feelings of not contributing to society. I have finally got a perfect balance between career and family. Until you are blessed with motherhood start discovering more about yourself to determine a career path suitable for you. Try writing down your positive qualities you have to offer in a job, your interests, and what you need from a job. This will give you a starting point on what type of career/job you would enjoy. Do more self exploration to better know what you want out of life. If you love children perhaps a daycare position, preschool position, or going to school to become a teacher or daycare director/leader. Love animals - maybe work toward being a vet tech. If you like the cinema work perhaps try to get a management position. Your options are endless you just need to look inside yourself and decide what you will enjoy enough to stick with. Remember that the grass is not always greener on the other sides; the pee spots are just in different places. You don't have to do an office job; find a job that fits your goals and personality. Your posting made me wonder if you are dealing with depression. If you are get help to resolve that issue and life may not have such a glum outlook. Depression can cause you to feel dissatisfied with all things in life. Hope this helps! I know your absolutely right. I guess the problem is that i cannot think of anything that i would actually really like doing except for unreasonable career's like acting or singing. I don't feel like i can quite fit in anywhere and i'm scared that i will just jump from one unsatisfying job to another. It's a little different here in Quebec then other places. I know i'm smart and educated but the fact of the matter still is i'm not francophone enough to land the good jobs in my area. those are reserved for the smart and educated french people. So what happens is that i fall into these tiny sketch anglophone companies, but along with that comes unstability, unreasonably low pay for the work being done. always alone and the list goes on. Really not as professional as i would like. I have been looking for jobs but i can't seem to find any that are worth applying too. I've been thinking of startign a family a lot. I'd want to stay at home and take care of my family and i know your right, it's not a walk in the park and i definately didn't mean to imply that in my previous post but at least the hard work I put into my family would benefit my family and will be rewarding unlike working for someone else for the purpose of them taking care of their family. Not nearly as rewarding for me. I know i want to be a stay at home mom, my boyfriend is just not ready yet. I don't want to pressure him because that's unfair to him, me and if we were to have children right now. It still dosen't solve my problem i guess. School...in what? what classes? what am I interested in (BTW, i graduated college twice) i'm fresh out of ideas.....do i stick it out here until my boyfriend is ready for a family (this seems like the best answer however the most self-destructive one as well) or do i job jump until i get it right?
And your right, i think i am falling into a slight depression, it wouldn't be the first time! I'll talk to my doctor. Maybe that's the camouflaged solution.
Thanks so much for your response. I know it may seem as though I took nothing from it but I assure you I have! |
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